Before you try acupuncture

For pelvic pain: what to ask first. Free, no account, nothing saved. Takes a minute.

1. What's being suggested?

2. Tick what you've already tried

Muscle tone and tension

Inflammation or infection

Nerves (peripheral)

Sympathetic and autonomic nerves

Pain processing

Hormones

Structure

Bladder and bowel function

Sleep and mood

What it means for you

Acupuncture is aimed at pain processing and muscle tone. How it works isn't settled; usually thought to act on pain processing and muscle tension.

3 questions worth asking the clinician suggesting it

Nothing aimed at pain processing has had a fair trial yet. What would a fair trial of acupuncture look like: how long, and what result would count?
Nothing aimed at muscle tone has had a fair trial yet. What would a fair trial of acupuncture look like: how long, and what result would count?
What would tell us acupuncture is working, and when should we stop if it isn't?

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