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Alternative treatment for back and neck pain with acupuncture

 Acupuncture originates from ancient China but has become a modern alternative healing option that many people employ around the globe. As well as many other issues and ailments a common use is for the relief of pain, such as back pain and neck pain. Treatment involves an expert trained in the method of inserting very fine needles into specific points of the body called meridians, to manipulate and stimulate the energy flow. For some, it seems to be a scary thing, the idea of letting someone put needles into you. And it doesn’t help with the movie and tv scenes out there, but it is actually painless and can help ease the pain for a lot of people. Varying back pain treatments How a practitioner chooses to carry out pain relief methods depends on the acupuncturist, their training and experience. For example, back pain does not mean the needles only go into the back area, there may be some positioning elsewhere to affect the energy flow like the feet! There are a lot of different bac...