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November 20, 2015 by admin
Source: ESPN
http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york-jets/post/_/id/56294/chris-ivory-uses-acupuncture-to-help-him-carry-workload
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. –- Chris Ivory is on pace to shatter his career high in carries, and the running back’s physical running style can take its toll.
That is one reason why the New York Jets’ workhorse has taken to acupuncture as part of his weekly rehab regimen. Twice a week, the bruising 6-foot 222-pound back has needles stuck into him in an effort to help him feel fresh, pain free and recover.
“If you know a little bit about it, it does (seem like something that works),” Ivory said when asked about if the treatment works. “It is something that gets deeper in the muscle than your normal deep-tissue massage. So far that has worked for me.”
The Mayo Clinic describes acupuncture as a treatment that “involves the insertion of extremely thin needles through your skin at strategic points on your body. A key component of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture is most commonly used to treat pain… many Western practitioners view the acupuncture points as places to stimulate nerves, muscles and connective tissue. Some believe that this stimulation boosts your body’s natural painkillers and increases blood flow.”
Ivory first started using acupuncture when he joined the Jets in 2013. He says he usually undergoes the treatment on Monday and Friday each week.
The Jets want to do all they can to keep their bruiser fresh. Ivory has already carried the ball 156 times for 643 yards and six touchdowns through eight games. Last season, Ivory had a career-high 198 carries for 821 yards and six touchdowns in 16 games.
Ivory exploded for 166 and 146 yards against the Dolphins and Redskins, respectively, in Weeks 4 and 6 (the Jets had a bye in Week 5). But in the Jets’ following three games, Ivory gained a total of 84 yards and two touchdowns. He rebounded with 99 yards against Buffalo last Thursday, but the Jets are cautious about wearing their bell cow out.
“You go into a game with a specific number,” head coach Todd Bowles said of Ivory’s carries. “But if he’s rolling and he’s having a good day and you like what he’s doing, you keep feeding him. Obviously, if we got to throw the ball more, his carries will drop a little bit.”
Ivory is averaging 19.5 carries per game. While he averages 4.1 yards per carry this season, he averaged just 1.1 yards per carry in the Jets’ two games against Oakland and Jacksonville prior to his 99-yard game against Buffalo.
“I feel good,” Ivory said. “Just have to continue to stay doing the things that have been helping me and just continue my rehab program and see how far it takes me.”
That program has consisted of cold tub, hot tub, maintenance exercises and treatments, acupuncture, massage and daily hydration. Ivory said he tried dry needling treatment before giving acupuncture a try.
“I tried dry needling before and that didn’t work so well with me,” Ivory said. “It just depends on the person and technique. (Dry needling) is more like targeting one area, and the needs in that muscle versus acupuncture.
“It is very similar but acupuncture I guess they hit a few different main muscle trigger points in the body. Let’s say one main muscle, they follow all the muscles that follow that main muscle and everything around it, which brings in new blood within the area.”
Even the muscular Ivory admits to feeling the pain of the needles being poked into him.
“It is painful,” Ivory said. “But after a while, well for me, I’ve gotten a little, I don’t want to say used to the pain but I am able to deal with the pain better than I was before.”
Cornerback Darrelle Revis says he also uses acupuncture as a treatment.
“It is fine,” Revis said of acupuncture. “It has its upside and downside to it. But that’s something I use in the offseason.”
Ivory admits he was initially skeptical of acupuncture when he first tried it, but not anymore.
“Like I said, it has helped me so far,” he said.
November 16, 2015 by admin
Source: PIX
http://pix11.com/2015/11/16/turning-to-acupuncture-for-pain-relief/
More than 100 million Americans are suffering from chronic pain at any given time, and with the increasing knowledge of the danger of addiction to prescription pain killers, many are looking for other ways to cope with that pain.
Enter the ancient art of acupuncture.
Extreme athlete Eric Finn is the poster child of pain as a dedicated base jumper. He pays the price of his love of living on the edge.
“I’ve broken my ankle … both meniscus in knees, wrist, elbow, three ribs, fingers,” he said, pointing to all his areas of breaks.
Finn has broken more bones than he can count, and proudly shows the scars of his spinal surgeries. Yet where physical therapy and chiropractic and pain pills have failed, he’s found an unlikely partner in his humpty dumpty style quest to keep him together.
Needles, and lots of them.
More specifically acupuncture needles, put in just the right places, to stimulate healing, and kick his pain to the curb.
