Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Acupuncture may help to low backpain


Acupuncture is one of the most time-tested treatments known to mankind. If the value of a treatment were based solely on how long it has been around, and how long people have thought that it was helpful, then acupuncture would probably be the most effective treatment known to humankind. Nonetheless, we still do not know why acupuncture works, how it works best, and for whom it is best used.
A study finds that acupuncture can be effectively used for treatment of back pain.German researchers have found that nearly fifty percent of people felt relief for months those who were treated by acupuncture.Acupuncture works more suitably than the usual care. Researchers find that pain messages to the brain can be blocked by competing stimuli.
In the largest experiment on acupuncture for back pain to date, more than 1,100 patients were randomly assigned to receive either acupuncture, sham acupuncture or conventional therapy. It was found that In the real acupuncture group, 47 percent of patients improved. In the sham acupuncture group, 44 percent did. In the usual care group, 27 percent got relief.
Acupuncture is better for some of the diseases but real points in the body should be pointed out
for significant result

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