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This unique text examines 30 specific pain management case studies to explain pain treatments from the perspectives of Eastern acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine as well as that of Western medical practice.
Millions of Americans are affected or incapacitated by a wide variety of chronic pain—from heel spurs, herniated discs, and hip bursitis to osteoarthritis, plantar fasciitis, and rotator cuff tears. As complex as the injuries and problems can be, medically speaking, for many pain sufferers, the question is simple: can acupuncture work to make my pain go away? This book provides information from 30 different pain management cases to shed light on the effectiveness of acupuncture treatments in specific situations.
Presented in easy-to-understand, plain language, the author explains why acupuncture works to stop pain from the theoretical frameworks of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. Each chapter describes the potential sources and systems of specific pain, depicts the acupuncture points for that pain, and explains how they work. The case studies—selected from more than 9,000 patients seen by Dr. Xu during his 14 years of clinical practice in the United States—document how acupuncture has effectively granted these individuals relief from pain, whether viewed from the Western science of neurology, or the Eastern theories of yin and yang and keeping the body's energies in a balanced state.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One Acupuncture Information and Theories
1 A Brief History of Acupuncture
2 The Mechanism of Acupuncture
3 Diseases Where Acupuncture Can Be Helpful
4 The Advance of Acupuncture Research
5 The Choice of Acupuncturists
6 Current Theories of Acupuncture in China
Part Two Theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine
7 The Theory of Yin and Yang
8 The Theory of Five Elements
9 The Theory of Zang-Fu Organs
10 The Theory of Meridians
Part Three Case Histories
11 Cervical Dystonia
12 Occipital Neuralgia
13 Trigeminal Neuralgia
14 Severe Neck Pain—Herniated Disc
15 Cervical Spondylosis
16 Acute Neck Spasms
17 Frozen Shoulder
18 Rotator Cuff Tendonitis
19 Shoulder Arthritis
20 Bilateral Elbow Pain
21 Wrist Pain
22 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
23 Ulnar Nerve Entrapment
24 Dupuytren's Contracture
25 Hand Arthritis
26 Trigger Finger
27 Acute Low Back Sprain
28 Chronic Low Back Pain
29 Low Back Pain with Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS)
30 Low Back Pain—Spinal Compression Fracture
31 Hip Pain
32 Hip Pain—Trochanteric Bursitis
33 Groin Pain and Hip Tendonitis
34 Lateral Thigh Burning Sensation
35 Knee Pain and Knee Osteoarthritis
36 Knee Pain—Meniscus Tear
37 Shin Splints
38 Ankle Pain
39 Achilles Tendon Injury
40 Heel and Foot Pain
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