Acupuncture for pain management
Acupuncture helps improve pain by endorphin and serotonin release, improving circulation, and reducing inflammation. Acupuncture can be performed on anyone of any age- children, teenagers, adults, and seniors, and can help in a variety of conditions.
Acupuncture is commonly used to reduce or alleviate a variety of pain conditions, including the following:
LOW BACK PAIN
NECK PAIN
KNEE PAIN
SHOULDER PAIN
JOINT PAIN
ARTHRITIS/ RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
TENDONITIS
CARPAL TUNNEL
TMJ
HEADACHES/ MIGRAINES
MUSCLE STRAINS/ TEARS
SPRAINS
Acupuncture for pain management has been studied for thousands of years, and modern research is beginning to help us understand how it works from a physiological standpoint.
Variations of modern acupuncture techniques have been developed, such as scalp acupuncture, electroacupuncture, auricular acupuncture to further assist in alleviating pain and treating symptoms of disease.
A properly trained and skilled acupuncturist is able to treat patients with many different conditions. Many people find that one ailment is related to another, and when treating the body holistically, more than one ailment can be resolved.