An international team of authors has concluded that evidence from a variety of moderate quality randomised controlled trials, suggests acupuncture is effective for treating the pain of tennis elbow. They studied 19 trials, conducted in Germany, Canada, Italy and China, which compared acupuncture and/or moxibustion with such other approaches as sham acupuncture or conventional treatment (eg steroid injection, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, ultrasound). The authors suggest that the results justify further trials of rigorous design.
(Acupuncture and moxibustion for lateral elbow pain: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 12 April 2014.)
Author: Robin Costello
I offer traditional Chinese acupuncture in Exeter, from a tranquil clinic a mile from the city centre, and next to the University of Exeter. I graduated originally from the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine’s 3 year full time Acupuncture Diploma (DipAc) course. I am on the practitioners register of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC), a regulatory and professional body with an entry standard of a full three year undergraduate degree level training.
I have worked in a hospital in south west China, deepening my knowledge and using acupuncture and Chinese massage (tuina) as the treatment of choice in its country of origin. I have taught Chinese medicine in colleges, the NHS and at university level. I also practise Qi Gong, and Chinese dietary therapy, that is the medicinal use of ordinary foods, chosen to help achieve particular therapeutic effects in different individuals.
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