Acupuncture may aid Recovery after Spinal Cord Injury

Acupuncture may aid recovery after spinal cord injury.
Acupuncture may aid recovery after spinal cord injury. Australian researchers pooled the results of twelve randomised controlled studies, and analysis suggests beneficial effects on neurological recovery, motor function and functional recovery. The authors state that at present, the benefit of acupuncture is by no means definitive and well-designed future studies are recommended to confirm it.

(The Impact of Acupuncture on Neurological Recovery in Spinal Cord Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal of Neurotrauma, 11 December 2015.)

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.