Acupuncture for Chronic Pain
Live pain free!
Conventional treatments for chronic pain often fall short and come with unpleasant side effects.
Acupuncture is a safe, natural, and remarkably effective treatment for chronic pain — be it low back pain, knee pain, neck pain, or pain related to internal disorders like autoimmune conditions or fibromyalgia.
What The Research Says:
A review of data on nearly 18,000 patients showed “firm evidence supporting acupuncture for the treatment of chronic pain”
Acupuncture is more effective than medication for treatment of neck pain due to disc herniations
The American College of Physicians strongly recommends acupuncture to treat low back pain
MRI imaging shows acupuncture provides lasting relief for carpal tunnel syndrome
A 2015 study showed acupuncture having a 70% cure rate for trigeminal neuralgia, as opposed to a 55% cure rate with the medication carbamazepine, with fewer side effects
What is Acupuncture Anyway?
Acupuncture uses hair-thin, sterile, single use needles in order to:
Improve circulation by enhancing generation of nitric oxide.
Nitric oxide is a vasodilator, meaning it relaxes the inner muscles of your blood vessels, increasing blood flow and regulating blood pressure.
Release muscle tension and pain by stimulating and breaking up bands of bound muscle fibers called trigger points
Relieve pain by producing endorphins, your body’s natural opioid-like peptides.
Acupuncture has been shown to stimulate the release of enkephalin, beta-endorphin, endomorphin, and dynorphin, which together have an analgesic (pain relieving) effect similar to opioid drugs but without the side effects.
Activate the parasympathetic nervous system, the body’s “rest and digest” state in which healing can occur.
When our body is in a state of stress and our sympathetic nervous system or “fight or flight” mode is engaged, we instead experience increased muscle tension, blood pressure, and inflammation
Regulate the immune system by stimulating production of cytokines, T-cells, and B-cells
How long will it take?
Generally acupuncture will bring notable relief within the first two weeks of treatment.
Once you are out of pain, we focus on resolving the underlying cause of the pain at its root. The treatment course will vary depending on the intensity of the pain and how long you’ve had it.
Acupuncture and Chinese medicine is not a quick fix like a pain pill that offers a temporary band-aid, but rather, a restoration of health.
Our goal is to not only get you pain free as soon as possible, but to resolve the issue so that you can maintain results with minimal ongoing intervention.
Does it hurt? What are the side effects?
Acupuncture is relatively painless, and the most common negative side effect is bruising or soreness on rare occasions. Because of how acupuncture works on the whole system, patients often report improvements in many other symptoms in addition to the main complaint that is bringing them in. Some common “side effects” of acupuncture are:
Improved sleep and digestion
Pain relief at multiple sites of the body
Reduced stress and greater emotional balance
How do I know it will work?
No sort of medicine or treatment is guaranteed, but we have seen enough patients (40,000+) that we have a good idea how the vast majority of cases will respond to treatment.
If we don’t think we can help, we will tell you that. If we can help, we will construct a comprehensive treatment plan based on your condition and your needs.