About one in five female vets have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, according to VA data. Acupuncture is being increasingly used by the military for PTSD.
Female Vets deal with physical, mental scars. Samantha Frost has been getting acupuncture to relieve pain from a neck injury she suffered while a security officer in the Air Force. Frost, 33, of Woodland is dealing with neck pain from an accident while serving in the Air Force. She says acupuncture treatment has helped.
About one in five female vets have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, according to VA data. Acupuncture is being increasingly used by the military for PTSD.
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BREAST CANCER PATIENTS using ACUPUNCTURE for FATIGUE - 70% benefit rate.
Gwen Wyatt, a professor with the College of Nursing said "There are more than two million breast cancer survivors today, and persistent cancer-related fatigue is one of the most common and distressing symptoms and is associated with decreased quality of life, poor sleep quality and depression." Wyatt said pilot research has shown self-administered acupressure on ACUPUNCTURE POINTS can significantly decrease fatigue by as much as 70 percent in cancer survivors, as well as improve sleep quality. "There are few treatment options for persistent cancer-related fatigue, and these costly treatments often require a trained practitioner or have unacceptable side effects," Wyatt said. "On the other hand, self-administered acupressure on ACUPUNCTURE POINTS is nontoxic, inexpensive and requires minimal instruction. It appears to be a promising treatment for persistent fatigue." Source: Michigan State University .. MSUNEWS. BASEBALL: Jason Hammel has switched to ACUPUNCTURE to help with soreness.
MILITARY: The Military is stepping up Acupuncture treatments for Concussions, PTSD., Insomnia, Headaches, ETC ..
Acupuncture for the treatment of concussions, insomnia, dizziness, headaches, and post traumatic stress syndrome gets increased use in the US military. In the most recent issue of Stars and Stripes, Dr. Stuessi (a Navy medicine physician who works in a special concussion restoration care center) notes, “I’ve found phenomenal, off-the-charts results doing acupuncture for sleep, for dizziness and headaches.” A recent randomized, double-blind study concludes that both auricular (ear) acupuncture and body acupuncture are effective in reducing pre and post-operative anxiety. Pre and post-perative anxiety has been identified in approximately 80 percent of patients, which prompted this investigation. The study was conducted by experienced acupuncturists at the Xi Jing Hosptial (Xi’an, China).The ear acupuncture group received needle stimulation at point ear Shenmen. The body acupuncture group received needle stimulation at Du20, SiShenCong, Yin Tang, Liv3, and St36. The needles were 0.25-.30 mm in diameter and ranged between 25-40 mm in length. Needle depth ranged from 0.2 cm to 0.5 cm. Acupuncture therapy was administered for a period of four weeks at two sessions per week for a total of eight acupuncture treatments. The treatment principles were to increase lucidity, tranquilize by nourishing the Heart, calm the nerves, and regulate the Qi.
Reference: Shengjun Wu, Jie Liang, Xia Zhu, Xufeng Liu, Danmin Miao. “Comparing the treatment effectiveness of body acupuncture and auricular acupuncture in preoperative anxiety treatment.” JRMS 2010; 16(1): 39-42. According to a number of trials in China, acupuncture is an effective treatment for retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a degenerative eye disorder that may to lead to blindness. A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Acupuncture concludes that acupuncture treatment protects the optic nerve from damage caused by intraocular pressure by alleviating stresses on retinal and optic nerve axonal ultrastructures.
IMPROVED BY ACUPUNCTURE SCIENTNew research from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden has scientifically shown that Acupuncture improves hormone levels and menstrual bleeding pattern in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is a common disorder that affects up to one woman in six.
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan: The US military is applying an ancient Chinese healing technique to the main modern battlefield injury for American soldiers, with results that doctors here say are ''off the charts''.
''Battlefield acupuncture'', developed by air force physician, Colonel Richard Niemtzow, is helping heal soldiers with concussions. Commander Keith Stuessi asks his patients to relax in his darkened chamber and then gently inserts hair-thin needles. He uses acupuncture to treat concussions, also known as mild brain trauma. ''I'm seeing incredible results,'' said Commander Stuessi. ''In my heart I think this will, become one of the standards of care.'' Homemade bombs called improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, are the leading killer of coalition soldiers in the Afghan war. A concussion is caused by the pressure wave travelling through the brain, without anything necessarily hitting the head. Some are knocked unconscious and ruptured eardrums are common. Even those who don't black out can have the same debilitating after-effects: dizziness, loss of balance, ringing in the ear, crushing insomnia, an aversion to light and a pounding headache. It typically takes two weeks to recover from the concussion, Commander Stuessi said. Gunnery Sergeant Williams, 36, was 10 days in from a concussion he received in Musa Qala, in the north of Helmand, when he arrived in Commander Stuessi's office. Climbing down off a roof during a mission to set up a new patrol base, a soldier one metre in front of him stepped on an IED - and had to have both legs amputated below the knee. Williams was knocked unconscious for about 10 seconds, and sustained a Grade III concussion, the most severe, but he was otherwise unhurt. Others realised something was wrong when he started talking nonsense, and he was airlifted to a hospital. Commander Stuessi suggested he try acupuncture. ''I was willing to try anything to get back [to duty],'' Sergeant Williams said. ''That night, I slept for about 10 hours, and when I woke, the headache wasn't as severe.'' Sergeant Williams has had four sessions and is sleeping well. Sleep is the most important cure for concussion. But Commander Stuessi isn't alone in using it in the US military. The navy alone has now trained about 50 doctors in acupuncture, he said. The air force, for instance, uses the technique to dampen the pain on the long flights for evacuating wounded soldiers back to the US. Commander Stuessi thought it worked by adjusting the ''neural pathways'' in the body. ''It's like rewiring a computer; you're hitting certain nerves in the body. So instead of sending up a pain signal to the brain, they send up a signal saying everything's OK. It's almost like faking out the brain.'' The National Institutes of Health is examining acupuncture as a means of speeding recovery for soldiers. Last week in Washington, Defence Department personnel met researchers and members of the Institutes of Health's National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine to discuss the military's continued exploration of acupuncture. January Jones, star of “Mad Men” was seen out enjoying sunny L.A. with a pair of chic red shades and heading off for some relaxing Acupuncture.
Results of a study by the University of Duisburg-Essen which shows the effectiveness of acupuncture, were presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).It showed Acupuncture reduces activation in several brain areas involved in the perception and processing of pain. According to fMRI results, acupuncture affects the incoming pain signal to the brain. Acupuncture also sparks an analgesic type response in the brain.
Until now, the role of acupuncture in the perception and processing of pain has been controversial," said lead researcher Nina Theysohn, M.D., from the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology at University Hospital in Essen, Germany. "Functional MRI gives us the opportunity to directly observe areas of the brain that are activated during pain perception and see the variances that occur with acupuncture." "Activation of brain areas involved in pain perception was significantly reduced or modulated under acupuncture," Dr. Theysohn said. |