Allostatic Adjustment Acupuncture Protocol

3A-p Therapy

Stress relief without the side-effects of medication

Using acupuncture to recover from alarmed nervous states and regulate the nervous system for better functioning after periods of severe stress. 3A-p Therapy is an innovative therapy based on medical acupuncture integrated with current stress-reduction research. Learn more...

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Acupuncture a Powerful Tool in
Complementary Cancer Care

     Complementary therapies, while not given the attention that more traditional cancer therapies may receive, are perhaps equally important while undergoing treatment for certain types of cancer. Patients diagnosed with difficult to treat malignancies will often use these types of therapies in conjunction with traditional surgical, chemotherapeutic, or radiology techniques to form a more comprehensive and effective treatment regimen. Among the most important and effective alternative therapies utilized by those diagnosed with cancer is acupuncture.
     Acupuncture has long been utilized as a general pain reduction method for thousands of years, originating in the Far East and gradually being utilized throughout the world. Acupuncture’s role in cancer management however, is relatively new and indications are that its utilization has not been fully maximized yet. Effective cancer treatment often depends on the patient’s ability to not only defeat the cancer through treatments but also to maintain their health and mental spirit throughout the painful side effects of cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation.
     Often, the symptoms and effects of the cancer itself on the body are negligible compared to the pain and other side effects of chemotherapy and radiation. This is where acupuncture has been said to be most effective. Cancers such as mesothelioma, which are often unable to be removed by surgical means, are often treated with some combination of chemotherapy and radiation. While these potent therapies can be effective in eliminating some of the tumor mass and growth, they also profoundly affect the health of the surrounding tissue. Symptoms of these effects including fever, nausea, and general pain have been dramatically reduced through the utilization of acupuncture. Patients, who are able to withstand these symptoms and recover quickly, will often be able to be more aggressively treated, increasing the efficacy of the treatment regimen as a whole.
     Acupuncture may not be answer for each patient’s pain and individual symptoms but it’s certainly an worth exploring as it can do very little harm in trying therapies patients and their physicians believe may be of some help. The goal with alternative therapies, as with traditional therapies, is always to increase the effectiveness of treatment as a whole. If acupuncture can assist in any way in helping patients recover or manage symptoms of chemotherapy or radiation, then it will have contributed to the treatment regimens overall efficacy and should certainly be utilized.