Acupuncture can provide long-lasting benefits to low back pain sufferers, and is a cost effective treatment.
Patients treated with 10 sessions of acupuncture over three months reported less pain at a 24-month follow-up than patients who did not get the therapy. "Acupuncture definitely has a role in the treatment of low back pain," says study co-author Hugh MacPherson, PhD. "And it seems to be associated with longer-term effects than anyone has realized."
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