Acupuncture Surpasses
Drug Therapy for Migraines
 Have you or a loved one suffered from migraine headaches? Then
you know how devastating the chronic pain can be. Maybe you’ve
wondered how acupuncture therapy stacks up compared to conventional
drug therapy in the effective treatment of migraines.
The National Headache Foundation states that approximately 28
million Americans suffer from migraine headaches each year. Causative
factors include environmental and physical factors, allergens,
diet, stress, menstruation and changes in the weather. Migraines
can last from a few minutes to several days. This may leave the
person suffering from an attack completely incapacitated.
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These potentially lethal headaches are one the leading causes
of missed time from work. Roughly 157 million workdays are lost
each year by migraine sufferers. Four billion dollars a year is
spent on pain relievers for migraines and other headaches and many
of these drugs do not work as desired or simply mask the root cause.
In one of the largest studies of its kind to date, a team of
researchers looked at the effectiveness of acupuncture verses a
variety of drug therapies in treating migraines. The results, published
in The Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine showed that patients
treated with acupuncture experienced fewer migraines, suffered
no side effects, and missed fewer days from work. The researchers
also found that acupuncture is more cost effective. Acupuncture
improved the symptoms of migraine without aura significantly more
than any type of pharmacological therapy.
End your Migraine Pain Forever
When you get treated here at Complete Oriental Medical Care,
migraine acupuncture therapy involves the insertion of very fine
needles into specific points located on the extremities. Acupuncture
point selection varies from person to person based on their traditional
Chinese medicine diagnosis. This diagnosis is determined through
a thorough medical history and physical examination including an
examination of the patient’s tongue and pulse. Using this
information the acupuncturist is able to develop an acupuncture
treatment plan, as well as suggestions for herbal or dietary therapies.
At our clinic we use a pain rating system of 0-10 with 0 being
no pain and 10 being the highest. Patients have come in with migraines
that they rate as a #8. Five minutes after the needles are inserted
that pain level can often come down to a #2 level. Often when the
patient leaves our clinic the pain is gone.
“I’m thrilled to say that my headaches are controlled better than they have been in the last 4 years! I have given Steven’s cards to my neurologist today and he wanted me to let him know that he will be getting a lot of business from him.”
Thanks,
Linda Bergland
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