An American military research team has undertaken a feasibility study to assess the effectiveness and acceptability of acupuncture for pain control in injured personnel. Ear acupuncture was given to patients experiencing pain during evacuation by air from Germany to a base in Maryland, USA. Patients reported statistically significant reductions in pain following treatment: average pain scores fell from 4.07 prior to treatment, to 2.17 one hour after treatment, and 2.76 one hour after the flight.
(Moving Acupuncture to the Frontline of Military Medical Care: A Feasibility Study. Medical Acupuncture, February 2013.)
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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