Episode 03: Lower Back Pain

Licensed Acupuncturist and host Brodie Welch talks with her colleague Joe Moceus, L.Ac. about one of the most common conditions they treat in clinic: lower back pain.

On Today’s Episode of A Healthy Curiosity, we explore:

  • Brodie’s octogenarian patient with spinal stenosis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • The toothpick study
  • 2 ways to release the psoas muscle, an MVP in lower back pain
  • What acupuncture feels like
  • Acupuncture’s positive side effects
  • The importance of movement to integrate a treatment

Resources:

Toothpick Study, Archives of Internal Medicine, 2009

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