Acupuncture for Low Back Pain and Sciatica

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Acupuncture for Low Back Pain and Sciatica

• While not all lower back pain can be called
  'sciatica', all sciatic pain is essentially
  related to your lower back and so both conditions
  will be discussed here to prevent any unnecessary
  repetition.
• Back pain is the most common type of complaint in
  regards to concerns around muscle soreness and
  injury. If you haven't yet experienced this type
  of pain, you may do so in the future, so it's
  worthwhile to learn now how to treat it, and if
  possible, even prevent it from happening in the
  first place. Acupuncture for lumbar back pain in
  Tulsa and other modalities of Traditional Chinese
  Medicine (TCM) (e.g. cupping therapy) have shown
  extraordinary results, and acupuncture is
  especially popular because it can be used
  alongside any other therapy.

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• Generally speaking, your 'lower back' is anywhere
  below your rib cage, and includes your buttocks.
  Sciatic pain often radiates down one leg or the
  other, and (as mentioned above) may be felt in
  your leg alone. In TCM, lower back pain is said
  to be caused by excessive physical work,
  excessive sexual activity, pregnancy and labor,
  overwork, inadequate exercise, or by invasion of
  an external pathogen. Once the cause of your pain
  has been determined, a TCM diagnosis is then
  achieved (be sure to be diagnosed by a properly
  trained practitioner of TCM, even if it's only
  acupuncture you plan on receiving for treatment).
  TCM diagnosis of low-back pain generally involves
  Kidney deficiency, stagnation of Qi (energy) and
  Blood, or retention of Damp-Cold in the area.
• Kidney deficiency is seen in chronic cases of
  low-back pain, and can be caused by any of the
  above factors. For example, repeated invasion of
  Cold-Damp can eventually cause a deficiency of
  your Kidney organ system and lead to low-back
  pain. Accompanying symptoms often include a cold
  feeling in your lower back, pain relief when
  lying down but aggravated by sexual activity or
  work, as well as night-sweats, and even knee
  pain. Acupuncture for lumbar back pain in Tulsa
  is effective in such cases.

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• Damp-Cold invasion can be seen in both acute and
  chronic cases of low-back pain. This type of pain
  tends to be worse in the morning, is relieved by
  the application of heat, and tends to worsen in
  damp or cold weather. With Cold and Dampness
  invasion, usually one or the other predominates,
  and so you might feel symptoms of Cold more than
  Dampness, or vice versa.
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