Can Classical Acupuncture Points and Trigger Points Be Compared in the Treatment of Pain Disorders? Birch’s Analysis Revisited

Dorsher, PT
Background: A 1977 study by Melzack et al. reported 100% anatomic and 71% clinical pain correspondences of myofascial trigger points and classical acupuncture points in the treatment of pain disorders. A reanalysis of this study’s data using different acupuncture resources by Birch a quarter century later concluded that correlating trigger points to classical acupuncture [...]

A Model for Implementing Integrative Practice in Health Care Agencies

Patterson, C and  Arthur, HM
ver the last few years, there has been increased awareness and use of complementary/alternative therapies (CAM) in many countries without the health care infrastructure to support it. The National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine referred to the combining of mainstream medical therapies and CAM as integrative medicine. The creation of [...]

Integrative medicine: a tale of two clinics

Boon, HS  and Kachan, N
Abstract
The objectives of this paper are to compare and contrast the development of two teams that set out to establish integrative medical clinics, highlighting key issues found to be common to both settings, and to identify factors that appear to be necessary for integration to occur.
Despite the contextual differences between the [...]