Acupuncture & TCM Articles
Acupuncture Articles
by John A. Amaro L.Ac., Dipl.Ac.(NCCAOM), DC
 Dr. Amaro is an internationally known author, lecturer and practitioner beginning his practice of Acupuncture and Chiropractic in 1971. He has led 13 diplomatic Acupuncture study tours of The People's Republic of China escorting more than 500 doctors and practitioners. He has personally studied Acupuncture in nine separate Asian nations.
He has received Certification in Acupuncture through the Columbia Institute of Chiropractic in 1973. This was one of the first Acupuncture postgraduate education programs for physicians in North America commencing in 1972.
He has been certified by the Waseda Acupuncture College in Tokyo, Japan in 1974 and graduated from the Chinese Medical Institute, Kowloon, China in 1976. He had previously taken postgraduate studies at the Tai Chung Medical School Taipei, China 1973.
The Treatment of Chronic Pain
John A. Amaro L.Ac., Dipl.Ac.(NCCAOM), DC
The American public has been emotionally and physically traumatized due to announcements of the FDA concerning the devastating health effects discovered in a number of prescription pain medications of the COX-2 inhibitors to include the most popular pain drugs on the market.
With Vioxx, Bextra, Celebrex, Aleve and Naprosyn being named in specific consumer health advisories and warnings to medical physicians to “stop prescribing’, millions of Americans who have relied heavily on these drugs to ease their pain and affect their lifestyle are now wondering what their future holds and where can they go and what can they do to ease their chronic pain.
Acupuncture is without question one of the most powerful pain altering modalities in the world, its reputation for pain relief is known and respected internationally. It may be successfully practiced with a variety of procedures other than needles to include laser, electronic and non-invasive stimulation devices for those who are needle phobic and would not consider acupuncture otherwise.
Literally millions of Americans suffering chronic pain are beginning to seek the care of those knowledgeable in the academics and techniques of acupuncture to help ease their pain and lessen their dependency on dangerous and cautioned prescription drugs.
Acupuncture in the
Treatment of Pain
There are a variety of techniques, procedures, acu-points and philosophies surrounding acupuncture and pain relief worldwide. As a practitioner whose clinic has seen in excess of 100 patients a day five days a week, I have had the opportunity to attend to a number of patients suffering a host of maladies, chronic pain however may be the most common occurrence seen in a practitioners office. Historically, our clinic has averaged a 94% success rate of “cure’ to “major clinical response’ with chronic pain based on the patient´s response index. Only 3% of all pain patients have reported less than satisfactory response in 34 years of practice. It is obvious, the following acu-points for pain are extremely effective.
The following illustrated acu- points are without question some of my favorite for the successful treatment of chronic pain. This list does not constitute the totality of effective points available to us as practitioners. There are many more effective points not listed here, however the following illustrations are my personal favorite points which have elicited incredible clinical success in chronic pain. There will be many points illustrated in this paper which will be instantly recognized and others which will make little sense, regardless, please use them even though space does not allow for detailed explanation of each point.
Most of these points have been taught to me by some of the great Masters of Acupuncture in a variety of Asian nations. To say this combination of acupoints is effective for chronic pain would be an understatement. All illustrated points do not need to be stimulated on the same day if only needles are used. Utilizing a combination of both laser/electronic and needle on the following points is also extremely effective. Otherwise, all points may be stimulated for 12-15 seconds with either green 535nm 5mw laser or red 635nm 5mw laser. Micro current electronic stimulation is also quite effective as a stand alone treatment.
Best Wishes for your successful treatment of severe, and unrelenting pain syndromes. Let me hear of your successes.
Treatment of Pain & Musculoskeletal Conditions Books
Biomedical Acupuncture for Pain Management, Acupuncture Treatment for Musculoskeletal Pain, Acupuncture in Physiotherapy.
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