ACUPUNCTURE FOR PAIN TREATMENT: CONDITIONS IN WHICH ACUPUNCTURE IS MOST EFFECTIVE
As a general- rule, people with pain due to an organic cause without serious emotional factors respond better to acupuncture. World-wide experience has shown that acupuncture not only controls pain but also improves body function in degenerative arthritis (osteoarthritis), many joint problems resulting from injury, and in sports injuries. Simple migraine and painful menstrual periods also respond well to acupuncture techniques where acupuncture is the sole treatment.
Chronic pain patients whose pain complaints often have no obvious cause and which are complicated by emotional distress and anxiety may respond better to a combination of acupuncture, psychological treatments and medication. With such patients, hypnosis may be the psychological treatment of choice.
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