George T. Lewith MA MRCGP MRCPDiseases of the Muscles, Bones, and Joints ;The muscles, bones and joints are usually called collect
Sudden injury or sprains usually respond well to acupuncture. The pain resulting from a sprained shoulder will often continue for some days or weeks after the initial injury. Once a clear diagnosis has been made acupuncture can usually be used to...
Osteoarthritis ;Osteoarthritis and the rheumatic pains that result from
Rheumatoid Arthritis ;The effects of acupuncture on rheumatoid arthritis are n
Headaches ;Headaches can be due to a multitude of factors; arthriti
Strokes ;A stroke is caused by a disturbance of the blood supply
If an acupuncture needle is placed in or around an area of local pain then some degree of pain relief is frequently achieved. This has led many Western doctors to use and
A variety of electrical appliances have been used by acupuncturists to measure and quantify the skin's electrical resistance and conductance over acupuncture points, and
Diarrhea ;Diarrhea is a symptom that can be indicative of a variet
In the field of acupuncture few good clinical research trials have been completed, and there has also been very poor follow-up assessment of many of the conditions that have been treated by acupuncturists. It is therefore impossible to give a clear...
