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Sciatica Patients can find Relief with Acupuncture

Sciatica is a medical condition characterized by pain going down the leg from the lower back.This pain may go down the back, outside, or front of the leg. Typically, symptoms are only on one side of the body. Certain causes, however, may result in pain on both sides. Lower back pain is sometimes but not always present. Weakness or numbness may occur in various parts of the affected leg and foot

About 90% of the time sciatica is due to a spinal disc herniation pressing on one of the lumbar or sacral nerve roots. Other problems that may result in sciatica include spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, piriformis syndrome, pelvic tumors, and compression by a baby’s head during pregnancy. The straight-leg-raising test is often helpful in diagnosis. The test is positive if, when the leg is raised while a person is lying on their back, pain shoots below the knee. In most cases medical imaging is not needed. Exceptions to this are when bowel or bladder function is affected, there is significant loss of feeling or weakness, symptoms are long standing, or there is a concern of a tumor or infection.Conditions that may present similarly are diseases of the hip and early herpes zoster before the rash appear.

Acupuncture has been proven to be very effective in treating sciatica.

 

  • Acupuncture helps reduce the pain of sciatica. Sciatica causes the muscles in your body to tense up and hold, which leads to fatigue, chronic pain, and stress. Acupuncture relaxes   the body and releases your muscles from the tension.

 

  • Acupuncture helps foster a positive chemical balance in the brain. By releasing much-needed endorphins, acupuncture can aid in the healing process, both mentally and physically. Relaxing your mind can help take it off of the chronic pain and allow you to focus elsewhere.

 

  • Acupuncture deals with the nervous system, and sciatica travels along damaged nerves. Taking medication is applying a blanket treatment to something specific, whereas acupuncture pinpoints and gets to the heart of the pain and the problem.

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciatica

 

 

Home of Lifetime Acupuncture – A History of Deer Park in Town Of Babylon

Lifetime Acupuncture opened its doors in May 2015 in Deer Park, NY. A beautiful part of town of Babylon.  Our Deer Park office has been very convenient for our patients with easy commute from Dix Hills, Commack, Islip, Lindenhurst, Bayshore, Brentwood, Huntington, North Babylon, West Babylon and surrounding places. We are proud to be part of the community and provide excellent Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine to our patients in Long Island.

Below is some fun facts about Deer Park:

History

Deer Park is a residential hamlet located in the pine barrens in the northeast corner of the town of Babylon. It grew out of Jacob Conklin’s 1610 settlement of the Half Way Hollow Hills, later Wheatley Heights. Charles Wilson started what is now Deer Park in 1853 about eleven years after the Long Island Rail Road arrived in 1842-when he established a large and productive farm. A post office was opened in 1851, closed in 1872 and re-opened on July 1, 1873. Deer Park had an elementary school in 1874. Prior to 1923, the Deer Park School District took in Deer Park and Wyandanch.[2]

Farming was a staple of this small town for most of its history. Known as the “fruit basket” of New York state, the area was also famed for its dahlia cultivation. It was not until the effects of the post-World War II boom reached Deer Park that its economy ceased to be agricultural.

Deer Park had two industries before 1940: the Walker and Conklin firm baked red bricks in West Deer Park (now Wheatley Heights), and the Golden Pickle Works (1902) prepared pickles in Deer Park. Deer Park was the locale of the Edgewood State Psychiatric Hospital (1938–1969)-originally a tuberculosis sanatorium, and later an Army hospital during World War II. The Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corporation established a factory in Deer Park in 1956.[3]

 

Tanger Outlets at the Arches

There are many famous individuals who made Deer Park a part of their lives. The area has been visited by actor Alan Alda, Sen. Jacob Javits, Sen. Robert Kennedy, singer Ethel Merman, actor Donald O’Connor, and Governor Nelson Rockefeller. Comedian and nightclub owner Rodney Dangerfield was born and raised in Deer Park.

