Spine Acupuncture for chest pain

The pain of the thoracic spine is sometimes difficult to help than the rest of backache. Some patients with type B, localized pain in the thoracic vertebrae, spines, and in these cases, the periosteal needling of these works well. Needling remote and the back, arm, or ulnar border of the Palm (SI 3) can also help the thoracic spinal pain. Chest pain usually does well, the local needling over the painful area itself is effective.


Most acupuncture treating musculoskeletal disorders. Acupuncture can also be used to treat a variety of ailments that are not - or not openly - related to the musculoskeletal system.

This is critical both for forensic purposes and future reference. In practice, tend to use a mixture of traditional and modern terminology to describe my treatment. If a traditional acupuncture points on the site I used, I note that if you use a description based on Western anatomical terminology. I also save the side (L or R) and other relevant information such as length of the needle (rare) and the effects, if any.
Note that in many cases it is not possible to assign a formal diagnosis for a patient has symptoms or other label used (eg "OA") is quite regrettable. This is not to arrive at a pathological diagnosis is not relevant, but rather that acupuncture can be used in cases where no formal diagnosis has been found despite extensive studies.