“After each treatment, I keep getting better. I can’t imagine life without it,” Finn said.
Those are words Dr. Juhi Singh, an integrative medicine doctor, says she hears often from patients frustrated after travelling a road of traditional western therapies that often can’t get to the root of a patient’s pain. She says her needles, hair thin, inserted in the correct areas help direct the body’s natural processes to do what they need to fix a patient’s pain.
“Basically, you’re increasing oxygenated blood flow to the area and reducing inflammation,” Singh said.
While Singh knocks out Finn’s aches, she’s also sneaking in some overall full body wellness, by checking one of the 27 pulses she reads. That’s where she finds out the rest of a patient’s issues, often kept hidden.
“I’m figuring out what else is going on in the body, if there’s migraines, digestive issues, stress, anxiety,” she said.
Finn admits he’s no fan of needles, but his views on the practice have changed.
“I was a huge skeptic of acupuncture. I’ve learned a lot to not be skeptical of things i don’t know about,” he said after revealing just under three months of treatment, he’s able to make his body work. “She’s made it actually so I can get out of bed so I’m not in pain.”
November 12, 2015 by admin
Source: ABC News
http://abc27.com/2015/11/11/tian-shi-acupuncture-can-promote-child-conception-among-other-benefits/
Women who are planning a family or are pregnant may be interested in knowing there are alternate ways to help with the conception of a child. Batbayar Damdin of Tian Shi Acupuncture joined us to discuss the many benefits of acupuncture when it comes to expectant or even pregnant mothers. tian_shi_sig
Acupuncture can be useful at every stage from conception through delivery. In the planning stages it is helpful to regulate hormones, reduce stress to increase the chances of conceiving naturally or in combination with other assisted reproductive therapies like fertility medication, IUI or in vitro fertilization. Acupuncture is not a substitute for Western prenatal medical care. Instead, it offers complementary care that has many benefits. And because acupuncture has very few side effects, many pregnant women now seek this alternative to drug therapy for a number of common pregnancy complaints such as morning sickness, back pain, sleep problems and depression.
November 5, 2015 by admin
Source: CBS
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/11/03/cant-sleep-herbal-tea-and-acupuncture-could-help
SANTA MONICA (CBSLA.com) — For the chronically sleep deprived, getting a good night’s sleep can seem like a tough task.
Many people desperate for ZZZ’s begin to look to prescription pills.
But sleep specialist Dr. Mao Shing Ni — or Dr. Mao, as he’s known to his patients — says there are a number of ways to get your sleep schedule back on track with herbal remedies.
“You can definitely sleep like a baby again if you are open-minded and really want to help yourself,” said Dr. Mao, who runs the Tao of Wellness in Santa Monica.
So what kinds of exotic remedies does he recommend?
Well, many can be found at a local drug or health food store.
For starters, Dr. Mao recommends drinking a tea made from chamomile, valerian root, or jujube seed an hour before bedtime. Those supplements can also be taken as an extract or a supplement.
Magnesium supplements are another favorite of his, and can be consumed in pill form or mixed with water.
“Magnesium an hour before bedtime does wonders,” Dr. Mao said.
He also said Melatonin can work well as a sleep aid when taken as a supplement before bedtime.
Of course, Dr. Mao emphasizes a holistic approach that goes beyond ingesting pills or teas.
For relaxation and de-stressing, he also recommends acupuncture treatment.
If your schedule is too hectic to fit-in a visit to a specialist, he even has some acupressure tips that can be used at home.
For example, pressing your thumb into the skin two inches above the wrist, or applying pressure in your ear with a pen can both be effective methods of acupressure, he said.
There are other natural ways to calm your body and mind before bed, too, he said.
He recommends abstaining from electronics for at least a couple hours before going to sleep.
Also, foods such as bacon, cheese, chocolate, tomatoes and potatoes should be avoided before bed as they contain an amino-acid that can make falling asleep difficult.
Another way to rid yourself of the day’s stresses is to write your thoughts down in a journal before lying down.
He also said Epsom salt baths, which supply magnesium, can aid sleep.
And, perhaps surprisingly, setting an alarm can help, too — no, not an alarm for waking, but for falling asleep.
Too often, Dr. Mao said, we put off sleep until much later than we’d like.
Clinic visitor Laurie Zerwer, who has had trouble falling asleep, said the therapies appear to be working. She’s especially fond of acupuncture.
