Acupuncture And Myofascial Trigger Therapy Treat Same Pain Areas
Results of the study, published May 10 in the Journal of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, suggest that people who want relief from chronic musculoskeletal pain may benefit from either therapy, says chronic pain specialist Dr. Peter Dorsher of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Mayo Clinic.
"This may come as a surprise to those who perform the two different techniques, because the notion has been that these are exclusive therapies separated by thousands of years," he says. "But this study shows that in the treatment of pain disorders, acupuncture and myofascial techniques are fundamentally similar – and this is good news for anyone looking for relief."
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In traditional acupuncture, acupuncture point, have a long history ,but Western medicine is based on: pain trigger point or pain trigger area. However, Zak acupuncture is to find a tender point, these anatomical features of the tender point is that in the soft tissue ,muscle attachment area, their features is aseptic inflammation, Zak tender point is different from the point of Chinese medicine, acupuncture traditional acupuncture is not allowed puncture area where muscles attached to the skeletal , but also different from Western medicine and the pain trigger point pain trigger area, mainly their are in muscle movements point.
So,Do you understand what is zak acupuncture point.
