Acupuncture alleviates pregnancy pain

Acupuncture is very effective at relieving pelvic pain during pregnancy, according to a new Swedish study. Pelvic girdle pain is common among pregnant women with one in three affected suffering severe pain. As the BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk reports, researchers found that acupuncture was better at easing the pain than standard and specialised exercising. The team of researchers from Gothenburg's Institute for the Health of Women and Children said that the medical profession should be more open to using acupuncture.