Personalised acupuncture has long term benefits for fibromyalgia
Spanish researchers have found that personalised acupuncture has long term benefits for fibromyalgia, providing pain relief and improved quality of life. What is Fibromyalgia? According to NHS Choices: Fibromyalgia, also called fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), is a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body. As well as widespread pain, people with fibromyalgia may also…
Pin down your sports injury pain with acupuncture.
Grin and Bear it’ Brits need to pin point their pain. Got a sports injury? What are you going to do about it? British Acupuncture Council’s sports injury survey: We’re famously a nation that doesn’t like to make a fuss but new statistics from the British Acupuncture Council reveal that when it comes to pain…
Acupuncture improves brain connections in migraine patients.
Acupuncture treatment modulates the resting-state functional connectivity of brain regions in migraine patients without aura. New research in China shows that acupuncture treatment can increase functional connectivity in brain regions that show decreased connectivity in migraine without aura (MWoA) patients. Migraine patients often experience warning signs, known as aura, such as flashing lights. However, some…
Heal your headaches in 3 simple steps.
A simple solution to your headaches and migraines. According to American neurologist David Buchholz there is a simple 3 step solution to relieving chronic headaches and migraines. Over the last few months I have had several patients follow the approach outlined in his book, Heal Your Headache, with great results. You can listen to David…
Understand persistent pain in less than five minutes.
This great video from Australia explains in under five minutes the latest understanding of what persistent pain is and how best to deal with it. Acute vs Persistent Pain Acute pain results from tissue injury and is mostly self-limiting in under 3 months. Pain lasting longer than 3 months comes from the brain and is…
Persistent Pain Booklet
Where Does it Hurt? When we are pain we tend to think we know what is hurting. We twist our ankle, our ankle hurts. We say, ‘my ankle hurts’. It’s probably fair to say, yes, the ankle hurts. But what about chronic or persistent pain? What if you tweak your back and 3 months later…