“It works,” she said. “I’m definitely a believer. Acupuncture is paid for by insurance, so I’m not the only believer.”
November 5, 2015 by admin
Source: NPR
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/11/04/454628373/acupuncture-and-alexander-technique-help-chronic-neck-pain
About one out of every six Americans has some form of neck pain, and chronic sufferers have few treatment options. But acupuncture or the Alexander technique, a system for adjusting posture, could provide some long-term relief for chronic neck pain.
Typical care for neck or back pain often involves some pain medication and visits to a physical therapist, orthopedic surgeon or chiropractor. For chronic pain, the kind that sticks around year after year, these mainstream treatment options can be a bit ineffective.
“The thing with chronic pain is you may actually not be able to reduce any pain,” says Dr. Andrea Furlan, a physician and acupuncturist at the University of Toronto and an editor for the Cochrane Back and Neck medical review who was not involved with the study.
But it looks like tacking on acupuncture treatment or Alexander technique lessons could reduce pain just a bit further than usual care. The researchers provided over 345 people with chronic neck pain with a few months of acupuncture or the Alexander technique and compared them to 170 people who just received usual care for a year. By three months, people receiving acupuncture or the Alexander technique had about 10 percent less pain than the people who hadn’t received the extra care, the researchers reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine on Monday.
The improvement persisted. “There was a statistically significant difference between these groups. And it was also there at six and 12 months. That’s the remarkable thing,” says lead author Hugh MacPherson, a senior research fellow at the University of York in the United Kingdom. “Most trials looking at neck pain show the benefits wear off after a time, but we were finding these sustaining benefits.”
That might be because treatments like the Alexander technique and acupuncture try to engage patients in their own recovery through lifestyle changes that typical care doesn’t, says MacPherson. “The patients that embedded the changes that they were asked to make by their acupuncturist did better.”
The Alexander technique tries to adjust posture and body movement to become more natural and efficient, which participants can practice for the rest of their lives. And acupuncture providers often offer diet and exercise advice along with needling. After six months, people receiving Alexander technique lessons or acupuncture had an over 30 percent reduction in pain on average compared with over 20 percent for those without the added care.
That extra drop of relief could help some people. “But it doesn’t seem like a lot,” Furlan cautions. “The problem I have with referring my patients to Alexander technique is that it’s expensive.” She adds: “Not all insurances will pay for that, and not all people can pay for it.”
Acupuncture sessions typically run around $100, about the same cost of several group classes of Alexander technique. A course of private sessions would cost $400 to $500.
What’s more, these studies are terribly vulnerable to biases from the patient and the caregiver. Some people who are receiving acupuncture or Alexander technique lessons may feel better simply because they’re receiving more attention. “You can’t blind people to these types of studies, so their outcomes may be affected by knowing they were in one group versus another,” writes Eric Hurwitz, an epidemiologist and chiropractor at the University of Hawaii who was not involved with the story, in an email.
But Hurwitz says he likes the study in spite of its flaws. “It was overall very well done,” he writes. “Neck and back pain have among the highest disease burdens, e.g. disability, lost work days.” If those people can find even a marginal amount of relief and gain back some of their life, then it could still be worthwhile.
October 31, 2015 by admin
Source: Today Show
http://www.today.com/video/hoda-acupuncture-left-me-feeling-zen-led-to-a-great-nights-sleep-553734723712
Hoda Kotb, Today Show host, said, “Acupuncture left me feeling zen, led to a great night’s sleep.”
Hoda tried acupuncture to see if it would help with her hot flashes and she let the cameras in on her session with Dr. William Cai. She says she felt great after the session and had one of the best sleeps ever. She’s such a fan that KLG may join her for the next session.
October 27, 2015 by admin
Source: The Pueblo Chieftain
http://www.chieftain.com/sports/college/pack/4036627-120/gray-acupuncture-lot-wristen
Eight permanent tables, two portable cots and some mats on the floor in the training room at the field house of the Neta & Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl were occupied on a rainy Wednesday afternoon.
Zach Gray went from station to station, sticking Colorado State University-Pueblo football players and coaches with dozens of needles as fine as a human hair.
“This is battlefield acupuncture,” Gray said with a smile. “I love it like this. It allows a lot of people to get treated at once.”
The oversized bodies in a sterile room are a far cry from the serene surroundings of Gray’s White Crane Acupuncture.