Deer Park is reputed to have been the favorite summer spot of President John Quincy Adams, his favorite vacation destination from 1835 until his death. However, this fact has never been verified.[3] The John Quincy Adams Elementary School, opened in 1963, is said to be located on the actual Adams estate.[4]

On October 22, 2008, the $300 million[5] Tanger Outlets at the Arches opened.

 

Geography

Deer Park is located at 40.760698° north, −73.330072° west, in the northeast corner of the town of Babylon.[6] It is bordered to the west by the Babylon hamlets of Wyandanch and Wheatley Heights, to the north by Dix Hills in the town of Huntington, to the east by Brentwood and Baywood in the town of Islip, and to the south by the hamlet of North Babylon.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 6.2 square miles (16.0 km2), all land.

 

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park,_New_York

 

Acupuncture can provide relief for Knee Pain Sufferers in Long Island, NY

Acupuncture has been shown to be very effective for certain types of knee pain.  It has been shown that arthritic and joint knee pain of many patients have been relieved effectively.

One study performed in 1999, compared Acupuncture to ice massage and transcutaneous nerve stimulation for patients with osteoarthritis. Study found that Acupuncture was more effective and decreased the pain levels in the knee.

Another Study in the same year showed acupuncture helped patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome in weekly treatments.

Other studies showed acupuncture is beneficial in reducing knew pain and knee related problems. Acupuncture can also help for patients that are waiting for knee surgery.

 

Source (Full Article can be found on): www.acupuncturetoday.com

 

Acupuncture Can Provide Relief From Your Daily Life Stress in Long Island

Let’s face it, while we enjoy many beautiful features of Long Island and New York area, busy life in Long Island and tri state area in New York brings a lot of stress to our life. An estimated 17.5 million Americans suffer from depression.

Patients who are searching for options are seeking alternatives to anti-depressant medication.

The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) states that “evidence for the use of acupuncture . to treat anxiety disorders is becoming stronger.”  Reuter’s health reported on a study from the University of York in the UK. The study recruited 755 people with moderate to severe depression. Seventy percent of the patients had been on anti-depressants and continued on them throughout the study. The study concluded that both acupuncture and counseling (or both) had a strongly positive effect on depression, lowering the depression scale from an average of 16 out of 27 at the start of the study, to 9 for acupuncture and 11 for counseling at its conclusion. The benefits lasted 3 months after treatment had concluded.

So how does acupuncture help with stress and anxiety? The acupuncturist inserts fine sterile and super tiny needles into certain identified acupuncture points on “meridians” which run throughout the body and correspond to certain organs.

Meridians can be thought of as a highway of energy, or “qi” in traditional Chinese medicine. Acupuncture works by getting rid of the roadblocks on this energy superhighway. When the energy blocks are removed, whole body functions and provides energy and happiness one needs.

Western medicine has shown that acupuncture releases endorphins, and activates natural pain killers.

Most patients during Acupuncture treatment fell a deep sleep and wake up with feeling of ease and rest in their body and mind.

 

Acupuncture Treatment for No-Fault Patients in Long Island, NY

No-fault is a coverage under the automobile insurance plan of the vehicle you occupy while in New York State at the time of an accident.. You may also qualify for  this coverage if you are a pedestrian strike by a vehicle. This kind of coverage is designed to pay for your lost wages, medical bills and other medically-necessary expenses.  This means that your doctor must provide everything in writing. The reason,  it is called no fault insurance, is because it is available irrespective of who caused the accident.

 

In most cases,  under no-fault, you will not need a referral to see a specialist such as a , orthopedist, acupuncturist or chiropractor. Thus, if you do not have a primary care physician, you can usually still see a specialist without a referral. You, however, will need a referral for diagnostic tests such as x-rays and MRI scans, as well as physical therapy. It is best to consult with your attorney and insurance adjuster before seeing any healthcare practitioner.