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

Consider Acupuncture If You Have Temporomandibular Joint Disorder (TMJ)

By Andre Broussard, D.C. November 16, 2021Uncategorized

In an article published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, they suggest that among other non-pharmacological treatments, acupuncture could be considered as a treatment that may help with…

Acupuncture for Opioid-Induced Constipation

By Andre Broussard, D.C. November 10, 2021Constipation

Often, people who take pain killers get constipated because of the medicine. This article reviews an article that was published in the journal Clinical Epidemiology showing that acupuncture is an…

Acupuncture Helps Fibromyalgia Patients With Abdominal and Forearm Pains

By Andre Broussard, D.C. September 28, 2021Fibromyalgia

This article was published in the journal Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine where the authors concluded that acupuncture has a beneficial effect on pain in fibromyalgia patients with high…

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…