All kinds of pain Treatment of pain is the hallmark of acupuncture. The West came to know acupuncture mostly from the experience of New York Times reporter James Reston while he visited China in 1972 with President Richard Nixon. While he was in China, he suffered from appendicitis and was greatly helped by acupuncture for his post-operative pain. He described in the New York Times this experience and the neck surgery he observed in China that was performed with only acupuncture anesthesia. As primary care physicians, we see first hands all kinds of acute pain, such as sprained ankles, sports injury, car accident related back pain and shoulder pain. Those can be easily treated in office with just one to two treatments. Patients are amazed by how quickly acupuncture works. For us, that is not surprising because acupuncture helps open up the blocked channel in area of pain. Thus no pain when there is no blockage. For chronic pain like low back pain, acupuncture has been very helpful in decreasing the pain, minimizing dependence on pain meds, and improving quality of health such as sleeping, cooking, and walking. For the first time, patients are able to bend down to sweep the floor, buckle the bra, driving long distance, all because of the help of acupuncture. There are now several clinical trials demonstrating the efficacy of acupuncture. Please read the following link: http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/dec2004/nccam-20.htm Please read about our patients’ feedback. -I am a white male age 42, white collar professional, who recently experienced a motorcycle accident. I sustained minor damage to my liver, dislocated my right shoulder and sustained so nerve damage to my left should and hand, also my lower back area. I could not go to work or tie my shoelace. For the past three weeks following my accident, I have been treated with acupuncture by my primary care doctor, Dr. Howard Liu. As a scientific as this western medical practice, I was somewhat puzzled. But at the end of each session, the discomfort, pain soreness all seem to lessen to stop. I can now touch my toes, not to mention tying my shoelaces… Nikolaos I suffered a fall accident six months ago and hurt my shoulder really bad. I could not lie on that side for months because of pain. I had treatment at a chiropractic physician for months. It helped very little. My doctor Howard H. Liu helped me with acupuncture in my right foot with just four needles. I had no pain in my left shoulder almost instantly. I have no pain since that time. If you have pain and would like to try acupuncture, try it with Dr. Liu. He is the best. It is like a miracle what he can do with acupuncture Richard |