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Acupuncture for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
13 July 2010 – 12:44 pm | 2 Comments
Acupuncture for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Acupuncture is as effective as prednisolone for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), according to a study.
This randomized, controlled study, published in the May 2009 issue of the Clinical Journal of Pain, investigated the efficacy of acupuncture …

Pre-birth Acupuncture
9 July 2010 – 9:00 am | No Comment
Pre-birth Acupuncture

Pre-birth acupuncture refers to a series of acupuncture treatment in the final weeks of pregnancy to prepare women for childbirth.
Weekly acupuncture treatments from week 36 or 37 to week 49 or until delivery promote a …

Acupuncture and Labour Induction
7 July 2010 – 2:24 pm | No Comment
Acupuncture and Labour Induction

Overdue? Want to try something more natural than medical induction? Why not acupuncture? 
Chances are you don’t know the use of acupuncture in labour induction yet. However, as a matter of fact, acupuncture has been used …

Correct breech presentation with acupuncture
24 February 2010 – 8:21 pm | No Comment
Correct breech presentation with acupuncture

It’s expected that a baby will settle into a head position within the pelvis around the 34th to 36th week of pregnancy, so he/she can be born headfirst. But at the end of pregnancy around …