Brisbane Acupuncture for pain |
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Does pain affect your daily life?
We understand your frustrations with pain. Pain can be debilitating and cause you to miss out on your normal every day activities. Book yourself in for an initial acupuncture treatment at our Brisbane Acupuncture clinic. Your treatment involves a pain consultation, followed by a suggested treatment plan that is tailored to your unique pain condition.
Brisbane AcuBalance acupuncture clinic has substantial experience in acupuncture treatments for various types of pain, including chronic pain, headaches, neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, knee, calves and feet.
Brisbane AcuBalance acupuncture clinic has substantial experience in acupuncture treatments for various types of pain, including chronic pain, headaches, neck pain, shoulder pain, back pain, knee, calves and feet.
Your Acupuncture treatment
Your acupuncture treatment will commence with a discussion on pain, including pain levels, affected range of movement and affected functional activities.
Acupuncture pain research shows:
There is evidence supported by recent clinical trials that confirms acupuncture is effective in pain management (3,4) .
Evidence of positive effect (4)- Chronic low back pain
- Headache (tension-type and chronic) - Migraine prophylaxis - Post operative pain - Knee osteoarthritis |
Evidence of potential positive effect (4)- Neck pain
- Acute low back pain - Sciatica - Lateral elbow pain - Plantar heel pain - Shoulder pain - Shoulder impingement syndrome (early stage with exercise) - Prostatis pain / chronic pelvic pain syndrome - Restless Leg Syndrome - Temporomandibular joint pain (TMJ) |
How does Acupuncture work?
The mechanism of how acupuncture works continues to be studied. To simplify acupuncture's role in pain management is acupuncture stimulates the production and release of brain chemicals (endogenous dynorphins : endogenous beta endorphin). The chemicals have been shown to be approximately two hundred / 50 times more potent than morphine accordingly. (1, 2)
Can I claim acupuncture?
We have the facility to claim private health claims immediately at our Chermside clinic reception. Check with your health fund for their specific rebate allowances for Acupuncture.
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Sources:
(1) Goldstein, A Tachibana, S Lowney, I Hunkapiller, M Hood, L 1979 Dynorphin-(1-13), an extraordinarily potent opioid peptide. Dec; 76(12): 6666–6670. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC411929/ (2) Han, S 2004 Acupuncture and endorphins Neuroscience lett. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15135942 May 6;361(1-3):258-61. (3) Hempel S, Shekelle P, Taylor S, Solloway M 2014 Evidence map of acupuncture Washington (DC): Department of Veterans Affairs; January 2014 http://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/publications/esp/acupuncture.cfm (4) McDonald J, Janz S. 2017 The Acupuncture Evidence Project: A Comparative Literature Review (Revised Edition). Brisbane: Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine |
Claim on the spot in our Brisbane Acupuncture clinic with your private health fund
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