Acupuncture for pain relief – for over 2000 years acupuncture has been used to treat painful conditions, such as fibromyalgia (a painful chronic condition affecting muscles and connective tissue), chronic headaches, neck pain from whiplash, knee pain, hip pain, arthritis, chronic abdominal pain, asthma, shingles and a lot more.

The World Health Organization even has a list of conditions it feels acupuncture can treat:

Acute sinusitis, Acute rhinitis, Acute bronchitis, Bronchial asthma, Acute and chronic gastritis, Chronic duodenal ulcer, Acute and chronic colitis, Constipation, Diarrhoea, Headaches, Migraines, Trigeminal neuralgia, Facial palsy, Frozen shoulder, Tennis elbow, Sciatica, Low back pain, Carpal tunnel syndrome, Osteo-arthritis, and so much more.