Using anti-inflammatory drugs and steroids to relieve pain could increase the chances of developing chronic pain, according to researchers from McGill University and colleagues in Italy. Their research puts into question conventional practices used to alleviate pain. Normal recovery from a painful injury involves inflammation and blocking that inflammation with drugs could lead to harder-to-treat pain.

“For many decades it’s been standard medical practice to treat pain with anti-inflammatory drugs. But we found that this short-term fix could lead to longer-term problems,” says Jeffrey Mogil, a Professor in the Department of Psychology at McGill University and E. P. Taylor Chair in Pain Studies.

Please consider first using natural and effective treatments for pain, such as acupuncture, so the development of chronic pain can be prevented.

https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/discovery-reveals-blocking-inflammation-may-lead-chronic-pain-339532
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abj9954

#acupuncture #pain #chronicpain #research

Discovery reveals blocking inflammation may lead to chronic pain

Findings may lead to reconsideration of how we treat acute pain.

#acupuncture #acunap

#healing #health

#EFT
#eft #emotionalfreedomtechniques #diy #acupuncture #tapping

It’s #easy, it’s #simple, it #works

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRq8o1MEUtU

Compassion Connects Episode 4: CASE MANAGEMENT | Acupuncture Relief Project | Nepal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQtM7LT2UMI
#acupuncture #nepal #compassoinconnects #casemanagment

A brief video about Bessel Van Der Kolk's book "The Body Keeps the Score". Bessel is a psychiatrist, but he has become a strong promoter of yoga and meditation as a way to heal traumatic stress that has been stored in the body.
Meditation and Yoga (or Qi Gong) surely are great, but the technique that is best at releasing stuck tissue is traditional acupuncture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSCXyYuT2rE
#acupuncture #body #trauma

Compassion Connects Episode 3: WORKING WITH THE GOVERNMENT | Acupuncture Relief Project | Nepal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtzZxq-1y9U
#acupuncture #nepal #acupuncturereliefproject

https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/acupuncture-sleep
#acupuncture #sleep #insomnia

Can acupuncture really help you sleep? We asked the experts

See ya, sleepless nights.

The past decade have witnessed the rapid development of acupuncture research about migraine, and many high-quality papers have been published, especially after 2016 (He et al., 2022).
Acupuncture research has grown markedly in the past two decades, with a 2-fold higher growth rate than for biomedical research overall. Both the increases in the proportion of RCTs and the impact factor of journals support that the quality of published research has improved (Ma et al., 2016).
https://www.evidencebasedacupuncture.org/forum/
#acupuncture #evidence #eba #evidencebasedacupuncture #migraine #research

Evidence Based Acupuncture Discussion Forum - NEW Post

EBA Forum was created to connect us all in a safe space for peer support where we can share ideas, discover new research, learn from each other’s experiences, present and discuss case studies. and much more...

Manual acupuncture + usual care was found to be more effective than usual care alone for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Interestingly, manual acupuncture was found to be most effective component (RR = 1.38 (95% CI, 1.12 to 1.70)) when added to usual care. Results from a recent component network meta-analysis of 25 RCTs including a total of 3041 patients.
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09645284221085280
#IBS #acupuncture #research

After undergoing a CT scan and being diagnosed with myositis of the jaw muscles, Bassoon received localized anti-inflammatory injections and then began physical therapy and acupuncture treatment. https://www.fox5dc.com/news/sea-turtle-gets-acupuncture-treatment-at-national-aquarium
#acupuncture #turtle

Sea turtle gets acupuncture treatment at National Aquarium

A sea turtle that arrived at the National Aquarium unable to fully open its mouth to feed itself is on the mend after receiving acupuncture, among other innovative treatments, from the Aquarium’s Animal Health and Rescue teams.

