Acupuncture Pops Tension Headaches
Jun 25th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Acupuncture, Alternative MedicineIt seems like only a couple of weeks ago that we were reporting on acupuncture as being an effective treatment for drug addiction and overactive bladders. Now comes word of yet another acupuncture study, this one hyping the alternative therapy as a treatment for tension headaches.
This German study, conducted by the Centre for Complementary Medicine Research at Technische Universitat in Munich, involved 270 people who were treated for their tension headaches with a variety of methods over the course of eight weeks. Some received traditional Chinese acupuncture, other minimal acupuncture (where needles are inserted superficially into the skin), and still others received no treatment.
The participants were then monitored for the next four weeks. Those receiving the traditional Chinese acupuncture reported 7 fewer days of headaches during this period. Close behind them were those who had received the minimal acupuncture with 6.6 fewer days of headaches, while those receiving no treatment brought up the rear (as they are traditionally want to do) with 1.5 fewer headache days.
The study showed that acupuncture proved effective in diminishing tension headaches with very few side effects (dizziness and, oddly enough, a little bruising). Dr. Wolfgang Weidenhammer, one of the architects of the study, sums it up thusly: “Acupuncture was well tolerated and improvements lasted several months after completion of treatment.”
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