Acupuncture works well for certain people with arthritis and can greatly reduce the pain. While acupuncture doesn’t appear to repair the damage of the joints, a few clinical studies have shown acupuncture’s effectiveness in reducing pain in both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Why acupuncture works is a bit of a medical mystery, but the most popular theory suggests that acupuncture causes the release of the body’s own pain-reducing chemicals called endorphins.
