Andre Broussard, D.C., Author at Lubbock Acupuncture

Can Acupuncture and Spinal Manipulation Fix A Herniated/Bulging Disc?

By Andre Broussard, D.C. September 26, 2021Back Pain, Bulging Disc

In the journal World Journal of Clinical Cases, a case report was published documenting how they fixed a herniated disc using acupuncture and spinal manipulations that chiropractors use in their…

Acupuncture in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

By Andre Broussard, D.C. September 2, 2021Knee Pain

In this article, Cun-Zhi Liu, MD, PhD, a physician-researcher at the University of Chinese Medicine in Beijing, served as first author of the study, which appeared in the journal Arthritis &…

Tension-Type Headache Responds To Acupuncture and Manual Therapy Treatment

By Andre Broussard, D.C. August 31, 2021Headache - Tension/Stress

In an article published in Cureus, the authors concluded that, "The available data suggests that both acupuncture and manual therapy have beneficial effects on treating symptoms of tension-type headache." ~…

Acupuncture Helps Migraine Headache in Two Ways

By Andre Broussard, D.C. August 26, 2021Headache - Migraine

In an article published in Frontiers in Neuroscience, the authors concluded that acupuncture helps to relieve headache symptoms in two ways: it restores the pain processing function and regulates pain…

American Medical Association’s Patient Page For Low Back Pain

By Andre Broussard, D.C. July 20, 2021Back Pain

In this booklet published by the American Medical Association, acupuncture is among several of the recommended therapies for lower back pain. ~ Dr. Broussard July 20, 2021 Low Back Pain Adrian C.…

Dry Needle May Help Hip Osteoarthritis

By Andre Broussard, D.C. May 1, 2021Hip Pain

Dry needling is not necessarily acupuncture, and acupuncture is not necessarily dry needling; however, both use needles that are dry. In acupuncture, there is a technique referred to as "Surround…

Acupuncture vs Best Medical Therapy in Episodic Migraine Prophylaxis

By Andre Broussard, D.C. March 24, 2021Headache - Migraine

This paper showed that acupuncture is safe and effective as a first-line migraine treatment when compared with a variety of pharmacologic interventions. ~ Dr. Broussard March 24, 2021 Frontiers in…

Dry Needle Helps Shoulder Subacromial Pain Syndrome

By Andre Broussard, D.C. January 31, 2021Shoulder Pain

In an article published in the Journal of Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy, the authors found that by using manipulation techniques to the neck and upper back junction along with…

Real Acupuncture Beat Sham for Osteoarthritis Knee Pain

By Andre Broussard, D.C. December 3, 2020Knee Pain

Heidi Splete December 03, 2020 Electro-acupuncture resulted in significant improvement in pain and function, compared with sham acupuncture, in a randomized trial of more than 400 adults with knee OA.…

Acupuncture Treatment for Neck Arthritis Pain

By Andre Broussard, D.C. September 20, 2020Neck Pain

This study published in the journal Pain, the authors found that a 4-week optimized acupuncture treatment program alleviates arthritis-related neck pain and improves the quality of life, with the effects…