Many patients with lower back pain, sciatica, pain down the back of the legs, or weakness of the lower-extremity muscles are diagnosed with a herniated (a.k.a. compressed or ruptured) spinal disc.

Sciatica is a condition caused by compression or irritation of the sciatic nerve, which runs from the ... leading many to seek alternative options like acupuncture. A recent clinical trial ...

Both acupuncture and acupressure have been shown to reduce the effects of nausea and vomiting following surgery, with varying degrees of effectiveness depending on the acupuncture points used and the ...

Introduction Although acupuncture has been recommended for alleviating cancer pain by clinical guidelines, the level of the supporting evidence needs to be improved. A pragmatic randomised controlled ...

Background: Here provides a complementary treatment, acupressure at the Qiu acupoint, a novel acupoint, which potentially alleviates renal colic. This prospective cohort study was conducted at the ...

Here, we investigated whether acupuncture treatments can improve cognitive dysfunction as well as allodynia induced by neuropathic pain in mice. One week after the left partial sciatic nerve ligation ...