According to a recent German study, acupuncture is more effective than conventional treatments to eradicate lower back pain...however, it's no more effective than a "sham needle" treatment. The study looked at over a thousand patients treated with traditional Chinese acupuncture, sham acupuncture, and conventional approaches like drugs and physical therapy. According to researchers, acupuncture helped easae the inensity of pain and also gave patients a reprieve from chronic disabilities associated with their back pain. With the traditional acupuncture, needles were inserted in fixed points and depths on the body. With the sham treatment, needles were inserted in the lower back but not at acupuncture points or the proper depth. All the same, patients who got both traditional and sham acupuncture were twice as likely to improve over six months than those who didn't.
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According to a recent German study, acupuncture is more effective than conventional treatments to eradicate lower back pain...however, it's no more effective than a "sham needle" treatment. The study looked at over a thousand patients treated with traditional Chinese acupuncture, sham acupuncture, and conventional approaches like drugs and physical therapy. According to researchers, acupuncture helped easae the inensity of pain and also gave patients a reprieve from chronic disabilities associated with their back pain. With the traditional acupuncture, needles were inserted in fixed points and depths on the body. With the sham treatment, needles were inserted in the lower back but not at acupuncture points or the proper depth. All the same, patients who got both traditional and sham acupuncture were twice as likely to improve over six months than those who didn't.