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Acupuncture - placebo effect or real? does it really work, or is it just in your head
"Fake acupuncture 'aids migraines' Fake acupuncture works just as well as the real thing in relieving migraines, scientists have found." [QUOTE] In a study of more than 300 patients, both genuine and sham acupuncture reduced the intensity of headache compared with no treatment at all. But real acupuncture was no better than needles placed at non-acupuncture points on the body, the Journal of the American Medical Association reports. It goes against recent research showing acupuncture works in its own right. [/QUOTE] The study: [QUOTE] To investigate this, Dr Klaus Linde and colleagues randomly assigned 302 people with migraines to one of three groups. One group received 12 sessions of genuine acupuncture over eight weeks. Another group received 12 similar sessions of acupuncture, except the needles administered were not placed in parts of the body thought to relieve migraine pain, hence any benefit would likely be placebo rather than real, according to the researchers. The third group received no treatment but were placed on a waiting list to see a migraine doctor. Less pain All of the patients kept diaries about their migraine symptoms. While the patients on the waiting list continued to have headaches just as often, the ones who received acupuncture - sham or real - had fewer headaches. The average number of days blighted by a headache went down from about five to two. [/QUOTE] But, needles were used in both groups that had less migraines, too many variables: [QUOTE] This may be due to "non-specific physiological effects of needling, to a powerful placebo effect or a combination of both", said the researchers. But Dr George Lewith, who recently published work suggesting acupuncture has an effect above and beyond placebo, said although the present study was well conducted, it did not truly test the placebo effect. "We do not know whether this sham acupuncture is active or not. To test for placebo effect you have to use an intervention that only raises a patient's expectations. "The authors note themselves that something else could have been going on as well." [/QUOTE] BBC News
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My Acupuncture Experience
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[FONT="Impact"]Okay, so I ripped a bit of my interior deltoid muscle on my shoulder. I was going to physical therapy 3-4 times a week for 5 weeks or so. None of that helped my shoulder very much. My russian coach suggested I try acupuncture. After the second treatment, my shoulder is fully healed. It used to hurt just when I held it up. Now, I am 100% back in training at level 10 artistic gymnastics. It was truly amazing how quick and easy acupuncture repaired my deltoid that would have needed surgery. Take it from me, ACUPUNCTURE WORKS!:D
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That's great your shoulder totally healed! Did you have to do surgery for the rip or just pt? What kind of acupuncture did you do?
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