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There are two types of acupuncture for acne: the electro-acupuncture and auricular acupuncture. One advantage of the efforts acupuncture for treatment of acne is that it is rare negative side effects than current drugs may be difficult to make the skin of the patient.

It is believed that hormonal imbalance can cause the body secrete more oils than it really is. Treating acne with acupuncture can help regulate the hormone production of your body, and therefore your skin clearer. Treating acne with acupuncture is not a panacea for everything, though. You can still eat a balanced diet, wash regularly and avoid heavy makeup or products that may irritate your skin.

Evaluation of acupuncture is not a scientific fact, if you talk in terms of modern science. But when we talk about the results of applying this system, modern science has to stand and stare. They expressed the belief that the two types of acupuncture on the symptoms of acne have been treated successfully. One of them is auricular acupuncture (acupuncture applied to the use of ear) and the other is the electric acupuncture, with little power.

Acne is a very, very common skin disease, to support the millions of adolescents. And since young people generally very happy to appear in relation to, acne can have adverse effects on social life. Acne can have a serious impact self-esteem. But young people are not the only ones affected by acne – including adults and babies can get acne. It’s also common for pregnant women to begin to break the edge.

The principle of acupuncture is that the specific meridians of the body (composed of lines) and pressure points. If there is a disease that yin and yang (hot and cold side of things) are not balanced, leading to physical symptoms such as acne. Restore the balance are specific pressure points or acupuncture points are inserted along a line with a needle. After the needles are inserted in the fields of law, the slow flow of energy back into balance, eliminating the disease in this process.

The acupuncture treatment is usually a long process that takes into account chronic diseases. Treatments were often repeated two or three times a week for a period of time for a complete reversal of the effect of contention. In some cases, the situation is sufficiently serious to be taken to address the most serious problems first. In these cases, the treatment regimen, including dietary restrictions and maybe even herbal supplements, acupuncture.

Have you ever heard of mesothelioma? If you are not aware of what exactly is mesothelioma, in this article we will tell you about this type of disease. Basically this is a rare kind of cancer which generally arises from the cells lining the sacs of the chest or the abdomen.

There are two major cell types of mesothelioma. These are the epithelial and the sarcomatoid. In some cases there is only one type of cell while in the other there can be combination of both the types of cells. The occurrence of sarcomatoid is rare. In some cases, the mesothelioma can also occur from benign and the non-malignant cells. However, this type of mesothelioma cancer can be treated surgically.

There are several symptoms associated with the occurrence of mesothelioma. In some cases the patient suffering from this disease can complain from the chest pain and the shortness of breath. At times, though the pleura are associated with this type of cancer, yet there is no pleuritic pain. This results in the late diagnosis and consequently late treatment. Unfortunately in some cases, the mesothelioma cancer does not show any kind of symptoms at all. In such cases, it becomes very difficult for the patient to survive longer.

As the disease reaches its advanced stage, the patient suffers from the loss of weight due to the loss of appetite. This is also associated with extreme pain in the abdomen or the chest. The breathing problem gets increased resulting in extreme discomfort of the patient. Some patients suffering from mesothelioma in its early stage also complains of the developing night sweats. The diaphragm stops functioning and there arises several complicated in the body one by one.

The tests involved in the disease may include a CT Scan or a biopsy. There are several treatment options of this disease. It can be treated with surgery, radiation therapy, chemo therapy or in some cases with drugs. The kind of treatment to be done depends on the extent of the spread of the cancer and the ability of the patient to accept the treatment.

As technology is getting more progressed, research is being conducted to improve the treatment procedures of Mesothelioma. Some doctors in the recent days combine one treatment options with the other. This may include the combination of chemo therapy with other kind of therapy or it may also involve chemo therapy with some particular kind of drug. In the recent days, research is also being conducted on the processes of biological therapy.

In some cases, alternative treatment options are also available which may include acupuncture, massage therapy but these are not so effective always.

As a chiropractor here in Plano, Texas, I often have patients who come in for treatment because of lower back pain, and some find that it’s the sciatic nerve that’s giving them the pain. Sciatica is commonly seen as a pain of the lower back which runs down from the back into the leg. This pain can be sharp, tingling and cause numbness of the lower back and leg. As part of my chiropractic care, I prescribe non-surgical methods to bring relief to my patients.

