{"id":956,"date":"2019-01-08T07:35:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T07:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=956"},"modified":"2019-01-16T07:39:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T07:39:08","slug":"need-pain-relief-try-acupuncture-instead-of-opioids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=956","title":{"rendered":"Need Pain Relief? Try Acupuncture Instead of Opioids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Acupuncturist Jamie Starkey, LAC, says studies have shown that acupuncture can be effective for treating many types of pain.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re able to treat a host of pain-related issues such as chronic pain, neck pain, and migraines. Any pain condition can really be nicely addressed with acupuncture with minimal if any, side effects.<\/p>\n<p>How acupuncture Relieves Pain?<\/p>\n<p>Research shows the pain relieving effect is three-fold, Starkey says.<\/p>\n<p>1. Acupuncture manipulates the nervous system to release natural pain-relieving chemicals, called endorphins.<br \/>\n2. Next, there\u2019s a reduction of inflammation.<br \/>\n3. Finally, specific areas of the muscles, called trigger points, can be targeted to calm spasms.<\/p>\n<p>On average, Starkey recommends five to eight consecutive acupuncture visits for best results.<\/p>\n<p>Not only do most people have less pain, but Starkey says they also have better function, sleep, and mood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/health.clevelandclinic.org\/need-pain-relief-try-acupuncture-instead-of-opioids\/\">Cleveland Clinic<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acupuncturist Jamie Starkey, LAC, says studies have shown that acupuncture can be effective for treating many types of pain. We\u2019re&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12],"class_list":["post-956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acupuncture","tag-acupuncture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=956"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":958,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/956\/revisions\/958"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}