Chronic and Acute Pain

One of the most popular conditions that acupuncture is used for in the modern world is for pain management. Acupuncture is safe and effective in improving one’s quality of life by decreasing inflammation, releasing areas of restriction, and decreasing pain. Acupuncture helps treating pain conditions such as arthritis, TMJ, headache and migraines, back and neck pain, hip pain, heel and foot pain, disc herniation, and neuropathy.

Sports Injuries and Recovery

Athletes and active individuals highly benefit from acupuncture’s ability to help with training, recovery, mobility, and pain management. Consistent treatments allow one to gain and maintain mobility, correct imbalances, and release areas of tensioning the body. Conditions acupuncture can help with include rotator-cuff injuries, knee pain, shin splints, plantar fasciitis, tennis/golfer’s elbow, and so on.

Stress and Mental-Emotional Conditions

Acupuncture has been shown as an effective and natural way to relax the body’s nervous system, lower stress hormones (cortisol) boost levels of serotonin and dopamine, our feel-good hormones. Emotional wellness is linked to physical wellness in Chinese medicine, therefore the two are treated together. Conditions that acupuncture is helpful in treating include stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, PTSD, and chronic fatigue.

According to the National Institutes of Health and World Health Organization, acupuncture is shown to being safe and effecting in treating and preventing illness for over one hundred different conditions. These include but are not limited to:

• Neck and back pain, sciatica, fibromyalgia

• Headache and migraines

• Insomnia and sleep disorders

• IBS and digestive disorders

• Allergies, asthma, and respiratory conditions

• Infertility, menstrual cramping and irregularity

• Substance abuse and addictions