Unlike other forms of treatments, the tenets of acupuncture — increasing the body’s natural healing abilities by stimulating certain pressure points with thin needles — are the same whether the room smells of incense or rubbing alcohol.
“The great thing about it is that you get the same benefits if you’re lying in my studio or sitting on a training table,” Gray said. “It all works the same.”
Gray was a standout football player at Centennial High School. He found that the traditional road to higher education — he kicked around college for a couple of years — just didn’t feel right.
“I had some experiences in my life that led me to believe in the power of the energy in the human body and once I started looking into (acupuncture), I knew that’s what I wanted to do,” he said.
He began researching traditional Chinese medicine — acupuncture, herbalism, massage, diet — and it made sense. He earned a master’s degree in acupuncture and Oriental medicine from the Academy of Oriental Medicine in Austin, Texas.
Gray returned to Pueblo in 2005 and started treating people on a walk-in basis. His business has grown exponentially as insurance companies now pay for acupuncture treatments.
“I do a lot of (workers’ compensation) cases,” he said.
In 2011, Gray approached Colorado State University-Pueblo head football coach John Wristen about treating the players. Fortunately for Gray, Wristen is a bit of a Renaissance man, if not a Renaissance coach. There is no bottle of Patchouli oil in his office nor does he have Krishna Das playing in the background. But Wristen is open to new ideas and would rather set trends than follow them.
“Being a Division II program, I’m not going to let that be an excuse,” Wristen said. “A lot of the stuff we’re doing here I’ve done at other places I’ve been. But those places have a lot more money. We’ve been fortunate that we have people willing to donate their time to help us.
“That’s what makes this community so special.”
Wristen made his case while being treated for knee pain. He bought into acupuncture treatment after he injured his elbow shoveling snow.
“It was like I had tennis elbow and I went and saw Zach a couple of times and my elbow felt great after treatment,” he said. “It was the only thing that made it feel better.”
The ThunderWolves, under the encouragement of Wristen, use yoga and massage therapy for their restorative powers. They use acupuncture and chiropractic for their healing benefits. Whether players choose to use the alternatives offered is up to them.
“It’s there if they want it and a lot of guys take advantage,” he said. “Yoga has been really popular. Massages. Zach has a lot of regulars for acupuncture.”
Gray said that acupuncture is perfect for college players. It helps the body heal itself and young men and women who are already fit can benefit greatly.
The treatments also are body part specific.
“One of the best things about acupuncture is that it treats exact areas and conditions. It’s not one pill that everyone takes to feel better,” Gray said. “These college guys, they are so in shape that their bodies respond to it so quickly.”
On one table, defensive end Josh Croy had dozens of needles sticking out of the backs of both legs. It helps loosen his massive Achilles tendons, Croy said.
On another table, long snapper Jake Ludwick was getting treatment in his neck, wrist and knee. He also was getting some stress relief — a needle right between the eyes.
Ludwick, a senior, is a regular for the weekly acupuncture treatments.
“They help,” he said. “I know I feel better when I leave here and I know I don’t feel as good if I miss a week.”
Wristen credits head trainer Nick Horman with creating an environment where players may choose a variety of treatments — not just heat, ice, tape for pain management.
“Nick’s been great because he is open to new ideas,” Wristen said. “Some trainers aren’t like that; they prefer the traditional ways of doing things. But we’ve introduced a lot of different things here over the years and everyone is on board with what’s available to them.”
Horman has orthopedic surgeons on speed dial. He has worn a path to X-ray and MRI machines. He goes through tape like toilet paper. He has more braces than an orthodontist. Horman said that everything works together and some players respond better to certain treatments.
“Our job is to make sure our student-athletes are healthy, not just to compete, but in everyday life,” he said. “And if a guy thinks acupuncture works, then it probably does. That goes with any kind of treatment.”
Gray said that although not all traditional doctors embrace alternative medicine, it is gaining traction in the established medical community.
Gray’s goal is to be on staff of a professional or college team. Many NFL teams already employ full-time acupuncturists, Gray said, because the practice is becoming more accepted in mainstream medicine.
Along with volunteering his services to the ThunderWolves, Gray offers significant discounts to high school students as a way to give back.
“High school sports are so popular and important to people in Pueblo and they meant a lot to me,” he said. “They helped set me on my path.”
October 27, 2015 by admin
Source: KMTR News Eugene
http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/a-combination-of-Eastern-acupuncture-and-modern-medical-science-334892971.html
EUGENE, Ore. – A marriage of Eastern tradition and Western medicine, more doctors around the world are studying and practicing a treatment called craniosacral acupressure.
