Herniated Disk
Disk herniation is a common cause of low back pain in middle-aged and older people. Acupuncture, which is widely used in clinical practice with fewer side effects, has become a popular alternative for patients seeking nonsurgical approach to pain control.
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References
Buevich, V., Buevich, M., & Buevich, N. (2021). Acupuncture in the Treatment of Sequestered Intervertebral Disk Herniation. Medical acupuncture, 33(3), 246–252. https://doi.org/10.1089/acu.2020.1464
Deyo, R. A., & Mirza, S. K. (2016). CLINICAL PRACTICE. Herniated Lumbar Intervertebral Disk. The New England journal of medicine, 374(18), 1763–1772. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMcp1512658
Huang, Z., Liu, S., Zhou, J., Yao, Q., & Liu, Z. (2019). Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Chronic Discogenic Sciatica, a Randomized Controlled Sham Acupuncture Trial. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 20(11), 2303–2310. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnz167
