ACUPUNCTURE IN PAIN MANAGEMENT

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Chronic pain is a significant and sometimes debilitating medical
problem, which has a significant impact in our economy and quality of
life. It is perhaps the most common reason for Americans to seek
medical care and is the leading cause of disability. Despite several
options of chronic pain treatment including medications and
interventional procedures, the long-term effect of current treatments
remains limited. Therefore, it is both necessary and timely to seek
complementary and alternative treatments as a part of integrative
medicine for chronic pain management. Acupuncture is a well-known
modality of complementary and alternative medicine that may help
improve pain and related comorbid symptoms, decrease drug
dependency and usage, and lead to better quality of life.
Although acupuncture has been used over thousands of years for the
treatment of many clinical conditions including clinical pain, many factors
remain unclear to healthcare providers with regard to its effectiveness,
mechanisms and side effects.
This book consists of fourteen interrelated chapters to provide the
following categories of up-to-date information: 1) the general concept of
acupuncture and its role in pain management, 2) current research
evidence of acupuncture mechanisms, 3) acupuncture and
neuroimaging, and 4) clinical data on various modalities of acupuncture
therapy including auricular acupuncture and their role in treating pain
conditions such as low back and neck pain, headaches, osteoarthritis
pain, abdominal and pelvic pain, neuropathic pain, myofascial pain,
cancer-related pain, postoperative pain, and pediatric pain. Moreover, a
chapter on Tai Chi, an ancient Chinese martial art, is included to discuss
its role in chronic pain treatment. There is also a chapter to discuss the
challenges in evaluating acupuncture trial outcomes and the current
research effort on this issue. We trust that this book will help healthcare
providers to gain comprehensive knowledge on the role of acupuncture
therapy in pain management. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical)