Highlighted in this New York Times article are the new guidelines being set for pain management, in response to our nation’s opioid epidemic. Doctors are now turning away from pharmacological prescriptions for non-surgical pain management and instead, suggesting alternative methods. Included in these suggestions are exercise, acupuncture, massage therapy and yoga.
Although back pain may have a natural course of healing, acupuncture can help expedite the process significantly. Designed by Dr. Brendan Armm, a licensed doctor of acupuncture and Oriental medicine, the BackInBand® includes a highly effective set of 10 acupressure points used to address multiple causes of back pain, through a method of increasing blood circulation and thereby oxygenating local tissues and tendons, reducing inflammation, relieving nerve impingement, and subsequently reducing overall pain and discomfort. Disc pathologies and stenosis of the lower spine may also benefit from this increased circulation of blood and oxygen.
These precise points are the same points which can be used in an acupuncture treatment for someone suffering from low back and/or sacroiliac pain. Whether or not one is receiving acupuncture care, the BackInBand® is a self-administered, non-invasive back pain relief system, that can supplement acupuncture treatments to help speed up the healing process at one’s convenience. Alternately, one can use it on it’s own as a home first aid for back pain relief.
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