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New Research Shows How Acupuncture Improves Sleep
August 11, 2023
Alternative medicines such as acupuncture and massage therapy are known to detect and measure the brain activity of human subjects before, throughout, and following an acupuncture session. The outcome of the study conclusively showed that acupuncture benefits both the length and the quality of sleep by expanding slow wave activity throughout brain lobes.
Acupuncture affects sleep quality by heightening the levels of delta band power, a brain wave that is known to also improve sleep.
The researchers discovered these results after administering manual acupuncture to measure the power of the research subjects’ alpha, beta, delta, and theta brain bands, which all affect sleep. The results of these measurements decisively showed that delta band power increased throughout several parts of the brain both during and after acupuncture treatment.
The researchers showed a decisive change in EEG rhythms due to improve their sleep quality and duration.
In this instance, an athlete was originally diagnosed with minor quadriceps muscle strain and was treated for four weeks, with unsatisfactory results. When he came to our clinic, the muscle was not healing, and the patients’ muscle tissue had already begun to atrophy.
Upon examination using MSUS, we discovered that he had a full muscle thickness tear that had been overlooked by his previous provider. To mitigate damage and promote healing, surgery should have been performed immediately after the injury occurred. Because of misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment, the patient now has permanent damage that cannot be corrected.
The most important advantage of Ultrasound over MRI imaging is its ability to zero in on the symptomatic region and obtain imaging, with active participation and feedback from the patient. Using dynamic MSUS, we can see what happens when patients contract their muscles, something that cannot be done with MRI. From a diagnostic perspective, this interaction is invaluable.
Dynamic ultrasonography examination demonstrating the full thickness tear and already occurring muscle atrophy due to misdiagnosis and not referring the patient to proper diagnostic workup
Demonstration of how very small muscle defect is made and revealed to be a complete tear with muscle contraction under diagnostic sonography (not possible with MRI)
Complete tear of rectus femoris with large hematoma (blood)
Separation of muscle ends due to tear elicited on dynamic sonography examination
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