Acupuncture Therapy: An Effective Intervention for Acute Low Back Pain

Abstract

Acute low back pain is a relatively common case in the emergency department, and the currently used therapeutic measures can hardly meet the need for immediate relief of patients’ low back pain and functional impairment. This study examines the scientific validity and feasibility of acupuncture intervention in the emergency department for this condition and attempts to provide new treatment ideas that can enrich the treatment of acute low back pain. The text demonstrates the scientificity of acupuncture intervention in acute low back pain from three aspects, including the effectiveness of acupuncture therapy in treating the disease and clinical experimental studies and basic research; it also shows the specific acupuncture points and operation steps required for acupuncture therapy in the form of diagrams, which makes acupuncture therapy operable in clinical use. The use of acupuncture therapy should be attempted in future emergency clinical practice with the aim of promoting its use in the treatment of acute conditions.