“Craniosacral acupressure is a very gently hands on technique designed to move the body through pain and dysfunction,” said Dr. Zachary Corbett.
Corbett, a licensed acupuncturist, started practicing craniosacral acupressure five years ago. The therapy originated in the 1920s and 30s.
“They found a Western anatomical explanation for what the Japanese and Chinese masters were already discovering,” he said. “They can create a change in the body that is stable and sustainable.”
Corbett said CSA is a combination of Eastern acupuncture and modern medical science. Doctors use the physiology of connective tissue to move into the strain, so it can unravel.
Corbett compared craniosacral acupressure to a child learning to tie shoes.
“A child will come across a knot that they’re muscling and forcing. And that knot’s just getting tighter and tighter,” he said. “And then there’s that great day when you realize, oh, if I feed the ends back to the knot – which is kind of counter-intuitive – the knot fluffs up, relaxes, and unravels on its own.”
Corbett said craniosacral acupressure can be useful in treating chronic problems like respiratory, circulation and musculoskeletal issues. He said the practice is different than more invasive or forceful treatments.
“The light pressure allows us to begin to adjust the connective tissue in the direction the body’s already trying to adjust,” he said.
Corbett and other practitioners use about 5 grams of pressure during the therapy.
In contrast, hard pressure releases the body’s elastin properties, which allows the body to snap back to the more painful position.
“You might have neck pain, but actually there’s a problem someplace down by a hip,” he said. “So you can work the neck all you’d like, but the body’s just going to pull it out of shape again.”
A typical treatment lasts between 60-90 minutes, with the goal of only needing one or two sessions a year.
Corbett said the treatment has proven to be very helpful for patients including small babies, athletes and the elderly. He said in other cases, the treatment may have no effect.
October 24, 2015 by admin
Source: Health CMi
http://www.healthcmi.com/Acupuncture-Continuing-Education-News/1539-acupuncture-and-moxa-relieve-ibs
Acupuncture and moxibustion relieve irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a disorder of the large intestine often involving abdominal pain, cramping, diarrhea, constipation, bloating, and gas. Researchers from the Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine conducted a randomized study of patients with IBS using acupuncture and moxibustion as treatment modalities. Zusanli, ST36, was found effective for the treatment of IBS. Patients receiving both acupuncture and moxibustion had a total effective rate of 93.3%.
The study made a comparison of acupuncture plus moxibustion with acupuncture as a standalone procedure and a drug group. All three approaches were applied in three randomized groups of patients with IBS-D, a type of IBS involving diarrhea. The drug group received oral pinaverium bromide, 50 mg, three times per day. Pinaverium bromide is a spasmolytic medication used for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders including IBS that acts as a calcium channel blocker. Known side effects of the drug include stomach pain, nausea, constipation, diarrhea, dizziness, skin rash, headaches, heartburn, and dry mouth.
Acupuncture plus moxibustion outperformed the other treatment regimens. Acupuncture plus moxibustion achieved a 93.3% total effective rate. Acupuncture as a standalone therapy achieved an 87.9% total effective rate. Pinaverium bromide achieved an 82.1% total effective rate. Acupuncture as a standalone therapy and acupuncture plus moxibustion outperformed the medication group in several areas including superior positive patient outcomes for reductions in stomach bloating and pain, diarrhea, and mucus in the stool.
The acupuncture procedure incorporated the following acupuncture points:
DU20, Baihui
CV12, Zhongwan
ST25, Tianshu
ST36, Zusanli
SP9, Yinlingquan
ST39, Xiajuxu
LV3, Taichong
Acupuncture was applied once per day for four weeks. Total needle retention time was thirty minutes per acupuncture session. DU20 was needled transversely and posteriorly to a depth of 0.5 to 0.8 inches. LV3 was needled to the same depth and angled perpendicularly-obliquely towards KD1 (Yongquan). Acupoints CV12, ST25, ST36, SP9, and ST39 were needled perpendicularly to a depth of 0.8 to 1.3 inches.
Moxibustion was applied using ginger partitioned moxa over acupoints ST25 and CV4 (Guanyuan). Freshly cut ginger (Sheng Jiang) was cut to a thickness of 0.5 cm. The middle part of the ginger was pricked several times with an acupuncture needle. A layer of dry cotton was placed on the skin at the acupuncture point and the ginger was placed on top. The moxa was placed on top of the ginger. The results demonstrate that moxibustion enhances the total efficacy rate of acupuncture for the treatment of IBS.
