Is Acupuncture, or community acupuncture, going to be effective in treating the conditions that you may be suffering from? There are many angles to answer this question from, the least of which is the previous blog “How much acupuncture will I need“. Before we can talk about effectiveness, we need to define it! We should … Read more
You’ll often see these words strung together on a community acupuncture website: SAFE, EFFECTIVE, ACCESSIBLE. In the first blog in this series, we’ll be focusing on the first word, safe, and the idea of safety in an acupuncture treatment. Before starting, we should probably offer a definition: Safety: “the condition of being protected from or … Read more
Acupuncture and its modern sibling, electroacupuncture (EA), are gaining serious traction as effective options for managing pain. A recent narrative review pulls together evidence, safety data, and the biological mechanisms at play-and the picture is surprisingly robust.