Acupuncture

What is acupuncture?

Acupuncture improves our body’s functions and promotes a natural self-healing process by stimulating specific anatomic sites–referred to as acupuncture points. The purpose of acupuncture is to restore and replenish our body to its healthiest state. This approach is to rejuvenate and prevent any source of deficiency you may have allowing you to be relaxed and free of pain or any illnesses.

Acupuncture is believed to harmonize and balance the energy in our bodies known as Yin and Yang. Yin and Yang complement and support each other in order for our bodies to function to its full potential, however, most people suffer from this hormonal imbalance causing them to be ill or in pain.

Acupuncture can help with a range of specific illnesses and symptoms as well as treating more general feelings of ill health such as tiredness and low energy. It helps to strengthen the immune system and improves blood circulation. ​Acupuncture is often used in conjunction with other therapies, especially massage and physical therapy to promote optimum health and well being. Moreover, acupuncture is a safe, effective, and natural option that has no negative impacts or side-effects that can be done for everything and everyone.

How Acupuncture Works

Acupuncture brings the body to its optimal state by balancing blood, energy, and qi by inserting needles into certain pathways in the body. It has been shown that scientists believe that acupuncture has the ability to release endorphins that increase blood flow, improve cognitive function, and act as natural painkillers.

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Does Acupuncture Hurt?

Most people are hesitant in trying acupuncture because of fear that it will hurt. However, because the acupuncture needles are very thin, most people actually feel little to no pain. Instead, patients often claim that they are more relaxed after treatment.

Acupuncture to promote Fertility

Acupuncture is commonly known in helping women with their fertility. Celebrities such as Celine Dion and Mariah Carey have even claimed that acupuncture fertility treatments, simultaneously used with infertility treatments, allowed them to successfully become pregnant. Additionally, medical studies show that acupuncture also boosts the effect and success that you would get from infertility treatments by reducing stress levels and improving blood circulation to the ovaries. This allows the process to be faster with acupuncture.

How does acupuncture stop pain?

  • Acupuncture increases the overall production of antibodies, opsonin, gamma globulins, white blood cells, triglycerides, specific hormones, prostaglandins to heal the body and fight against pain receptors.
  • Acupuncture releases endorphins in the body that helps reduce the perception of pain
  • Acupuncture can shrink or dilate your blood vessels to improve blood circulation and decrease levels of pain
  • Acupuncture can manipulate the nervous system’s interpretation of pain and prevent pain receptors from sending neurological signals that you are in pain by deactivating certain impulses.

Commonly treated pain conditions by acupuncture

  • Headaches/Migraines
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Sciatica
  • Arthritis
  • Tendinitis
  • Whiplash
  • Muscle Spasm
  • Lower Back Pain
  • Neck/Upper Back Pain
  • Shoulder Pain
  • Frozen Shoulder

Conditions commonly treated by acupuncture for ear, eyes, nose, and mouth

  • tinnitus
  • ear pain
  • sinusitis
  • rhinitis
  • congested nasal passages
  • excessive sneezing
  • nosebleeds
  • sore and dry throats
  • bell’s palsy
  • eye soreness
  • dry mouth
  • mouth ulcers