Pediatria pre prax 6/2012

Acupuncture treatment of painfull syndromes in children

Children suffer all kinds of pain from acute to chronic pain. It is our choice how children pain is managed. As analgetics do not eliminate the cause of the pain but minimise painful sensation, acupuncture is complex system of relations allowing disease evaluation and management from its development point of view. As the needles are the tools influencing energetic points, utilisation of acupuncture in children is often inconceivable. That is why noninvasive techniques as laser stimulation or massage of energetic paths, e.g. Shoni-Shin are more suitable. Speciffic indications in children emerge from illnesses that are typical for that age.

Keywords: children, acupuncture, pain, needle, non-invasive techniques.