Acupuncture pain management Brisbane |
Are you experiencing pain? Your pain could be sharp, painful, tight or dull. You could be experiencing the pain anywhere in your body and the pain might stop you from function through the day or keep you awake at night. Research confirms acupuncture can help in a wide variety of pain conditions (2)
If you are ready to look at drug-free options to help manage your pain, book in your a consultation and see how acupuncture may assist you pain condition. We are easily located in Chermside and are here to help you.
Acupuncture appointments can be booked online. We look forward to providing an acupuncture treatment for your pain condition.
If you are ready to look at drug-free options to help manage your pain, book in your a consultation and see how acupuncture may assist you pain condition. We are easily located in Chermside and are here to help you.
Acupuncture appointments can be booked online. We look forward to providing an acupuncture treatment for your pain condition.
What is the real science behind how acupuncture works?
There are multiple ways acupuncture provides pain relief for the body. Our trained therapists can discuss this with you. For the people who want to know about the 'nuts' and the 'bolts' of it:
1. Neural pathways:
Ascending neural pathways and specific sensory fibers, the mesolimbic loop of analgesia in the brain and brain stem and descending pathways (1)
2.. Endogenous opioid & non-opioid mediators:
Opioid and non-opioid neuropeptides, serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine, cytokines, glutamate, nitric oxide and gamma-amino-butyric-acid (GABA) (1)
Acupuncture analgesia has been shown to involve several classes of opioid neuropeptides including enkephalins, endorphins, dynorphins, endomorphins and nociceptin (also known as Orphanin FQ). Among the non-opioid neuropeptides, substance P (SP), vaso-active intestinal peptide (VIP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) have been investigated for their roles in both the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of acupuncture. Adenosine has also been shown to play a role in acupuncture’s effects on pain (1)
3. Neuroplasticity:
Adverse neuroplasticity can present a challenge in pain management as neuroplastic changes can be associated with chronic severe pain that is resistant to treatment. Acupuncture has demonstrated the capacity to reverse adverse neuroplastic changes in the spinal dorsal horn as well as in the somatosensory cortex in chronic pain (1)
1. Neural pathways:
Ascending neural pathways and specific sensory fibers, the mesolimbic loop of analgesia in the brain and brain stem and descending pathways (1)
2.. Endogenous opioid & non-opioid mediators:
Opioid and non-opioid neuropeptides, serotonin, norepinephrine, dopamine, cytokines, glutamate, nitric oxide and gamma-amino-butyric-acid (GABA) (1)
Acupuncture analgesia has been shown to involve several classes of opioid neuropeptides including enkephalins, endorphins, dynorphins, endomorphins and nociceptin (also known as Orphanin FQ). Among the non-opioid neuropeptides, substance P (SP), vaso-active intestinal peptide (VIP) and calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) have been investigated for their roles in both the analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of acupuncture. Adenosine has also been shown to play a role in acupuncture’s effects on pain (1)
3. Neuroplasticity:
Adverse neuroplasticity can present a challenge in pain management as neuroplastic changes can be associated with chronic severe pain that is resistant to treatment. Acupuncture has demonstrated the capacity to reverse adverse neuroplastic changes in the spinal dorsal horn as well as in the somatosensory cortex in chronic pain (1)
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Sources:
(1) Bauer, M McDonald, J 2017 Acupuncture in pain management: strengths and weaknesses of a promising non-pharmacologic therapy in the age of the opioid epidemic The Acupuncture Now Foundation https://acupuncturenowfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/ANF-FDA-20170712.pdf |
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