Pain Management
Acupuncture can be an excellent tool for managing pain in all its many forms.
Some pain-related conditions we typically treat are:
- Arthritis and joint pain
- Low Back Pain and sciatica
- Headaches and migraines
- TMJ Issues, Facial Pain, Chronic Sinus Pain
- Acute or chronic neck and shoulder pain
- Tennis elbow and golfer’s elbow
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Plantar fasciitis
- Fibromyalgia and Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Lyme Disease-related pain
- GERD Pain
- Pain from Interstitial Cystitis
- Pelvic pain
- Painful menstrual cycles
- Painful scar tissue
- Pain from cancer or cancer treatment
- Post-operative pain
In promoting management of pain, acupuncture and associated therapies have been shown to
- Increase endorphins, the body’s natural pain-relieving chemicals
- Regulate the parts of the brain associated with pain perception
- Reduce self-reported pain levels
- Enhance the healing process of injured tissues
- Reduce local and systemic inflammation
What to expect:
When pursuing treatment for a pain condition, we usually recommend clustering visits closer together initially (once or twice per week), and then gradually lengthening the amount of time between sessions as your body starts to respond to the acupuncture. We look for improvements in intensity, frequency, and duration of pain. Our end goal is to get you to a place where you are pain free and don’t need to come in for treatment anymore. In the case of degenerative or progressive conditions, our goal is to space out treatments as much as possible while still maintaining a lower level of pain.
Treatments may consist of acupuncture, Chinese Herbal Medicine recommendations, cupping and gua sha manual therapy, moxibustion, as well as nutrition/activity/lifestyle recommendations.
We will work with you at your first visit to solidify a treatment plan based on your unique situation.