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Acupuncture: Helping Relieve Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women

Acupuncture: Helping Relieve Chronic Pelvic Pain in Women

Acupuncture involves stimulating specific locations of the skin’s surface, also known as acupuncture points. Many are claiming that this alternative and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) influences the functions of body organs and tissues, promoting the relief of different bodily conditions. A good example is chronic pelvic pain.

A Chicago medical center noted that a new form of acupuncture might be the new hope for women who are seeking ways to relieve their pelvic pain symptoms. Their acupuncture study involves inserting needles in a more concentrated way—heating it and targeting the most painful areas of the body.

Assistant Professor of Urology at Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, Larissa Bresler, MD, DABMA,noted that placing needles is beneficial enough, so what more if the heat penetrates all the way into the body.This could help in relieving symptoms that traditional methods cannot deal with.

Muscle People Physiotherapy added that Christchurch physiotherapy clinics offering acupuncture and dry needling could help stimulate the healing of soft tissues, as well. As acupuncturists use theirstudies of the nervous and musculoskeletal systems,they perform acupuncture treatments to bring back the proper balance of their patient’s energy flow.

For safe and effective results, experts suggest that patients should look for acupuncturists who took the necessary trainings and certifications. When visiting physiotherapy clinics in Christchurch or anywhere in New Zealand, for instance, it is ideal to lookfor a qualified acupuncturist or a physiotherapy expert who holds a post-graduate qualification in acupuncture.

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