Lower Back Pain Kansas City

1. Lower back pain is a common and costly healthcare issue

Lower back pain in Kansas City is a very common healthcare problem. The prevalence of lower back pain (LBP) for those over the age of 60 is approximately 20%, and LBP results in greater societal cost than cancer, coronary heart disease, and AIDS combined! Western medicine often prescribes pain medications (such as opioids), which may temporarily relieve the pain but could lead to more problems including opioid addiction, especially for chronic LBP patients. Over the last several decades, nonetheless, acupuncture has become better known in the United States, more and more people know that LBP can be effectively relieved by acupuncture. Therefore, more LBP patients nowadays actively seek for treatments with Chinese medicine, including acupuncture treatment.

2. Lower back pain can be effectively relieved by Chinese medicine including acupuncture

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), including acupuncture, has been practically proven to be effective in treating and managing lower back pain. Some may wonder how Traditional Chinese Medicine treat lower back pain. From the perspective of TCM theory, lower back pain is often considered to be associated with kidney system problem (note: kidney in TCM is different from western medicine, they are not quite the same even though they share the same name). When kidney system is weak (such as during aging), our body isn’t strong enough to fight with cold, wind and dampness, and thus becoming susceptible to be hindered by cold, wind and dampness. When people with weak kidney system sit in wrong position, or fall, or stay still in an uncomfortable position after surgery, Qi and Blood are more easily to stag and become blocked in bladder meridian, that is when the lower back pain starts. With the drastic weather changes in Kansas City, lower back pain in Kansas City is more common than many other cities.

3. Dr. Cathay Fund is an expert in treating lower back pain

Dr. Cathay Fung started her practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture in Kansas City nearly two decades ago. She has treated a lot of lower back pain patients. She uses acupuncture and Chinese herbs to reduce the pain. Sometimes she uses other techniques in combination such as Chinese herbal patches, moxibustion and cupping therapy to achieve better effectiveness. She thinks lower back pain is associated with kidney system, the stronger kidney system is, the easier the lower back pain can be relieved. Therefore, she uses Chinese herbs to strengthen kidney system, and uses acupuncture to dredge meridian. Patients who has lower back pain in Kansas City area are welcome to contact Dr. Fung for acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment.