An introduction into Acupuncture
As I practice acupuncture I thought that it was about time that I wrote a blog article on the subject. I know it’s a long time coming but Physiotherapy is such a broad subject! There is way too much to cover! So for my first blog article on acupuncture I thought that it would be best to discuss acupuncture in general, to give you an understanding of what it is and how it works. In future articles I can discuss acupuncture relating to specific problems such as low back pain etc. Acupuncture is commonly used within physiotherapy as part of the multimodal management of pain and injury. The purpose of acupuncture in physiotherapy is to enhance normal physiotherapy treatments such as exercise to promote recovery and improve quality of life. Now Physiotherapists are bound by clinical evidence and so it is important that acupuncture stands up to the scrutiny of research. This article and future articles will try to guide us, as to whether acupuncture is evidence based. ...