????????????Low Back pain and Oriental Medicine.
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Why do so many suffer from pain, specifically low back pain? This is a question that patients and doctors ask with varying degrees of frustration. There is an alternative angle of understanding low back pain through the model of Chinese medicine.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a system of medicine that has been practiced for several thousand years in the Orient and has gathered more acclaim in the last decade here in the West. TCM encompasses the modalities of acupuncture, herbal medicine, moxabustion, Tui Na or medical massage and often includes nutritional therapy and breathing therapy or Qi Gong.
In Chinese medicine, there are three broad categories of causes of low back pain. These are referred to as external causes, internal causes, and independent causes. External causes refer to invasion by the six environmental excesses, while internal causes refer to damage by the seven passions or emotions. In terms of low back pain, the so-called independent causes are traumatic injury, dietary imbalance, insufficient exercise, overtaxation, undisciplined sex, and drug abuse.
In November of 1997 the National Institute of Health published a consensus statement stating there is, in fact, sufficient evidence to support the use of acupuncture (for some conditions). Though, further study of its physiology and clinical value was encouraged, promising results emerged regarding the efficacy of acupuncture in low back pain. I?d like to also note that the use of acupuncture does not preclude the concurrent use of Western medical therapies and often, both are utilized to successfully treat a patient.
by Olga Ivashkov
Health consultant
Acupuncturist
CGI Holistic Fitness & Spa
1(201)784-5575 ext. 124
Source: http://cgifitness.blogspot.com/2012/09/low-back-pain.html
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