Acupuncture Treatment for Musculoskeletal Pain

Download or read book Acupuncture Treatment for Musculoskeletal Pain written by Harris Gellman and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-04-25 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acupuncture Treatment for Musculoskeletal Pain covers the basics of acupuncture theory and explains the precepts of Eastern medicine. The text is written for orthopaedic surgeons, anesthesiologists and rehabilitation medicine specialists, and will aid them in their diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal pain -- both acute and chronic -- as well as arthritis. Readers of the text will progress on a journey through healing that will serve as a useful adjunct to the procedures and medications currently in use. The author breaks the subject down into three sections: Basics of Acupuncture, Acupuncture Treatment of the Muscoloskeletal Acupuncture Points and Indications, and Special Techniques.