Arwa Chiropractic
Your Chiropractor In Aurora, IL
4255 Westbrook Drive, Suite #213
CALL: 1-630-499-2583
"Dr. Hameed is truly the best chiropractor I have ever been to. He has great bedside manners and is genuinely interested in helping his patients. I highly recommend him...".
Janice Miller, Ogden IL
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Frequently Asked Questions?
Does it Hurt?
Acupuncture is an extremely effective natural method of healing that is very safe and does not have any side effects. There is a powerful energy flowing in the body and circulating in the major organs. The Chinese have used acupuncture for 5,000 years.
We only use very fine needles which are inserted into the acupuncture points connected with those organs.
Acupuncture and pain relief
If there is one area that acupuncture can claim to have an effect it's in pain relief. Although most evidence supporting acupuncture can be dismissed as anecdotal, trials have been done where acupuncture does show a pain relieving effect above placebo. The effect is not large, of the same magnitude as taking Aspirin or Ibuprofen, but nonetheless it's there and cannot be ignored.
That's not to say that there are not problems with such claims however. Pain is an entirely subjective experience; it cannot be directly measured and the severity felt depends to a large extent on the patient's state of mind which can be influenced by the practitioner giving the treatment. This leads on to the problem of blinding procedures with acupuncture. The practitioner is always aware of whether he's giving real or sham acupuncture and which patients he's giving them to. This can lead to the 'experimenter effect' influencing the outcome of trials.
The pain relief effect does seem to exist; however, it's not clear whether it's a real effect of acupuncture or a strong placebo effect that's induced in the patient by the elaborate procedure of an acupuncture treatment.
