Pain - probably the most common reason for Acupuncture here at Horsham Treatment Room. Today sees new recommendations to GPs from NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) on how to manage chronic pain with no known cause - reducing painkillers in favour of physical therapies including Acupuncture.
What type of pain do I help people manage? I see headache/migraines, back/shoulder/knee pain, I even use Acupuncture to help manage pain from Trigeminal Neuralgia!
Here is a link to the newspaper article regarding the NICE updates: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/society/2021/apr/07/chronic-pain-sufferers-should-take-exercise-not-analgesics-says-nice
For the full NICE guidelines: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/NG193
So if you’re wondering whether Acupuncture could help you manage your pain - contact me to discuss your options.