Acupuncture for Back Pain

In 2009 the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended that acupuncture should be made available on the NHS, as a cost-effective short-term treatment for the management of early, persistent non-specific lower back pain.

The British Acupuncture Council has a fact sheet on back pain, click here.

The Journal of Chinese Medicine’s research archive, click here.

New research finds acupuncture is an effective clinical treatment for sciatica.