If you’ve tried conventional treatments for pain, fatigue, anxiety, depression, or headache without success, consider acupuncture. Read about how this ancient practice can help improve your health and well-being:
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Acupuncture is a highly effective form of treatment that is helping countless people.
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If you are suffering from an illness or injury that won’t relent acupuncture may just solve your problem. Check out the article below to learn more.
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Acupuncture is a method of both complementary and primary therapy that is used around the world to treat a broad range of health conditions. According to the World Health Organization, acupuncture can be effectively used for the treatment of many health conditions including back pain, knee pain, headaches and various diseases, symptoms and conditions. The therapeutic effects of acupuncture have been shown to alleviate or completely eliminate the symptoms of many health conditions.
Acupuncture is a proven effective solution to neck pain and shoulder tension. Many patients who regularly work at a computer and sit at a desk for extended periods of time suffer from a lack of circulation in the tissues surround the neck. Stiffness and muscle tension are both common with this type of activity. One of the most significant acupuncture points known as fuchi is located just below the hairline at the top of the neck. This point is a common acupuncture starting point for the treatment of headaches, insomnia and neck pain associated with sitting in front of a computer for an extended period of time.
Many Miami acupuncture patients cite chronic fatigue as their primary reason for seeking treatment. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or CFS varies from patient to patient but often is characterized by extreme tiredness, sensitivity to light & sound, depression, headaches, muscle and joint pain, panic attacks and irritability. Acupuncture has been proven effective at helping patients who suffer from CFS to reset the biological clock and therefore reduce symptoms of fatigue.
Acupuncture has been use for the treatment of female gynecological disorders for thousands of years. Studies have found a direct correlation between the reduction of primary dysmenorrhea related pain and uterine blood flow when certain acupuncture points are treated. In a study that followed women who received acupuncture on a weekly basis for three menstrual cycles versus a control group, the women who received actual acupuncture had a 90% rate of improvement in symptoms. (read the entire study here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3540764?dopt=Citation )
It is not uncommon for patients to suffer from both anxiety and depression at the same time. Acupuncture can be used with other holistic or integrative medicine techniques to treat anxiety or depression that is associated with a disruption of the circadian rhythm. An acupuncturist can often use specific acupressure points to treat twitching or restlessness, nausea, and dizziness while promoting relaxation for a better night’s sleep.
There are various types of headaches which can be treated using acupuncture. Miami acupuncturist & integrative medicine cardiologist Dr. Jorge Bordenave often treats chronic headaches and migraines using acupuncture rather than prescribing potentially dangerous or addictive pain medications. In many cases, acupuncture is not only more effective for the treatment of headaches, it actually reduces the number and severity of future headaches making it a safe & more effective choice for patients who suffer from tension-type headaches as well as migraine headaches.
Talk with a healthcare provider or acupuncturist about these additional symptoms, diseases and health conditions that are also commonly treated using acupuncture:
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When you decide to visit an Integrative Medicine practitioner for your initial appointment, there are some steps that you must take before the visit to make it go smoother and get better results. Your initial visit to the Integrative Medicine practitioner will cover everything necessary to establish a baseline for your Integrative Medicine treatment. Once your first visit is completed, your Integrative Medicine practitioner(s) will then analyze your medical records and information gathered from speaking with you during the visit to determine a health care plan for future visits. Your initial visit to the Integrative Medicine practitioner’s office is highly important and has many implications for the rest of your treatment for current and future medical needs.
Before you see your Integrative medical practitioner in person, there are some important and necessary steps to complete. Speak with all doctors, hospitals and related medical professionals to obtain medical records (lab reports, doctor’s notes, prescriptions records, etc.). You will need to document your personal and genetic history of diseases, chronic health conditions, etc. Along with your prescription medical records that your current practitioners have prescribed for you, you should document all supplements and herbs that you take and for what reason. Documenting what your currently ingest is good to let your Integrative Medicine practitioner understand what you are taking and to double check your medical records. Ideally, supplying as much of this as possible before your initial visit is ideal because your Integrative Medicine practitioner can review your records and personal information and ask any necessary investigatory questions.
