Acupuncture for Shoulder Pain: What the Research Shows
Shoulder pain can be incredibly frustrating. Whether it’s caused by repetitive strain, an old injury, or limited mobility that just won’t budge, it can interfere with everything from sleep to exercise to simple daily tasks. Acupuncture has increasingly been studied as a non-invasive approach for managing musculoskeletal pain, and recent research highlights its benefits for shoulder conditions.
Acupuncture:
Reduces muscle tightness
Decreases pain and stiffness
Improves shoulder flexibility and range of movement
Improved overall comfort during daily activities
Improves overall function of the joint
Many people find that acupuncture not only helps ease pain, but also makes it easier to move the shoulder more freely.
What’s all the fascia-bout Fascia?
Fascia is ALIVE and electric! It contains nerve endings and cells that adapt and respond to stimuli within and around fascia. Deep fascia envelops and penetrates muscles, giving rise to the term Myofascial, pertaining to both muscle (myo-) and fascia. Fascia wraps around each muscle and also around groups of muscles with similar functions creating muscle compartments. To further zoom out, fascia organizes itself into broader chains of fascia that create relationships between muscles extending from feet to head!
Cupping Therapy 101: For Olympians and You!
Cupping therapy is a myofascial bodywork technique that has immediate effects on the soft tissue structures of the body. Cupping can be described as an inverse of a massage. Instead of pressing down into the muscle tissue, a suction is created using either glass or plastic cups to pull up on the fascia and muscles. This allows the local tissues to soften and relax, decreasing pain and improving range of motion.
Ease your Back Pain with this Simple Pose
The Static Back exercise, also called Static 90, is helpful for acute flare-ups of back pain, back spasm, and chronic back pain.
How To Care for Neck Pain in the Age of Zoom
Sitting in front of the computer isn’t a new phenomenon, but with the pandemic having us spend more of our time working, socializing, and scrolling the latest news on the screen (again and again), we all are spending longer hours with our laptops. This has made neck and upper back pain issues really take on a life of their own.
Video- Acupuncture for Low Back Pain
Low back pain in one of the most common complaints that we see at Dynamic Acupuncture. Modern research is now backing up the centuries of clinical experience to show that acupuncture is a safe and effective therapy for treating back pain