Conditions treated by Chinese Medicine

If you wish to discuss your condition before making an appointment, contact me on 0411 537 394, or email me at: michael@michaelfinnhealthservices.com.au

You could also take advantage of my Free 30 Minute Health Appraisal Consultation.

I will put your complaint(s) into context and formulate a treatment plan. This takes into consideration many factors, apart from your symptoms, that influence your level of wellbeing and the body’s ability to recover and regain balance. Factors such as: your personal history, age, gender, diet, occupation, medical history, medications, allergies, sensitivities and so on. Personalised therapy is the key to addressing your unique needs.

Note

Under Australian National law, claims regarding the effectiveness of acupuncture treatment can only be made if confirmed by recent, scientifically conducted, peer-reviewed research of a high standard. The Acupuncture Evidence Project represents a major review into the effectiveness of acupuncture (according to this standard). Referring to this study may help inform you as to the applicability of acupuncture to your need.

For example, conditions such as:

Allergic Rhinnitis¹, Anxiety², Post Traumatic Stress Disorder³, Headaches⁴, Neck pain⁵, Migraine prophylaxis⁶, Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting⁷, Lower Back Pain⁸, Knee osteoarthritis Pain⁹, Insomnia/Sleep disturbances related to peri and post menopause¹⁰, Irritable Bowel Syndrome¹¹, Lateral Elbow pain (Tennis Elbow)¹²,  Shoulder Pain¹³, TMJ Pain¹⁴, Fatigue¹⁵, Depression (with anti-depressants)¹⁶

¹ Taw MB, Reddy WD, Omole FS, Seidman MD. Acupuncture and allergic rhinitis. Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2015 Jun;23(3):216-20.

² Bazzan AJ, Zabrecky G, Monti DA, Newberg AB. Current evidence regarding the management of mood and anxiety disorders using complementary and alternative medicine. Expert Rev Neurother. 2014 Apr;14(4):411- 23. Bosch P, van den Noort M, Staudte H, Lim S. Schizophrenia and Depression: A systematic Review of the Effectiveness and the Working Mechanisms Behind Acupuncture. Explore (NY). 2015 Jul-Aug;11(4):281-91.                           
Goyata SL, Avelino CC, Santos SV, Souza Junior DI, Gurgel MD, Terra FS. Effects from acupuncture in treating anxiety: integrative review. Rev Bras Enferm. 2016 Jun;69(3):602-9.

³ Engel CC, Cordova EH, Benedek DM, Liu X, Gore KL, Goertz C, et al. Randomized effectiveness trial of a brief course of acupuncture for posttraumatic stress disorder. Med Care. 2014 Dec;52(12 Suppl 5):S57-64.

⁴ Coeytaux RR, Befus D. Role of Acupuncture in the Treatment or Prevention of Migraine, Tension-Type Headache, or Chronic Headache Disorders. Headache. 2016 Jul; 56(7):1238-40.
Linde K, Niemann K, Meissner K. Are sham acupuncture interventions more effective than (other) placebos?  A re-analysis of data from the Cochrane review on placebo effects. Forsch Komplementmed. 2010 Oct;17(5):259- 64

⁵ Trinh K, Graham N, Irnich D, Cameron ID, Forget M. Acupuncture for neck disorders. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016(5): Cd004870.

⁶ Da Silva AN. Acupuncture for migraine prevention. Headache. 2015 Mar; 55(3):470-3.
Yang Y, Que Q, Ye X, Zheng G. Verum versus sham manual acupuncture for migraine: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials. Acupunct Med. 2016 Apr; 34(2):76-83.

⁷ Garcia MK, McQuade J, Lee R, Haddad R, Spano M, Cohen L. Acupuncture for symptom management in cancer care: an update. Curr Oncol Rep. 2014 Dec; 16(12):418.
McKeon C, Smith, C.A., Hardy, J. & Chang, E. Acupunctrue and acupressure for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting : a systematic review. Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. 2013;8(1): 2-17
Lee A, Chan SK, Fan LT. Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point PC6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015(11): Cd003281.

⁸ Liu L, Skinner M, McDonough S, Mabire L, Baxter GD. Acupuncture for low back pain: an overview of systematic reviews. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015; 2015:328196.
Wellington J. Noninvasive and alternative management of chronic low back pain (efficacy and outcomes). Neuromodulation. 2014 Oct; 17 Suppl 2:24-30.

⁹ Corbett MS, Rice SJ, Madurasinghe V, Slack R, Fayter DA, Harden M, et al. Acupuncture and other physical treatments for the relief of pain due to osteoarthritis of the knee: network meta-analysis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2013 Sep; 21(9):1290-8.

¹⁰ Chiu HY, Hsieh YJ, Tsai PS. Acupuncture to Reduce Sleep Disturbances in Perimenopausal and Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Mar; 127(3): 507-15
Bezerra AG, Pires GN, Andersen ML, Tufik S, Hachul H. Acupuncture to Treat Sleep Disorders in Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015; 2015:563236.

¹¹ MacPherson H, Tilbrook H, Agbedjro D, Buckley H, Hewitt C, Frost C. Acupuncture for irritable bowel syndrome: 2-year follow-up of a randomised controlled trial. Acupunct Med. 2016 Mar 15.

¹² Tang H, Fan H, Chen J, Yang M, Yi X, Dai G, et al. Acupuncture for Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic Review. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015; 2015:861849

¹³ Dong W, Goost H, Lin XB, Burger C, Paul C, Wang ZL, et al. Treatments for shoulder impingement syndrome: a PRISMA systematic review and network meta-analysis. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Mar; 94(10): e510.

¹⁴ Grillo CM, Canales Gde L, Wada RS, Alves MC, Barbosa CM, Berzin F, et al. Could Acupuncture Be Useful in the Treatment of Temporomandibular Dysfunction? J Acupunct Meridian Stud. 2015 Aug;8(4): 192-9.

¹⁵ Kim JE, Seo BK, Choi JB, Kim HJ, Kim TH, Lee MH, et al. Acupuncture for chronic fatigue syndrome and idiopathic chronic fatigue: a multicenter, nonblinded, randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2015;16:314

¹⁶ Chan YY, Lo WY, Yang SN, Chen YH, Lin JG. The benefit of combined acupuncture and antidepressant medication for depression: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Affect Disord. 2015 May 1;176:106-17.
Bosch P, van den Noort M, Staudte H, Lim S. Schizophrenia and Depression: A systematic Review of the Effectiveness and the Working Mechanisms Behind Acupuncture. Explore (NY). 2015 Jul-Aug;11(4):281-91