The next step is to attend your appointment at your Integrative Medicine practitioner’s office. During your first visit, your doctor will follow up and complete their comprehensive review of your baseline health. He or she will speak with you to confirm all of the important details of your medical history – this includes surgeries, past and present major medical conditions, you and your family’s genetic past and any present issues that you are facing. Without establishing your baseline health and any existing chronic or acute health conditions, your doctor will not be able to effectively and efficiently treat you and make appropriate recommendations for your prescriptions, supplements and diet.
After performing a physical evaluation, your Integrative Medicine practitioner will evaluate your diet, supplement and exercise regimen. Based on your current health, diet, supplement regimen and exercise regimen, your Integrative Medicine practitioner will make recommendations based on each factor. Your Integrative Health medicine practitioner may also write prescriptions for the appropriate medication to treat your disease(s) along with modifying your lifestyle choices as well as your nutrition and supplement regimen. Determining your baseline health, along with what your current nutrition and supplement regimen is essential to help your Integrative Medicine practitioner customize your individual treatment program.
After your first visit your Integrative Medicine practitioner will take some time on his or her own to develop a comprehensive or “integrative” approach to your health maintenance plan. Normally, it requires no additional time or interaction with your Integrative Medicine practitioner, unless you want to supply additional medical records. This approach will analyze and synthesize all of the information your doctor has to date on you, your medical records, what you say during the visit and what other physician’s offices might add beyond your medical records. This process will then culminate into a detailed and personalized healthcare plan based on an “Integrative Medicine” approach. You will then have one or many follow-up visits depending on your current health, what you want to accomplish and what you Integrative Medicine practitioner feels is necessary to optimizing your health.
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A stress reduction program using Transcendental Meditation significantly reduced mortality, myocardial infarction, and stroke in African-American patients with coronary heart disease, researchers reported.
Those practicing TM had a 48% reduction in these outcomes according to Robert H. Schneider, MD, of Maharishi University of Management in Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa, and colleagues.
The TM group also had a change of −4.9 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure as reported online in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
“Reduction in systolic BP may be a physiological mechanism for reduced clinical events in this trial since this magnitude of reduction has been associated with 15% reduction in cardiovascular clinical events,” Schneider and colleagues wrote.
African Americans are disproportionately afflicted with cardiovascular disease, at least in part possibly because of environmental and psychosocial stresses.
The TM program involves daily periods during which individuals sit quietly allowing the mind to drift into a “wakeful hypometabolic state,” which is characterized by physiologic changes typical of decreased stress.
Previous studies of stress reduction using TM have shown benefits for risk factors and various clinical endpoints in the general population.
Schneider and colleagues enrolled 201 black patients who had at least one coronary artery with 50% blockage.
In the study, they assigned participants to learn the meditation technique and practice it twice a day for 20 minutes, or to health education on cardiovascular health with instructions to engage in heart-healthy behaviors each day at home.
The study took place between 1998 and 2007, in two phases separated by a period of loss of funding in 2003 and 2004.
The primary endpoint was a composite of nonfatal stroke or myocardial infarction and all-cause mortality, while secondary endpoints included cardiovascular mortality, revascularization, and hospitalization for coronary heart disease or heart failure
More than half of the patients were men, and mean age was 59. About 60% were taking lipid-lowering medications, 44% were taking ACE inhibitors, and 35% were on calcium channel blockers
“In conclusion, this randomized controlled trial found that a selected mind-body intervention, the Transcendental Meditation program, significantly reduced risk for mortality, myocardial infarction, and stroke in African-American men and women with coronary heart disease. These changes were associated with reductions in BP and psychosocial distress,” Schneider and colleagues wrote
Limitations of the study included sample sizes that were not large enough to explore single endpoints, and varying duration for time spent in the study for some participants
The study also did not attempt to assess the potential benefits of other types of mind-body programs, so additional research will be needed.
Dr. Jorge Bordenave practices Integrative, Preventive & Clinical Cardiology.
He is NOAA / UHMS Certified Dive Medical Examiner, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, FIU Medical College and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Nova Southeastern University.
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Primary source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
Source reference:
Schneider R, et al “Stress reduction in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a randomized controlled trial of Transcendental Meditation and health education in African Americans” Circ Cardiovasc Quality Outcomes 2012; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.967406.