Our Edmonton clinic uses acupuncture with an integrated approach to treat low back pain that creates lasting improvement and not just short-term relief. Here’s why: The way we do acupuncture focuses first on resetting and improving the function of the core muscles and sinews. During the first treatment, our main work is to reduce the sensitivity to pain. This creates the opportunity for the back to start healing in the…
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Acupuncture works to relieve symptoms of menopause Two recent research trials highlighted below have shown that acupuncture works for menopause. It can produce fast and clinically relevant and sustained reduction of hotflashes and night sweats. A series of treatments over a few months can result in effects lasting several more months. Menopause symptoms Hot flashes and night sweats are the most common and troublesome symptoms associated with menopause. A hot flash…
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Acupuncture works for headaches and migraines Acupuncture for headaches and migraines has gained significant credibility in modern times. Many Edmontonians come to us seeking relief for headache or migraine because their medications are no longer working well or are giving them unacceptable side effects. A previous blog I wrote talks about a very rigorous scientific examination of clinical research. In a 2016 Cochrane Review the authors summarized twenty-two clinical acupuncture trials…
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Recent research shows that acupuncture therapy can be recommended as a safe and effective therapy for the management of fibromyalgia; and is better for pain relief than medications
We use acupuncture to strategically your back pain in 3 steps: 1. first, we use acupuncture to relieve back pain by relaxing the painful/tight muscles (the main reason most come to see us!). 2. Second, we use acupuncture to activate the unresponsive, “sleepy” muscles not being engaged as you sit all day. For many you walk out of our clinic with a more responsive back, “reset” and “balanced” for functional…
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by Gord Grant PhD, RAc In traditional practices, acupuncture has been used to effectively treat anxiety problems, with or without depression. Now, modern research has shown that acupuncture can be as clinically significant as psychological counselling in the treatment of depression. Recent studies have linked psychological depression with activation of the amygdalae, an important little pair of almond-shaped structures located behind the eyes and about as far back as the…
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As we transition from winter to spring, we welcome the warmer days, brighter skies, and renewed energy the new season brings. Unfortunately though, for some spring can also mean suffering the flare-ups of seasonal allergies. Seasonal allergies are the body’s way of responding to certain airborne irritants such snow molds, dust and pollen that are released in abundance at this time of year. It causes the body’s defence systems to…
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Acupuncture is commonly used to treat insomnia and other stress-related conditions By Gord Grant, PhD, RAc Acupuncture is commonly used to treat insomnia and many other stress-related conditions. I have helped many clients break the vicious cycle of insomnia through a few acupuncture sessions. Mechanistically, it make sense that acupuncture could help with insomnia, since it works in part by quietening down (deactivating) the “stress-reaction” part of the brain (the amygdala)….
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World leading acupuncture scientists recently published in the official journal of the American Pain Society, a landmark update on research that evaluates and summarizes all legitimate, randomized clinical trials for acupuncture treating chronic pain…
As a former university team athlete, current martial artist and yoga teacher trainer (with a masters degree in exercise physiology) I am NOT surprised to hear from so many people how many misinterpretations they hold about stretching. From my personal experience teaching Yoga teachers I have come to know that yoga/stretching done well is great and done incorrectly can be injurious. More recently, from my clinical experience working…
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