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Cheerful

Joined: 14-Aug-2007
Posts: 123
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 02:56 am
Post topic: Acupuncture provides relief for back pain		  
Six months of acupuncture provides more relief for back pain than conventional treatments, according to a large new study. Nearly half the patients in the acupuncture group reported significant relief, compared to just 27 percent in the conventional therapy group. But nearly as many people in the fake acupuncture group — 44 percent — also reported significant relief. Real acupuncture did reduce the need for pain medicine. Only 15 percent of patients who received real acupuncture used extra pain medication, but 34 percent of patients in the sham group and 59 percent of patients in conventional therapy needed extra pain pills.
Tags: back-pain , acupuncture
 
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RavenCares

Joined: 25-Jul-2007
Posts: 197
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 05:58 am
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Cheerful, thanks for this information! I've often thought of trying acupuncture for my chronic back pain, but the needles kind of scare me off, lol! I wonder what the control group, with the "fake" acupuncture, went through. Hmmm....
 
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Sissy

Joined: 18-Jul-2007
Posts: 251
Posted: Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:41 pm
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I was a little concerned about the needle thing myself, but I have heard it truly works! Sissy
 
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Sissy

Joined: 18-Jul-2007
Posts: 251
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 08:29 pm
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Though I have been scarred of the needles, I really do believe that it works!! Sissy
 
 
 

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