Back pain

Back problems can have a major impact on how you move and function. We help you with both acute and chronic back problems. Such as pain, stiffness and radiating pain. For a quick effect and to strengthen your system where necessary.

Pain relief back pain: how acupuncture works

Acupuncture can help you relieve back pain. Do you walk around for a long time with back problems or a sore back? Do you no longer know what to do about back pain? Then acupuncture may be the solution you are looking for. The vast majority of people feel immediate relief. Unlike pain management with drugs, pain management with acupuncture has no side effects. Did you know that acupuncture works twice as effectively and safer is then the standard treatment for chronic low back pain?

Effective for various back problems

Acupuncture is effective for various forms of back problems, whether it's pain caused by intervertebral disc problems (e.g. a herniated disc) or other forms of back problems, such as back wear (worn back) or lumbago. Acupuncture can help with this. Acupuncture is also effective for shoulder pain (due to bursitis, for example).

Acupuncture also works for lower back pain, or pain in the lower back or tailbone and other areas of the back. Unlike medicines and, for example, an injection to relieve back pain, acupuncture takes a more holistic approach. Here, we not only look at the direct fight against pain, but also at its causes. Pain, for example, can be caused by poor circulation. By reactivating the circulation, pain can not only be temporarily but also sustainably relieved.

Causes and symptoms of back pain

Back pain can occur due to various causes, such as muscle and connective tissue tension, overload, incorrect posture or long-term stress. Complaints such as low back pain, stiffness, pain radiating to the buttocks or legs and recurring blockages are also common. With acupuncture, we focus on pain reduction, muscle relaxation and supporting recovery.

Complaints can occur as:

• Numbness or tingling in the feet or legs
• Hernia
• Sciatica
• Low back pain
• Long-term back problems
• Move uncertainly, vibrate
• Stenosis (constriction in a vertebra)
• Stiffness or restriction of movement
• Pain radiating to the buttocks or legs

Back pain is often not an isolated condition. Hip complaints can be related to low back pain, because tension, posture or movement restrictions influence each other. Hip pain can radiate to the lower back or vice versa. With acupuncture, we visualize this relationship and support recovery, so that both back and hip can move more freely again.

Sometimes, back pain is also related to hormonal changes. Many women suffer from lower back pain before or during menstruation. In that case, we can do both hormonal balance provide pain relief.

Acute versus chronic back pain

Acute back pain is often characterized by a clear, often sudden, cause. On the one hand, this may be due to a wrong movement; on the other hand, it may be related to something like a cold, for example. For most causes, we can help you.

Chronic back pain

Chronic back pain is often caused by the acute pain being severe or persistent, an internal imbalance, or a combination of both.

There are many causes of internal imbalance that can occur in pain. In addition to a reduced circulation of energy and/or blood, we often notice:

• Too little energy in Water and Wood Elements, which weakens boats and tendons
• Too much cold, which hinders circulation, resulting in pain and stiffness
• Wastes that interfere with circulation
• Stress, which causes high muscle tension and pain

Remote handling of the complaint

You don't have to worry about the needles being placed in the painful area. We often achieve the right effect by treating points outside the pain area. Acupuncture focuses on stimulating blood flow in the affected areas, so that nutrients are better supplied and waste products can be removed. This gives the body the space to activate the natural recovery process. This approach has been used for thousands of years in China and other parts of Asia. And that is also a valuable method of relieving pain today. Every day, we guide people to greater comfort and freedom of movement with acupuncture.

Acupuncture for lower back pain

One complaint that we can often treat with good results is low back pain. Also check out the scientific research before that.

Exercises for lower back pain

This video shows a series of gentle stretching and mobility exercises that help make your lower back more flexible and relieve pain.

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Tip: Combine this with a 15-20 minute heat pad or hot bath before you start. The heat relaxes the muscles, increases blood flow and prepares your back for the stretches - which can increase the effectiveness of the routine.

Treating back pain with herbs

Many pain symptoms will recover with acupuncture. Sometimes pain symptoms are persistent, intense or complex. Herbal therapy then offers many benefits and can also be combined with acupuncture. Because you take herbs daily, the therapy is also stronger and better suited for complaints that are very intense. Another advantage is that complex pain symptoms often involve reduced circulation of blood, energy and waste products. All these factors hamper recovery and herbs can all address and dissolve them from within.

Finally: herbs also help strengthen the body and rebuild strength very well. If the body, or part of it, is too weak, this also leads to pain. You could also see this as a form of unintentional overload. In the lower back (sometimes together with the knees), for example, there may be weakness in combination with cold that cause pain from a weakened Liver/Kidney system. Complaints where the above may play a role include:

• Atrophy (muscle sagging)
• Osteoarthritis (wear and tear)
• Recovery from surgery
• Recovering from a (car) accident
• Long-term/chronic/persistent complaints
• Overload
• Rheumatism