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

Electroacupuncture Helps Eggs Grow In Women With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

By Andre Broussard, D.C. October 29, 2019Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

In a paper published in a journal called Medical Acupuncture, the authors measured the growth of a woman's eggs using diagnostic ultrasound while using different methods of treatment. The authors…

Moderate Evidence That Acupuncture Can Help Non-Specific Chronic Lower Back Pain

By Andre Broussard, D.C. September 16, 2019Back Pain, Pain - Chronic Pain

The authors that published an article in the journal Acupuncture in Medicine, found that there is moderate evidence of efficacy for acupuncture in terms of pain reduction immediately after treatment…

Battlefield Acupuncture Reduces Post-Surgical Shoulder Pain

By Andre Broussard, D.C. August 19, 2019Shoulder Pain

Battlefield acupuncture is where semi-permanent acupuncture needles are inserted into certain points in the ears. An article published in the journal Medical Acupuncture, found that battlefield acupuncture reduced post-surgical shoulder…

Chronic Pain – eBook

By Andre Broussard, D.C. July 5, 2019Pain - Chronic Pain

The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services — National Institutes of Health — National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health published a downloadable eBook on recommendations for chronic pain.…

Acupuncture plus Traction Helps Neck Pain Due to Arthritis (Spondylosis)

By Andre Broussard, D.C. May 7, 2019Neck Pain

Acupuncture combined with traction seems to be a helpful treatment to reduce the pain from arthritis in the neck area. For home traction, ask your doctor if the Saunders Cervical…

Migraine Prevention – Acupuncture Just As Good As Conventional Treatments

By Andre Broussard, D.C. April 19, 2019Headache - Migraine

In a study published in Medical Acupuncture, the authors concluded that, "For episodic migraine prophylaxis, moderate evidence suggests that acupuncture is “at least non-inferior,” to now-proven, conventional treatments." ~ Dr. Broussard…

Needles Help with Pain in the ER. No, Not that Kind

By Andre Broussard, D.C. April 9, 2019Pain - Acute Pain

Acupuncture tied to less pain, stress, anxiety by Judy George, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today April 09, 2019 MILWAUKEE -- Acupuncture in the emergency department (ED) was linked to less…

Acupuncture Stimulates Endorphins and Reduces Inflammation

By Andre Broussard, D.C. March 7, 2019Acupuncture Mechanisms, Back Pain, Headache - Migraine, Headache - Tension/Stress, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Osteoarthritis (Arthritis), Peripheral Neuropathy and Neuralgia

In the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, they looked at the medical literature to try to find out how acupuncture helps people with chronic pain. They found that there…

Dry Needling Helps Tension-Type Headaches

By Andre Broussard, D.C. February 5, 2019Headache - Tension/Stress

In the journal Medicine, the authors concluded that trigger point dry needling in patients with chronic tension-type headache is effective and safe in reducing headache intensity, frequency and duration, and increasing…

Dry Needling and Stretching The Abdominal Muscles May Help Menstrual Cramps and Painful Periods

By Andre Broussard, D.C. November 5, 2018Dysmenorrhea

Dysmenorrhea refers to painful periods and menstrual cramps. In this paper published in the journal Acupuncture in Medicine, they showed that using a dry needling technique along with some abdominal muscle…