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STOP PAIN NOW
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Acupuncture is an incredible tool for pain. It is most effective for breaking the pain-spasm-pain cycle. Acupuncture promotes healing while reducing pain and inflammation and increasing range of motion.
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Oriental medicine and acupuncture has been used to treat injuries for more than 5,000 years. Acupuncture treatments can alleviate acute pain quickly. The muscles become relaxed and internal cortisone and endorphins levels in the body are stimulated.
In acute injuries where there is much swelling and bruising, it is not necessary to needle the affected area. Acupuncture can be applied to related meridians and distal points to help promote healing while reducing pain and inflammation and increasing range of motion.
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Oriental medicine is effective & cost saving. In many instances, acupuncture has been shown to out perform traditional treatments of braces, medications, heat, corticosteroid injections, physical therapy, rest and even some surgeries. Clinical studies have shown acupuncture treatments for severe osteoarthritis can result in avoidance of surgery with a savings of $9000 / patient. Treatments allow low back pain patients to return to physical labor, with a sick pay savings of $18,000 / patient.
In a study of patients in six clinics, 70% recommended for surgery had avoided surgery, 79% reported reduced use of prescription drugs, and 77% reported they were asking for fewer reimbursements from their insurance company.
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Acupuncture is safe when performed by qualified practitioners. The 1997 U.S. National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference reports: “One of the advantages of acupuncture is that the incidence of adverse effects is substantially lower than that of many drugs or other accepted medical procedures used for the same conditions.”
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