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Herniated Disc Acupuncture
What is Herniated Disc Acupuncture?Acupuncture is an alternative pain management modality often used for symptomatic treatment of a variety of back pain syndromes. Acupuncture uses long thin needles to stimulate energy points in the body. These points lie along energy meridians which transmit Chi/Qi, or internal energy, throughout the body. When the body is aligned in its energies, the patient will feel healthy and strong. When the Chi is out of balance, pain and disability might result. Acupuncture seeks to balance the Chi flow by adding or removing energy from these crucial anatomical points.Acupuncture for Herniated DiscsAcupuncture is far healthier than using pain relief drugs. The therapy is all natural and has no side effects. A master practitioner can enact effective pain relief in many patients. This being said, acupuncture is still a symptomatic herniated disc treatment which does nothing at all to resolve the actual structural spinal condition. If the disc is truly the cause of pain, acupuncture will have to become a permanent part of the patient’s life to provide lasting herniated disc relief. It is always recommended that patients should pursue a cure, rather than any form of therapy which merely treats the symptoms…Herniated Disc Acupuncture AdviceAcupuncture can be used to treat virtually any condition and is also used in healthy people to optimize the life force and provide increased vigor and vitality. I do not see any downside to acupuncture as a pain treatment, except perhaps the price, but can not recommend it as a cure. Remember, a disc herniation is a structural event and might need to be addressed on an anatomical level.Patients who are open to the idea of using acupuncture to treat pain are also generally receptive to the idea of knowledge therapy. This alternative back pain treatment is used to expose the truth about most disc pain conditions and allow the suffering individual to discover the common emotional contributors to their chronic pain. If you are looking for an endorsement, I would choose knowledge therapy virtually every time for its low cost and extreme effectiveness. The bottom line comes down to this… If you are looking for a temporary pain management therapy to get you past a difficult time, you will certainly want to investigate acupuncture. However, if you want to be completely cured of disc pain forever, I recommend knowledge therapy and/or spinal decompression as far more efficient choices… 7/20/08 Revised 12/5/09
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