Zhang et al. had similar findings. In a meta-analysis of 11 studies, with a sample size of over 950 patients, the researchers conclude that acupuncture with moxibustion produces better patient outcomes than drug therapy. The researchers conclude, “Acupuncture-moxibustion for irritable bowel syndrome is better than the conventional western medication treatment.”
Chao et al. find acupuncture effective for the treatment of IBS in their meta-analysis published in the World Journal of Gastroenterology. The researchers conclude, “Acupuncture exhibits clinically and statistically significant control of IBS symptoms.” The researchers sorted for “randomization, concealment of allocation, double blinding, and dropouts.” The researchers noted “our meta-analysis of six randomized controlled trials suggests that acupuncture improves the symptoms of IBS, including abdominal pain and distension, sensation of incomplete defecation, times of defecation per day, and state of stool.” Citing possible mechanisms of acupuncture’s therapeutic actions, the researchers note that one study “showed that improvement in pain in IBS was positively associated with increased parasympathetic tone in the acupuncture group.”
Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Bensoussan et al. add that Chinese herbal medicine is effective for the treatment of IBS. The researchers consisted of gastroenterologists and herbalists working together in a randomized, double blinded, placebo controlled trial. They note that Chinese herbal medicine “offer(s) improvements in symptoms for some patients with IBS.”
References:
Kong, S. P., Wang, W. Q., Xiao, N. & Tan, Q. W. (2014). Clinical Research of Acupuncture plus Ginger-partitioned Moxibustion for Diarrhea-predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Shanghai Journal of Acupuncture and Moxibustion. 33 (10).
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Usai, P. Manca, R. Lai, MA, et al. (2010). Prevalence of Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Italian Rural and Urban Areas. Eur J Intern Med. 21 (4).
Zhongguo Zhen Jiu. 2012 Oct;32(10):957-60. [Meta analysis of acupuncture-moxibustion in treatment of irritable bowel syndrome]. Pei LX, Zhang XC, Sun JH, Geng H, Wu XL. Acupuncture and Rehabilitation Department, Jiangsu Province Hospital of TCM, Nanjing, China.
JAMA. 1998 Nov 11;280(18):1585-9. Treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with Chinese herbal medicine: a randomized controlled trial. Bensoussan A, Talley NJ, Hing M, Menzies R, Guo A, Ngu M. Research Unit for Complementary Medicine, University of Western Sydney Macarthur, Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia.
Chao, Guan-Qun, and Shuo Zhang. “Effectiveness of acupuncture to treat irritable bowel syndrome: A meta-analysis.” World J Gastroenterol 20, no. 7 (2014): 1871-1877.
MacPherson H, Tilbrook H, Bland JM, Bloor K, Brabyn S, Cox H, Kang’ombe AR, Man MS, Stuardi T, Torgerson D, Watt I, Whorwell P. Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: primary care based pragmatic randomised controlled trial. BMC Gastroenterol 2012; 12: 150 [PMID: 23095376 DOI: 10.1186/1471-230X-12-150].
October 24, 2015 by admin
Source: AOM Day
http://www.aomday.org/index_about.html
ABOUT AOM DAY
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Day is observed annually on October 24. It is part of an effort designed to increase public awareness of the progress, promise, and benefits of acupuncture and Oriental medicine.
An estimated 36% of U.S. adults use some form of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), according to a survey by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, a component of the National Institutes of Health. When megavitamin therapy and prayer specifically for health reasons is included in the definition of CAM, the number of U.S. adults using some form of CAM in the past year rises to 62%. Among the common CAM practices identified by the survey were acupuncture, acupressure, herbal medicine, tai chi and qi gong.
A survey by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine found that approximately one in ten adults had received acupuncture at least one time and 60% said they would readily consider acupuncture as a potential treatment option. Nearly half (48%) of the individuals surveyed who had received acupuncture reported that they were extremely satisfied or very satisfied with their treatment. In addition, one in five (21%) of the total NCCAOM survey respondents reported that they had utilized some other form of Oriental medicine besides acupuncture, such as herbs or bodywork (e.g., shiatsu).
These studies and others like them clearly demonstrate that CAM therapies such as acupuncture and Oriental medicine are common practice in today’s health care system. They also support the need for consumers to be provided accurate and reliable information regarding their treatment options.
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