At some point in life, a person will experience some type of body pain. Whether it’s from a serious health condition, sporting injury, or gardening, the relief of your pain and how long will you recuperate will depend on the kind of treatment you undergo.

In the case of back pain, an average of 82.5% of people in the world will at one time or another, suffer from it. Unfortunately, most of them will not think about getting Cleveland acupuncture for treatment of their ailment

Many of them will learn how to live with it or mask the pain with prescription or over-the-counter painkillers such as mefenamic acid or ibuprofen. These drugs may sometimes help relieve the acute pain. But over time, they can cause addiction or adverse side effects.

There are people who actually consider acupuncture but only as a last result. Usually, they have undergone all types of conventional treatment including, cortisone injections, drugs, physical therapy, and even surgery to no avail.

For people who have lived with pain for a significant part of their lives, they need to understand that they don’t have to live in pain.

If your medical doctor has failed to ameliorate your pain, your next course of action should be to seek help from a local acupuncturist or chiropractor. These practitioners can perform physical exams and decide whether or not you need an MRI. They not only treat your painful symptoms but also address the underlying cause of your pain.

Your acupuncturist will also recommend dietary and lifestyle changes along with acupuncture treatment to help you live a pain-free life. Consuming too much sugar can impair your immune system and heighten the inflammatory response in your body. And when there is more inflammation, there is more pain.

Besides that, when you experience body pain it generates more stress in your body. And since stress causes more pain, your body is caught in a vicious cycle. Acupuncture helps relieve stress, inflammation, and pain allowing you to enjoy life and sleep well once more.