Lower back pain

Traditional Chinese Medicine has been used to successfully treat low back pain for thousands and thousands of years with the use of acupuncture and herbal medicine. When looking at the entire time line of Chinese medicine acupuncture has only been exposed to other areas of medicine for a very short period of time.

Ancient Chinese believe that there is an inner energy or vital force that is more than synapsing neurotransmitters and vibrating molecules. This vital force or inner energy, in Traditional Chinese Medicine, is called "QI" (pronounced chee). Low Back Pain, or any physical dysfunction, is considered in Traditional Chinese Medicine to be due to stagnant Qi in that area.  Back Pain can also be related to Kidney, Liver or Spleen Dysfunction and stagnation.  When using acupuncture, the inserted needles will break up this stagnation allowing Qi to move freely within the channels alleviating low back pain.