The use of acupuncture for chronic low back pain recently got the once-over in the "New England Journal of Medicine", and it came out looking good. As most know, acupuncture is a therapeutic ...

SUMMIT COUNTY – Dr. Julie Colliton studied traditional Western medicine and was a huge skeptic of acupuncture – until she saw proof.She entered an intensive training program led by Joe Helms at the ...

Many a person, with a variety of medical concerns, has looked into or tried acupuncture. As a practitioner myself, and with a ...

The big question first: Does it hurt? It depends on where we put the needle, but most times people don’t feel anything. More sensitive areas — the face and hands — (you may feel something); but the ...

Acupuncture is among the most common therapies in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The healing practice, which involves the insertion of thin needles into the skin, is primarily used to relieve ...

Acupuncturist Toto Cheng performs acupuncture on an athlete. Credit: Li Tin Nok “Now it feels like my neck and shoulders are more moveable, like they’ve loosened up.” That’s how Gordon Liu feels after ...