Pain
Pain, especially chronic pain, can be very difficult to manage and can greatly reduce the sufferer's quality of life. Acupuncture has been shown to reduce many kinds of pain, whether in the joints(a), lower back(b), or elsewhere. It has also been shown to reduce pain experienced after surgery.(c) If you suffer from pain, you may want to consider acupuncture as an alternative or complementary treatment.
If you have any questions about the acupuncture services we offer or how they might help you, we encourage you to contact us at 207.775.2059.
a) A. White, N.E. Foster, M. Cummings, and P. Barlas. "Acupuncture Treatment For Chronic Knee Pain: A Systematic Review". Rheumatology 46:3 (2007)
b) Claudia M. Witt, Susanne Jena, Dagmar Selim, Benno Brinkhaus, Thomas Reinhold, Katja Wruck, Bodo Liecker, Klaus Linde, Karl Wegscheider, and Stefan N. Willich. "Pragmatic Randomized Trial Evaluating the Clinical and Economic Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain". American Journal of Epidemiology 164:5 (2006)
c) Y. Sun, T.J. Gan, J.W. Dubose, and A.S. Habib. "Acupuncture and Related Techniques For Postoperative Pain: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials". British Journal of Anaesthesia 101:2 (2008)
