TREATMENT WITH MEDICAL ACUPUNCTURE

Zante Medical Care aiming to provide additional health services, integrates  the benefits of  Medical Acupuncture.

Acupuncture is an established medical practice exhibiting positive health effects while been both safe and painless method of treatment. Furthermore, it can be implemented in various diseases and conditions while lacking side effects.

Has been established worldwide as an adequate treating system and combined with other therapeutic methods, maximizes the benefits for the patient.

The insertion of the needle to a specific point or area of the skin, activates multiple neural mechanisms, inhibiting three different reactions: the local, the regional and the generalized through which the desired therapeutic effect is achieved.

The number and frequency of sessions depends on the condition, the severity and chronicity of the disease as well as the age of the patient. The vast majority of patients experiences significant improvement of their symptoms with fewer than 12 sessions and weekly frequency from 2 to 3 times. Patients who acknowledge  the beneficial effects of acupuncture, experiencing both physical and mental well-being, continue the treatment even after their recovery.

 

Effectiveness

Recent medical studies and international research confirm the effectiveness of acupuncture in numerous diseases. As research expands, the list of these conditions is widening, highlighting acupuncture as an affordable and economical treatment.

 

Safety

Acupuncture lacks of side effects and is considered to be a very safe procedure when performed by trained doctors that strictly consent under the rules of right medical practice . Multiple studies have confirmed its safety.

The needles used are disposable and every rule of local antisepsis is meticulously preserved before their placement.

The method of medical acupuncture in our company is held by MrBazosDimitrios, Orthopaedic Surgeon, graduate of Medical School of Athens, CME in HARVARD Medical School  and ACUSIENCE International Center of Acupuncture . He is a member of the Greek Medical Association of Acupuncture - MEDIACUS (member of the International Society of Medical Acupuncture ICMART).

 

Techniques Acupuncture

"Zante Medical Care" performs all of the following techniques and the choice for their application, is decided upon the most appropriate and effective for every individual patient.

• Medical Acupuncture
• Traditional Chinese
• Japanese Acupuncture (Palpation Based)
• Electro Acupuncture
• Laser Acupuncture
• Ear Acupuncture
• Cranio Acupuncture
• Moxa
• Microsystems
• Neural Acupuncture

 

Diseases that Acupuncture helps

According to Worldwide Health Organization (W.H.O. Chronicle 34,249,1980) in the indications included:

Acute Pain (Specific Syndromes)

• Acute musculoskeletal pain
• Postoperative analgesia
• Neuropathic pain
• Pain TMJ
• Post-herpetic neuralgia
• Kidney Colic

Chronic Pain

• Osteoarthritis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Monoarthritis or Polyarthritis
• Neck Pain
• Thoracic and Back Pain
• Lower back Pain
• Lumbar – Sciatica (acute – chronic)
• Extra-articular syndromes (epicondylitis, bursitis, tendonitis, periarthritis)
• Musculoperitoneal Pain
• Fibromyalgia syndrome
• Raynold's

Headaches

• Migraine
• Tension headache (episodic – chronic)
• Headache by TMJ
• Occipital and trigeminal neuralgia

Restoration

• Degenerative diseases of the spine
• Restoration in muscle syndromes
• Οveruse syndromes
• Trapped syndromes (CTS, De Quervain, Ulnar Neuritis)
• Rehabilitation in stroke
• Facial nerve paralysis
• Sudechsyndrome
• Dysfunctional urinary bladder

Mental and Psychosomatic Disorders

• Anxiety, stress, tension
• Ribbed, anxiety disorder
• Melancholy, depression
• Sleep disorders (insomnia)
• Behavioral disorders
• Chronic fatigue syndrome
• Neurovegetative disorders

Diseases of the digestive tract

• Gastritis
• Gastric and duodenal ulcer
• Vomiting
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome
• Anorexia
• Enteritis and Diarrhea
• Constipation
•  Crohn ‘s Disease

E.N.T. Diseases

• Nausea, dizziness, vertigo (neurovegetative, vascular or cervical etiology)
• Allergic rhinitis
• Allergic sinusitis
• Meniere ‘s Disease (vertigo)
• Dry mouth, dry eyes

Diseases of the Respiratory System

• Asthma
• Bronchial hyperreactivity
• Allergic asthmatic bronchitis
• Neurovegetative breathlessness – coughing

Cardiovascular system diseases

• Essential hypertension
• Angina pectoris
• Neurovegetative arrhythmias
• Peripheral vascular disease

Gynecological diseases 

• Dysmenorrhea
• Amenorrhea (hypothalamic)
• Cycle Disorders
• Ovarial polycystic syndrome
• Postmenopausal syndrome
• Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
• Pelvic pain
• Painless childbirth, infertility

Skin diseases

• Acne
• Eczema
• Psoriasis
• Neurodermatitis
• Hives
• Itching hay fever

Others

• Suspension of appetite / obesity
• Detox / quit of smoking, alcohol
• Action in the neuro-endocrine-immune axis
• Anti-vomiting activity (after chemotherapy, postoperatively, pregnancy, travel sickness)

Cosmetic Medicine

• Wrinkles
• Cellulite
• Anti-Aging Treatment