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Chronic low back pain a major source of health problem and gets more common as we grow older. The treatment has in many cases been frustrating despite intake of medications that themselves have significant side effects.
Now comes study that the ancient remedy acupuncture may be be superior to the current regimes (drugs, physiotherapy, manipulation, massage, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation or TENS, and back exercises).
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Dr. Thomas and colleagues from the School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield (UK) conducted a randomized controlled trial to compare a short course of 10 acupuncture treatments spread over a three-month course with the standard treatment. 241 patients with chronic low back pain greater than 1 year were studied.
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At the end of two years, these investigators found that the acupuncture treatment was superior in improving the bodily pain of the patients although functional disability was not improved.
- A recent metaanalysis confirmed that acupuncture provides better outcomes in patients with chronic back pain.
- Not just chronic back pain, literature also indicates that acupuncture offers superior benefit for acute back pain.
Take home message: Over long term, "new" and "advanced" may not necessarily be better as compared to ancient treatments.
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