Cycling can be like life. You don’t always know where you are going or what is round the corner. Acupuncture can help with some of the problems in life. As the Advertising Standards Authority would say, “all claims of efficacy [are] to be supported by robust evidence in the form of clinically controlled trials”, so Read More …
Over the past 30 years I have given acupuncture to a large number of patients. Most of these patients had conditions that are not on the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) list of conditions I can advertise. In 2017, the ASA considered evidence in relation to a number of claims that acupuncture could help: Infertility, muscle Read More …
From Beverley: Information is power.
I received a much appreciated gift from a fellow acupuncture practitioner this Christmas. In my practice I see patients with cancer related symptoms. I have been on various training days where cancer survivors were the main topic, so this book looks interesting. Over the past 30 years I have treated many different conditions and have Read More …
I hope we all can look forward to a happy, healthy and kinder 2024. I hope to be writing more about my latest thoughts on acupuncture, cycling and exercise amongst other things. More later. Best wishes, Dr. Max.
I hope you are all well and avoiding the Covid. I am back in my clinic seeing patients. The clinic is fully up to speed with all the Government Covid regulations and enjoying the nice weather. Holly King and I have published a paper on phantom limb pain which you can access from the top Read More …
Hi, Dr. Max has been away. In 1979, Karel Lewit of Czechoslovakia published what is widely recognized as a landmark paper in the development of dry needling. ‘‘The Needle Effect in the Relief of Myofascial Pain’’ reported his results when needling tender points without injection. The study was a case series and included only cases Read More …
WHO and Acupuncture for Low Back Pain. https://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/97/6/18-226050/en/ I treat many people with back pain. WHO have an opinion! I have even had some electroacupuncture myself, after clearing snow and suffering the consequences. 1.2mA for 20 minutes cured me.? Have a great weekend. Best wishes, Dr. Max.
There are six people standing and only five places… Acupuncture has a great future in the UK. The BMAS needs to be at the spearhead of this. I have done my small part as a Council Member from 2001 to 2019. If you are a BMAS Member, please make your vote count. Have a great Read More …
Acupuncture is used extensively in sport related injury. A fellow acupuncturists alerted me to this paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6362684/ “Safety is paramount” is my maxim, so some acupuncture points around the knee joint may be avoided. Electroacupuncture to the muscles around the knee seems to be very affective for all sorts of knee pain. Patients report lengthy Read More …