If you're suffering from pain, acupuncture may be something to ask your doctor about. Steve Busalacchi reports. Steve Busalacchi reports.
Acupuncture is an ancient art involving the use of needles to stop pain and treat other problems.
The State Medical Society of Wisconsin's Doctor Joseph Blustein is an MD acupuncturist who likes to balance his medical training with that of eastern medicine. Madison's Doctor Bluestein says the treatment is especially helpful in stopping pain because the needle apparently stimulates healing forces in the body. By stimulating with a needle, that's the counter irritant. So even though it may be remote from where the location of the pain is, it will then diminish the awareness of that pain. Doctor Blustein says acupuncture doesn't work for everybody and isn't necessarily the best treatment option.