A seven year international and multi-disciplinary team, including European, American, Canadian and Australasian researchers, has found some complementary therapies such as acupuncture and massage, are better choices for managing most common neck pain, than many current medical practices.
The Bone and Joint Decade 2000-2010 Task Force on Neck Pain, was created to help health professionals and neck pain sufferers, use the best research evidence to prevent, diagnose and manage the condition. Neck pain is widespread, and can be associated with headaches, arm pain, upper back pain and depression. It may arise from injuries such as whiplash, occupational factors, or stress, and for most sufferers, it is persistent and recurrent.
(Spine Journal 2008 and CAM, March 2008.)
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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