Acupuncture is touted as a treatment for psoriatic arthritis. It can be helpful in addition to other medical therapies. Here’s a look at what it’s good for.

Can Acupuncture Help Relieve Arthritis Pain? According to acupuncture an illness is caused by a disruption of Qi, or the flow of energy in the body. This leads to an imbalance of energy.

Acupuncture can help ease the pain of arthritis, new research shows. ... 'Acupuncture can ease arthritis in three months' By JULIE WHELDON. Last updated at 22:00 29 October 2006.

Acupuncture for Related Conditions. Scientists also have studied whether acupuncture can help people with rarer forms of arthritis and other conditions that cause joint pain. Here’s what they found: ...

The participants were divided into three groups - 190 received acupuncture, 191 underwent sham acupuncture and 189 followed the Arthritis Foundation's self-help course for managing their condition.

Medicare doesn’t cover acupuncture unless it’s to treat chronic lower back pain without an identifiable cause. This means arthritis-related pain wouldn’t qualify for coverage.

Study Says Acupuncture Eases Arthritis Pain. By Rob Stein. December 20, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. EST.

Acupuncture, which is a complimentary medicine, is certainly we use it quite a bit as an adjunct to our very traditional therapies. I think since rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and these conditions ...

About 1 in 4, or more than 54 million, adults in the U.S. have arthritis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The most common type, osteoarthritis, involves the breakdown ...

Acupuncture may ease hip and joint pain from osteoarthritis, the most common type of arthritis, a German study shows. “Acupuncture should be considered as a treatment option for patients with ...

Medicare doesn't cover acupuncture unless it's to treat chronic lower back pain without an identifiable cost. This means arthritis-related pain wouldn't qualify for coverage.