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Backupuncture of Denver — Our Needles Have Always Been Dry Once dry needling practitioners began using the same tools as acupuncture, the debate of what distinguished dry needling from acupuncture began to be more acute (from the Latin acus ‘needle’), so to speak. 

Studies show acupuncture is an effective non-pharmacologic treatment for pain!

Acupuncture therapy as an Evidence-Based Nonpharmacologic Strategy for Comprehensive Acute Pain Care: the Academic Consortium Pain Task Force White Paper Update - PubMed The majority of reviews find acupuncture therapy to be an efficacious strategy for acute pain with potential to avoid and/or reduce opioid reliance. Future multi-center trials are needed to clarify the dosage and generalizability of acupuncture for acute pain in the ED. With an extremely low risk pr...

Acupuncture and Dry Needling, Are They the Same? - Ross Acupuncture Oakland There is a lot of confusion around acupuncture and dry needling. This article explains the difference and similarities of the two therapies.

True for all species!!

We are all about PEACE ☮️ and LOVE ❤️. (And education 📚).

Did you know Rest Ice Compression Elevation (RICE ) is a thing of the past in the newest research out there?

Research has shown that the ‘new’ approach to soft tissue injury management can be remembered through the acronym PEACE and LOVE (its actually not super new…the research has been out for some time…it’s just that change is hard and it tends to be slow when all of society was taught the same information. What was once the accepted norm, underwent reform, and now we need to re-educate ourselves in light of new information (metaphor not lost on me for larger matters in this world as well).

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The hardest part of this approach for me is that I actually love ice.
So I do still use ice as a pain reliever, but I’m doing it much less and I am not using it with the intent to reduce inflammation.
The other one that catches people off-guard when they read this list is to NOT take anti-inflammatory medications right after injury either. Basically, let it inflame and let your body do its thing. It’s better that way.

During these trying times, let's try to remember to be gentle with ourselves.

Wow. Read this slowly and maybe read again.

Acupuncture During Pregnancy: Safety, Benefits, and Risks Having acupuncture during pregnancy is likely safe, but talk to your doctor if you want to give it a try.

Acupuncture Shoulder Pain & Mobility Relief Shoulder pain and dysfunction relief with acupuncture proven in modern hospital research.

ASA-Acupuncture-and-Dry-Needling-Myth-Versus-Fact-2018.pdf

People wearing their masks have reasons why they are doing so. Continue to give people their space and be respectful of one another.

Ice for Sore Muscles? Think Again. Icing muscles after strenuous exercise is not just ineffective, it could be counterproductive, a new study in mice suggests.