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What Issues Can Acupuncture Treat?
During acupuncture, a trained expert uses tiny needles to stimulate certain locations on your body. The needles are so fine that most people report treatment doesn’t hurt at all. At most, you might feel a small pinch.
Depending on where your acupuncturist places the needles, they can help kickstart your body’s natural pain-killing processes, stimulate tissue, and more. Because it can impact your body’s central nervous system, acupuncture gives you a way to address a wide range of ailments.
Dr. Halina Snowball has used acupuncture for years to successfully treat a variety of conditions. If you’re curious to learn if this type of treatment could help you, don’t hesitate to visit Dr. Snowball and our team at Integrated Pain Solutions in Stamford, Connecticut.
For now, though, we can give you an overview of conditions that commonly improve with acupuncture.
Using acupuncture to treat pain
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), a federal agency, compiled scientific studies evaluating the effectiveness of acupuncture. It noted evidence-backed results for people dealing with:
- Back pain
- Cancer pain
- Chronic prostatitis, including chronic pelvic pain syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Headaches, including migraines
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Myofascial pain syndrome
- Neck pain
- Osteoarthritis
- Postoperative pain
- Sciatica
Other sources also point to acupuncture as an effective treatment for dental pain, menstrual cramps, and tennis elbow.
The NCCIH acupuncture overview also includes an analysis of 20 studies with more than 6,000 combined participants who had back and neck pain, headaches, and osteoarthritis. That study found that for most people, the positive impacts of acupuncture continued for at least a year after the patient ended treatment.
If you’ve been looking for a way to get lasting relief from a painful condition, talk to Dr. Snowball. Because acupuncture can be effective for such a wide range of ailments, and the results usually last, she can often use it to provide you with ongoing relief.
As an added benefit, choosing acupuncture can mean getting pain relief without the side effects that often come with pain-killing medications.
Acupuncture for other issues
While acupuncture is widely used as a pain relief treatment, it can also help with symptoms that don’t necessarily hurt. The NCCIH compilation of results shows evidence of acupuncture’s effectiveness for all of the following:
- Asthma
- Carpal tunnel
- Depression
- Menopausal hot flashes
- Nausea and vomiting related to cancer treatment
- Seasonal allergies
- Smoking cessation
- Stress urinary incontinence
Ultimately, acupuncture can treat a variety of health conditions. And it does so without introducing medication — or its potential side effects or dependency issues. If you’ve been looking for a safe, proven way to have fewer symptoms and an improved quality of life, ask Dr. Snowball if acupuncture could work for you.
To schedule an acupuncture consultation at our office, call our team at 203-293-0549 or request an appointment online today.
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