How acupuncture can help release the body of pain
For those suffering from chronic pain conditions like arthritis, acupuncture can provide some much needed relief. Its effectiveness in treating these conditions has been documented, and the pain-relief it brings relies on using the body's own natural pain killers. This makes it an attractive option for people who either want to avoid taking pain medication for their arthritis or who haven't had much success with traditional pain killers.
Acupuncture works by stimulating the energy meridians of the body, which causes a chain reaction of sorts. The insertion of the needles into the meridian points makes the muscles feel full, causing a dull ache. This sends a signal to the brain to release the body's natural pain-relief chemicals known as endorphins. These prevent the pain messages that the body is sending from reaching the brain, circumventing the feelings of pain. By using different combinations of needles in the meridians, the acupuncturist can direct the pain-relief to the areas that it's needed, thereby reducing the need for drugs for pain-relief.
Additionally, arthritis isn't the only condition of chronic pain for which acupuncture provides relief. Besides alleviating the pain of common conditions like headaches or menstrual cramps, researchers are taking a serious look at how acupuncture can help with the symptoms of cancer.
The disease brings its own distress with it, including severe pain. Most of the time, patients suffering from an aggressive cancer like pancreatic of mesothelioma cancer must rely on drugs and chemicals to not only fight off the cancer, but to also treat the pain of intense treatments. The results often make the patient physically sick with some patients reporting the treatment for the cancer being worse than the cancer itself. Medical acupuncture treats both the pain and the nausea in a natural way, and it can be given to the patient in an outpatient setting.
Finally, using acupuncture in addition to other natural therapies like good nutrition helps return the body to homeostasis—the state in which the body maintains a healthy balance in all its systems. Bodies that get out of balance or come out of homeostasis are vulnerable to disease or even death because of the imbalance. These natural therapies combined with acupuncture greatly increase the life expectancy and well-being of a person. I have seen this first hand with grandparents suffering from arthritis and friends contemplating the use of acupuncture during cancer treatment.
Acupuncture works by stimulating the energy meridians of the body, which causes a chain reaction of sorts. The insertion of the needles into the meridian points makes the muscles feel full, causing a dull ache. This sends a signal to the brain to release the body's natural pain-relief chemicals known as endorphins. These prevent the pain messages that the body is sending from reaching the brain, circumventing the feelings of pain. By using different combinations of needles in the meridians, the acupuncturist can direct the pain-relief to the areas that it's needed, thereby reducing the need for drugs for pain-relief.
Additionally, arthritis isn't the only condition of chronic pain for which acupuncture provides relief. Besides alleviating the pain of common conditions like headaches or menstrual cramps, researchers are taking a serious look at how acupuncture can help with the symptoms of cancer.
The disease brings its own distress with it, including severe pain. Most of the time, patients suffering from an aggressive cancer like pancreatic of mesothelioma cancer must rely on drugs and chemicals to not only fight off the cancer, but to also treat the pain of intense treatments. The results often make the patient physically sick with some patients reporting the treatment for the cancer being worse than the cancer itself. Medical acupuncture treats both the pain and the nausea in a natural way, and it can be given to the patient in an outpatient setting.
Finally, using acupuncture in addition to other natural therapies like good nutrition helps return the body to homeostasis—the state in which the body maintains a healthy balance in all its systems. Bodies that get out of balance or come out of homeostasis are vulnerable to disease or even death because of the imbalance. These natural therapies combined with acupuncture greatly increase the life expectancy and well-being of a person. I have seen this first hand with grandparents suffering from arthritis and friends contemplating the use of acupuncture during cancer treatment.
There many studies and personal anecdotes proving its effectiveness; why not try it out? Since, acupuncture moves the body back into this whole state, allowing the body to naturally heal itself, because it no longer needs its energy to fight off disease.