The sciatic nerve is the longest and widest single nerve in your body. It branches off at the base of the spine and runs down each side of your pelvic area, supplying nerve impulses to your butt, legs and feet. If you’ve ever experienced sciatica, you know how debilitating this pain can be. I’ve seen patients, who could barely walk, couldn’t bend over, or even stand. There are a lot of things that can trigger problems with your sciatic nerve, poor posture when you sit, slip and fall on your butt, improper swing while playing golf, and the list goes on. For most of my patients, I recommend, certain exercise, lots of rest, and certain pain medication, while they recuperate. Usually you will be back to your normal self within 2-3 weeks. However, if your pain is still severe and continues beyond 2 months, it might be necessary to consider surgery as a last resolve. In this article I will focus on alternative methods to treat this condition and leave the surgery to those more qual
ified.

Chiropractic Treatments and Alternatives at Home

I immediately recommend heat packs and ice packs. Both can be used independently or combined at various intervals. If you do not have access to over the counter packs, please use ice in a Ziploc bag and heated towels or a heating pad. Both should be applied for 20 to 30 minutes and then repeated every 2-3 hours. This should bring relief until the patient can get in to my office.

Along with heat and ice, I suggest that you use Tylenol, Advil, ibuprofen, or naproxen to help reduce the pain. Another consideration if the pain is very acute is the use epidural steroid injections. These injections are different from the oral steroid medicines because the steroid is given directly to the injured area and should bring immediate relief from the pain, much quicker than meds or oral steroids. This must be administered by a qualified medical specialist, I do not provide this service but can recommend other medical professionals who do.

Alternative Chiropractic Treatment at my Office

Chiropractors sometimes suggest the need for exercise. This might sound counter productive, but very mild exercise along with the other treatments listed above, can help strengthen muscles of the lower back and your stomach muscles. To qualify the type of exercise I recommend, I prescribe simple stretching starting slowly and gradually increasing as you recover and also to prevent future recurrences of sciatica or other back pain. The equipment I’ve installed at my office is very effective in helping with the pain and if utilized correctly, will contribute to end of sciatic pain.

Other techniques for pain relief are spinal decompression, cold laser therapy, heat and cold applied with gentle massage therapy. I have patients who I see in my office that usually need a combination of the above techniques to resolve their sciatic pain. We use various forms of massage and cold laser to relax patient’s muscles, improve blood flow, and most important, the release of endorphins in the body that act as natural pain relievers.

Last but not least, a highly effective technique for treatment that is being used more and more is acupuncture. Most people think of being a human pin cushion and even though the origins of this technique were developed by the Chinese, it is an approved procedure for back pain by the FDA. A qualified and trained acupuncturist can provide relief from back pain by simply using thin needles inserted in the area where you feel discomfort. Acupuncture focuses on the applied principle of harmonizing your body’s flow of energy through various pathways in the body. There is no guarantee that this or any other combination of treatments will totally eliminate sciatica from recurring but if you follow the advice of your chiropractor and seek help early, you should prevent this from happening again in the future.

The long awaited report on how low back pain should best be treated in the UK was published recently by National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE). NICE for those who do not know is an independent group set up by the government to evaluate the available research on a particular condition. Its job is to publish clear guidelines for the best way to treat a particular condition in the UK National Health Service (NHS) hospitals or at Primary Care Trust (PCT) level i.e. Direct referral via you General Practitioner (GP/MD).

This new guide covers non specific back pain. This represents all the mechanical causes of lower back pain a Chiropractor typically sees. It includes pain coming from joints, discs, muscles, tendons and ligaments and according to Richard Nelson, a Chiropractor in Derby ”forms over 99% of the causes of lower back pain that a typical Chiropractor will see in every day practice”.

Specific back pain is where there is a non mechanical cause for your pain such as cancer, infection or fractures. Your chiropractor has under gone extensive medical training to able to distinguish between the two classifications so can decide which patients are suitable for Chiropractic treatment and those that are not. In a typical Chiropractic practice Specific back pain usually forms less than 1% of all cases.

