American College of Physicians Recommends Natural Therapies for Low Back Pain

Low back pain is one of the most common health conditions. It affects thousands of people each year. It has been reported that a quarter of US adults would of have had low back pain sometime within the last three months. There are many different treatments for low back pain ranging from medications to exercise to natural therapies such as acupuncture.   At Master Lu’s Health Center in Salt Lake City, we treat low back pain successfully utilizing acupuncture and Chinese medicine.

Recently, the American College of Physicians have recommended non-drug therapies to treat low back pain.   The report came out also in response to help with the opioid crisis. One of the non-drug therapies they mentioned is acupuncture. The report was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Acupuncture is recommended as part of the first recommendation.

The first recommendation in the reports says: “Given that most patients with acute or subacute low back pain improve over time regardless of treatment, clinicians and patients should select nonpharmacologic treatment with superficial heat (moderate-quality evidence), massage, acupuncture, or spinal manipulation (low-quality evidence). If pharmacologic treatment is desired, clinicians and patients should select nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or skeletal muscle relaxants (moderate-quality evidence). (Grade: strong recommendation)”

Acupuncture and Chinese medicine is a complete medical system to diagnose and treat disease. It has been shown to be very effective for low back pain both acute and chronic. Acupuncture and Chinese medicine is a viable and natural form of medicine to help with low back pain and to avoid surgeries.

For the complete report from the Annals of Medicine click on Non-Pharmacological Therapies for Low Back Pain.

I hope this helps you with recommendations for low back pain and to become healthier in a more natural way. If you would like more information on acupuncture or would like to schedule an appointment please give us a call at Master Lu’s Health Center.