Researchers in York funded by the National Institute for Health Research, have assimilated evidence from high-quality trials of acupuncture for chronic pain, including neck and lower back pain, osteoarthritis of the knee, and headache and migraine. Altogether, nearly 18,000 patients were included.
They concluded that acupuncture was more effective than both usual care and sham acupuncture, and that acupuncture is one of the more clinically effective physical therapies for osteoarthritis.
(Acupuncture for chronic pain and depression in primary care: a programme of research. NIHR Journals Library, January 2017.)
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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