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Acupuncture for Back Pain, Neck Pain, and Hip Pain<\/h3>\n

One of my favorite things to do in acupuncture is to treat back pain with acupuncture<\/em>. \u00a0I am an acupuncturist and surgeon practicing in Modesto<\/a>, CA with my wife, Dr. Tammy Wu who is a board certified plastic surgeon. \u00a0My office is inside her office – we practice at the same location. \u00a0Her name is on the top of the building. \u00a0Our address is 2336 Sylvan Ave. Suite C, Modesto, CA 95355. \u00a0For more info besides this blog, you can visit our more formal back pain acupuncture<\/a> <\/em>page.<\/p>\n

I’m using the term back pain to include the whole posterior chain of the body which includes the neck, the back – upper and lower back pain, and hips \u00a0– for example pyriformis syndrome, or pain in the buttock area, and sciatica pain (irritation of the sciatic nerve).<\/p>\n

I can’t fix everyone’s back pain, but muscular back pain works best with acupuncture<\/h3>\n

I’ve noticed that the back pain \/ neck pain \/ hip pain that responds best to my style of acupuncture is pain which is mostly related to muscles. \u00a0Pain in the back can originate from three main sources: muscular back pain, skeletal\/joint related back pain, and nerve related back pain.<\/p>\n

However, the results may be different for back pain acupuncture with other practitioners. \u00a0I’m just blogging about my own results.<\/p>\n

Back pain relief is one of the most effective things I do with acupuncture<\/h3>\n

I do a lot of different things with acupuncture. \u00a0I work on stress, depression, fertility, asthma, allergies, carpal tunnel, fibromyalgia, smoking cessation – the list goes on, but back pain acupuncture is on top of the list for effective relief of symptoms.<\/p>\n

Is the back pain relief temporary with acupuncture?<\/h3>\n

I get this question often. \u00a0Sometimes the back pain \/ neck pain \/ hip pain, etc comes back. \u00a0But often times, I think it’s because we didn’t get rid of the source of the problem. \u00a0Sometimes the back pain is postural or caused by work – some of these things are hard to change.<\/p>\n

Does back pain acupuncture hurt?<\/h3>\n

A few patients say that it doesn’t hurt at all. \u00a0But most patients will feel something, but it’s not that uncomfortable that they wouldn’t come back. \u00a0There are four forms of acupuncture which I use and if the patient is somewhat uncomfortable, I can eliminate some of the forms of acupuncture and still have a reasonably effective acupuncture treatment for the back pain. \u00a0The four forms of acupuncture used to treat back pain in my Modesto practice are:<\/p>\n