Acupuncture Continuing Education News

  Acupuncture is effective for relieving chronic shoulder pain. Meiji University of Integrative Medicine (Kyoto, Japan) researchers find true acupuncture more effective than sham acupuncture for the relief of chronic shoulder pain CSP. In another study by Shi et al., acupuncture combined with Mulligan Manual Therapy (MMT) relieved rotator cuff injuries and demonstrated superior patient outcomes to using MMT alone.

Acupuncture is effective for the treatment of fibromyalgia. In one study, acupuncture demonstrated a significantly higher total effective rate for the treatment of fibromyalgia than the standard pharmaceutical therapy of amitriptyline. In another study, researchers found that acupuncture plus moxibustion produces superior treatment outcomes to tramadol and amitriptyline. Learn about acupuncture CEU continuing education and fibromyalgia at HealthCMi online.

Acupuncture integrated with moxibustion is effective for relieving symptoms and reducing inflammatory factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Researchers at the Affiliated Hospital of Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine investigated the effectiveness of routine biomedical treatment and that of warm needle acupuncture combined with routine care. The results showed that warm needle acupuncture administered in an integrated protocol with biomedicine outperformed routine

Acupuncture combined with herbal medicine is effective for the treatment of post-stroke aphasia. In one investigation, acupuncture plus herbal medicine produced superior treatment outcomes when compared with intravenous injections of edaravone. In another investigation, acupuncture plus speech therapy was found superior to using only speech therapy. Aphasia is a condition caused by brain damage that affects the ability to communicate through speech or written language.

Clinical trials demonstrate that acupuncture and herbs alleviate post-stroke hemiplegia. Researchers from the Third Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine investigated the effects of acupuncture and traditional herbal medicine on post-stroke hemiplegia. They concluded that the combination of both TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) modalities is a more effective treatment protocol than using only acupuncture. Acupuncture combined with herbs yielded an 88.0% total

Acupuncture point stimulation is effective for the treatment of diabetes. In a laboratory investigation, laser acupuncture outperformed rosiglitazone for the inhibition of β-cell apoptosis. In an independent clinical investigation, true TENS acupuncture point stimulation outperformed sham acupuncture point stimulation for regulating glucose levels and improving insulin resistance.

Acupuncture is effective for relieving symptoms and improving quality of life for patients with dry eye syndrome in menopausal and premenopausal age groups. Researchers from the Third People’s Hospital of Nanning City conducted a clinical trial comparing the effects of an acupuncture plus moxibustion protocol with artificial tears for patients with dry eye syndrome (i.e., keratoconjunctivitis sicca, dry eye disease). Acupuncture yielded superior patient

Acupuncture is effective for increasing the total effective rate of drug therapy for the relief of angina caused by coronary heart disease (CHD). Researchers from the Wuhan Seventh Municipal Hospital combined acupuncture with standard drug therapy. Patients receiving both modalities in a combined treatment protocol had superior patient outcomes compared with patients receiving only drug therapy. The results were confirmed with ECG outcomes, numbers

Acupuncture, administered with the warm needle method, in combination with drug therapy outperforms drug monotherapy in the rehabilitation of patients with heroin addiction. Researchers from the Shanghai Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine affiliated to Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine University conducted a randomized clinical trial and found that warm needle acupuncture significantly reduces pain and improves sleep quality in patients. [1] 

Acupuncture is effective for reducing pain and improving hand function in patients with hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVD). Tools that vibrate may cause adverse neural and circulatory effects in the fingers, causing numbness, pain, and a blanching discoloration. Alternate terms for HAVD include vibration white finger and occupational origin Raynaud’s phenomenon (a type of secondary Raynaud’s). The condition is typically more prevalent the early morning