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Don’t let Back Pain slow you down !
Low back pain is one of the most common reasons people seek acupuncture treatment. In fact lower back pain conservatively affects around 70% of the Australian population, so if you experience back pain of any kind you are not alone. But that does not mean you have to put up with it.
Acupuncture, often used in combination with cupping and massage can provide a highly effective treatment and drug free therapy for the treatment and relief of lower back pain and sciatica.
In Chinese Medicine, pain is said to come from stagnation of energy (Qi) in the meridians. When energy is not flowing smoothly in the body, the blockages and obstructions of energy and blood that result can start to cause trouble which often manifests as pain. There is an ancient Chinese saying: “ If there is pain there is no free flow; If there is free flow there is no pain”
Stagnation of Qi in the lower back can have many causes. It may be due to trauma (recent or in the past), poor posture or work habits or emotional stress. In the winter, the cold and damp weather can invade the joints and the meridians causing obstruction and pain. The lower back and knees are especially vulnerable to cold and damp invasion and if your symptoms are worse in cold or rainy weather then acupuncture will be combined with moxibustion therapy to “expel the cold” and relieve the pain.
Chinese medicine provides a different approach to the treatment of low back pain, using the dual strategy of relieving pain symptoms while also addressing the underlying patterns in the body that contributed to the problem in the first place. |
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