NICE recommendations are:

Any persistent or recurrent low back pain lasting more than 6 weeks and less than 12 months one of following three options should be offered taking in to account the patients (‘your’) preference.

• A course of manual therapy – up to 9 sessions over 12 weeks (manual therapy encompasses manipulation, mobilisation and massage).
• Acupuncture – up to 10 sessions over 12 weeks.
• Group physical exercise programme 8 sessions over 12 weeks.

NICE stated that manipulation can be performed by Chiropractors or Osteopaths. Chiropractors and Osteopaths are experts in manipulative techniques and along with mobilisation and massage they have been the core treatment methods of the two professions in the UK for over 100 years. It’s ironic now that research now ‘proves’ that the hands on approach that the professions have adopted for many years really does ‘work’. So NICE makes it clear that the Chiropractic and Osteopathic professions should be used for the provision of low back pain treatment in the general population under the NHS.

Doctors and Physiotherapists who have undergone specialist post graduate training in manipulation are also included as suitable providers of manipulation treatment. However, generally manipulation is not taught to Doctors or Physiotherapists as part of their standard training in the UK and so the majority of Doctors and Physiotherapists do not perform it.

NICE further recommends that if one chosen treatment does not result in satisfactory improvement another one of the 3 options should be offered to you.

What can you do? Next time you visit your GP you can ask;

As per NICE guidelines for low back pain will you (your GP) refer you for Chiropractic treatment for your low back pain in the NHS? If not, ask them why not? As this is what the NICE guidelines recommend for its treatment.

Richard Nelson comments:

Rome wasn’t built in a day! Don’t expect to be referred straight away. The more of you who ask and the more often you ask the sooner Chiropractic will be available to you and others on the NHS!

If you suffer from asthma and haven’t tried acupuncture I strongly recommend that you do. Here’s a story of a client of mine who has had wonderful results.

Even after doing acupuncture for many years I still have days where it amazes me. Some clients even ask me if the needles that we use for acupuncture have been coated in something special because it’s almost too much of a mental hurdle to believe that putting needles in various locations of the body can have profound effects. I too have days like these sometimes. How can putting some needles in the wrists and some in the forearms, a couple in the shins help asthma? Well it can and it does. As Ripley would say ‘believe it or not’.

I teach courses on helping asthma through a reduced breathing technique which helps enormously. It has been very successful. My last client who was using his inhaler 5 times during the night and about 6 times during the day had reduced his need for his inhaler to only twice a night and 3 times per day in just 2 days after using the breathing technique. To put it simply, asthma is caused by over breathing. By breathing in and out through the mouth all of the time asthmatics draw too much oxygen into their lungs which cause the levels of carbon dioxide to decrease. The body needs a certain level of carbon dioxide in the lungs so this sets off an alarm internally to increase the levels of CO2. So the body being a very clever machine does this by reducing the intake of oxygen to try to balance the levels out. It does this by constricting the bronchioles which makes it more difficult to draw in so much oxygen and produces mucus for the same reason. Thus we have asthma. If however you teach the person to decrease their intake of oxygen in a specific manner, the body relaxes and the asthma generally improves dramatically and quickly and so does the need for the medication. I will write more on this method in a later post.

Ok, where was I.

Ah yes, so I had a client come in to see me suffering from poor energy levels. I checked her pulse and told her that we needed to boost her chi (energy of her body). This can be done by using acupuncture. I told her that her lung pulse was very low and she said that she also suffered from asthma. I mentioned that because acupuncture treats the body holistically we could also see improvements in other areas of her system such as her asthma. This is one of the great benefits of acupuncture. A person can come in to be treated for one thing and have dramatic relief from other ailments that they may suffer from. One of the first things people see an improvement in after an acupuncture session is sleeping, often my clients tell me that after the session they slept like a baby.

Just 5 days later, my client returned to tell me that her energy levels had improved and her asthma was much better. I have given her 8 treatments, twice a week for 4 weeks and she has not suffered once from an asthma attack which used to be a common occurrence for her. She has much better energy levels and is ecstatic about not needing the medications she was so dependent on before her acupuncture treatments. If you have not tried acupuncture and suffer from asthma I suggest you do. Also, if you would like to know more about my asthma rebreathing course please feel free to email me.

Mark Perren-Jones