Many people find their work so unbearably painful that they often have to stay home. Treatments range from the conventional methods such as medication and surgery to the alternative or unconventional methods such as acupuncture.
Acupuncture works to relieve two types of lower back pain.
The acupoints lie on the lines of energy, and the placement of a needle in an acupoint opens these lines and restores the energy, maintaining balance and relieving symptoms. Three studies in particular show the effectiveness of acupuncture for lower back pain. The first is a study that was conducted by Dr. John Handy in which 19 of the 73 patients studied were treated by acupuncture for lower back pain. The group that received the acupuncture showed better relief of their back pain than the placebo group. All of the patients had received previous treatment by conventional methods and had felt no relief.