Swedish striker Ibrahimovic scored for his country - for the first time since October 2005 - against Greece in the Euro 2008 football championships, having received acupuncture treatment for an ongoing knee injury. Read more here about his treatment.

Acupuncture is becomingly increasingly popular as a treatment for migraine. Some GPs now recognise the benfits that acupuncture offers when western medicine can be limited in what it has to offer migraine sufferers. Read more about one sufferer's experience in The Scotsman.

Corticosteroid injections for tennis elbow were found to be less effective at a one-year follow-up than either physiotherapy or no treatment.
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Acupuncture is increasingly well-known for its ability to heal stubborn muscular-skeletal issues such as bad backs and sciatica. But did you know that it can also help with issues like tennis elbow, frozen shoulder and archilles tendon injuries? The Spanish golfer, Jose Manuel Lara, who has just competed in the Scottish Open, consulted an acupunturist in Spain to help overcome a problem with his archilles tendon and which resulted in him being fit enough to compete.

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Acupuncture plus routine care were effective in controlling the pain of knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA), and results were maintained for six months, according to the results of a randomised controlled trial.
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A review of ten different trials has concluded that there is evidence that acupuncture can relieve chronic neck pain. Read More

A new piece of research suggests that acupuncture may help to relieve arthritic pain. Read More

If you experience heel pain it may be worth you having your cholesterol levels checked, recommends ‘The Acupuncturist’ (the magazine for members of the BacC).  Read More

Acupuncture for low back pain is cost-effective and works, according to medical researchers, it was widely reported on 15 September. Read More