Management of Post-Operative Pain with Acupuncture

This text gives a thorough and analytical review of the treatment options for post-operative pain, using acupuncture. Based on the clinical experience of the author and supported by that of acupuncturists in Chinese universities, the book offers a comprehensive and detailed set of treatments for a wide variety of post-operative pain symptoms and conditions, and includes detailed modifications of the treatments, to aid clinical practice.

• Thorough exploration of the management of post-operative pain with acupuncture
• Provides knowledge on the theory and practical skills of the treatment with acupuncture in order to obtain better therapeutic results
• Only book available offering acupuncturists the opportunity to manage the treatment skilfully
• Comprehensively covers all kinds of pain after the operation
• Highlights the importance of treatment differentiation, point selection, point explanations and modifications, hereby providing as much knowledge on treatment as possible
• In addition to acupuncture treatment, also includes relevant information for example on auricular acupuncture, electroacupuncture and point injection
• Written by an experienced and well-known author in the field