#acupuncture #asymmetry

Compassion Connects Episode 2: INTEGRATED MEDICINE | Acupuncture Relief Project | Nepal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZE6TvBXBFI

#acupuncture #nepal #compassion #acupuncturereliefproject

"Acupuncture is a safe, cost-effective and evidence-based treatment for cancer pain" https://www.evidencebasedacupuncture.org/acupuncture-cancer-pain/

Acupuncture’s mechanisms for treating cancer pain are thought to be similar to those for treating other painful conditions, whether the pain is categorised as acute or chronic.

#CancerPain #Acupuncture #EvidenceBasedAcupuncture #Oncology

Acupuncture as a Therapeutic Treatment for Cancer Pain - Evidence Based Acupuncture

Studies have indicated that acupuncture is a feasible and safe treatment and may successfully be used to treat cancer patients for symptom management due to the low risks associated with its use. Acupuncture’s mechanisms for treating cancer pain...

Compassion Connects: RURAL PRIMARY CARE | Acupuncture Relief Project | Nepal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CiAgBtRjnU
#acupuncture #nepal

#Neckpain #pain #acupuncture #anf

#celebratethebody #acupuncture

Pins in Your #Ears: How #Acupuncture Can Help #Relieve Your #Pain

In Chinese medicine, acupuncture dates back more than 2000 years. The Military Health System has developed a modern modification of this ancient practice, known as Battlefield Acupuncture, or #BFA.
Military health care providers are finding that ear acupuncture, which involves inserting small needles into different areas of the ear, is successful in relieving pain of injured or ill service members.

"BFA is highly effective and markedly alleviates acute or chronic pain in approximately 80-85% of patients," regardless of the underlying cause, said Dr. Jeff Leggit, a professor and medical acupuncturist at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences [https://www.usuhs.edu/], in Bethesda, Maryland.
https://www.health.mil/News/Articles/2022/03/22/Pins-in-Your-Ears-How-Acupuncture-Can-Help-Relieve-Your-Pain

Acupuncture works by physically releasing the points in the tissue planes where the body's normal ebb and flow has gotten stuck.
#acupuncture

ACUPUNCTURISTS WITHOUT BORDERS IS ORGANIZING IN THE NETHERLANDS

Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) is actively organizing support for people being forced to flee Ukraine, including Ukrainian citizens, students and migrants from other countries, and
refugees from Africa and the Middle East who once again have to find safe haven.

Currently, in the Netherlands we are:
* Identifying and securing locations for pop-up clinics, to treat refugees. Pop-up clinic sites need to be clean, safe spaces. We will be providing auricular treatments, therefore we will not need treatment tables! Patients just need comfortable seating. Ideally, we would have a 4 hour time block for set up/breakdown, and to administer treatments on a rolling basis. Depending on the availability of space and volunteer practitioners, we can set up sites at multiple locations, with a minimum frequency of every other week. We also want to make sure locations are as close as possible to where refugees will be staying, so they do not have to go far. If you have leads on potential clinic sites, please let us know as soon as possible

• Organizing supplies and donations. We will need seating, needles, alcohol swabs, sharps containers, mouth caps, and everything else you can think of

• Starting to screen interested volunteers. All practitioners are welcome. We would especially love to work with local Acupuncture schools, to give student acupuncturists an opportunity to gain clinical experience by treating incoming refugees.
  While we appreciate the interest of many people to provide direct services, we have to establish a workable service infrastructure rst. This takes time, money, planning, and help with administration, logistics, public outreach and resource mobilization on the ground. Please let us know if you can contribute any of these skills/actions to this effort!

Information is updated every few days on our website: https://acuwithoutborders.org/ukraine.
Please check for updates here periodically.

If you would like to help out here in the Netherlands, please contact
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAnnette Tapia-Cornet
Email: annette@freespiritacu.com
WhatsApp: 6 15 41 59 30
and/or

Marianne Ten Westenend
Email: info@mariannetenwestenend.nl
WhatsApp: 6 53 72 82 97
We thank you in advance for your support!

#acupuncture #AWB #ukraine #acupuncturistswithoutborders #refugees #thenetherlands

Ukraine - Acupuncturists Without Borders

Ukraine - Acupuncturists Without Borders

#hotflashes #acupuncture #menopause #tcm