Explore how acupuncture can reduce pain-specific disability in patients with degenerative lumbar spinal stenosis. Learn about the latest research findings and their implications for DLSS treatment.

Suffering with myofascial pain syndrome? Learn what causes MPS and how to relieve pain and inflammation naturally through acupuncture.

Acupuncture for lumbago can offer natural relief for lower back pain. Learn about the causes and symptoms of lumbago, and how acupuncture and dry needling can help.

The infraspinatus muscle is a common cause of shoulder pain. Read more to learn about infraspinatus trigger points and how acupuncture can help relieve infraspinatus pain naturally.

The quadratus lumborum (QL) muscle is commonly involved in cases of low back pain. Learn more about this muscle, how trigger points form in it, and how acupuncture can release QL muscle tightness to relieve pain and restore range of motion in the low back.

The iliopsoas or psoas muscle is a commonly overlooked area of muscle tightness that can cause pain in the front of the hip and low back. The main action of this muscle is to flex the hip (bring the knee towards the chest).

The American Pain Society has endorsed the use of acupuncture for chronic pain, highlighting that, “Acupuncture is effective for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal, headache, and osteoarthritis pain. Treatment effects of acupuncture persist over time and cannot be explained solely in terms of placebo effects.”

Acupuncture has been shown to be an effective treatment for sciatica without the side effects of prescription pain medications like NSAIDs and muscle relaxers. It is also a safe, non-surgical treatment option that can relieve sciatic pain.

Low back pain is the most common reason that people come in for an acupuncture treatment. Acupuncture helps address both the acute pain symptoms as well as the underlying issues associated with back pain.