There are a number of theories about how acupuncture works to relieve pain, says licensed acupuncturist and oriental medicine practitioner Dr. Henry McCann. Watch this video to find out about some of them.
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The exact mechanism of acupuncture in terms of scientifically how it treats pain is still an area of inquiry that scientist are looking at, there are a number of theories out there. There are some interesting work being done on looking at how acupuncture actually influences the connective tissue that's just under the skin and above the musculature.
Even though, the exact mechanism is still not quite really understood, studies have definitely shown acupuncture to be useful in a wide variety of pain conditions. There are number of German studies in the last few years that used acupuncture for conditions such as low back pain and migraine with a huge number of participants, and the results were quite good.
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