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Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine to support Post-Surgical Recovery

Recovery from a surgical procedure, no matter how small, takes time. Here are six benefits of including acupuncture in your rehabilitation regimen after surgery:

 

  • relieve pain and anxiety

  • decrease the need for opioids

  • relax and sleep better

  • improve peristalsis and decrease nausea

  • dial down inflammation

  • improve blood circulation

  • decrease swelling

  • fasten wound healing

  • facilitate early ambulation

  • reduce scarring

 

To make an appointment with Point of Cure Acupuncture and Electromedicine, please call 727-252-6060 or click HERE

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References

Lee, J. A., Jeong, H. J., Park, H. J., Jeon, S., & Hong, S. U. (2011). Acupuncture accelerates wound healing in burn-injured mice. Burns : journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries, 37(1), 117–125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2010.07.005 Park, S. I., Sunwoo, Y. Y., Jung, Y. J., Chang, W. C., Park, M. S., Chung, Y. A., Maeng, L. S., Han, Y. M., Shin, H. S., Lee, J., & Lee, S. H. (2012). Therapeutic Effects of Acupuncture through Enhancement of Functional Angiogenesis and Granulogenesis in Rat Wound Healing. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2012, 464586. https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/464586 Wang, T. T., Yuan, Y., Kang, Y., Yuan, W. L., Zhang, H. T., Wu, L. Y., & Feng, Z. T. (2005). Effects of acupuncture on the expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2/bFGF) in the left sixth lumbar dorsal root ganglion following removal of adjacent dorsal root ganglia. Neuroscience letters, 382(3), 236–241. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2005.03.020

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