Acupuncture and neck pain
New research has found that office workers who suffer from chronic
neck and shoulder pain felt the benefits for 3 years following
a course of acupuncture treatment
Norwegian researchers from the University of Oslo took a group
of 24 women office workers who had suffered for several years
with chronic neck and shoulder pain with related headaches. Half
were treated with acupuncture and half became the control group
(who received a sham acupuncture).
The 12 women who had acupuncture received it ten times in a three
to four week period, and had fewer headaches and greatly reduced
neck and shoulder pain. These improvements were still noticeable
three years on.
