Update April 2024 In the past 20 years over 13,000 studies have been conducted in 60 different studies including many systematic reviews. Researchers have investigated the effectiveness of acupuncture for treating pain conditions, cancer, pregnancy, stroke, mood disorders, sleep disorders, inflammation and many other conditions. A comparative literature review called...
Rapid Release Therapy (RRT) was developed to help people suffering with a variety of musculoskeletal /soft tissue problems. The RRT instrument uses high-speed vibrations. The researchers found immediate and lasting results with patients who had suffered with chronic issues for years. These patients had been told there was no solution...
Scientists at the University of Rochester have taken a new step toward understanding how Acupuncture works at the molecular level to ease pain. In a paper published in Nature Neuroscience, a team at the University of Rochester Medical Center described how the molecule adenosine, a naturally-produced chemical compound found in...
As recently as twenty years ago, fibromyalgia was unrecognized. Clinical examinations often revealed no concrete findings. X-rays, blood tests, and muscle biopsies appeared normal, and therefore the symptoms seemed unexplained. Currently, a diagnosis is made by first ruling out other conditions that may mimic its symptoms such as hypothyroidism, lupus,...
Summer has finally arrived and July has been designated National Tennis Month. So dust off that racket and go have some fun. If your one of the 10% of Americans that can’t due to tennis elbow here is some helpful advice to get back into the game. Lateral epicondylitis, also...
