What is Acupuncture?

How it works.

How Effective Is Acupuncture?

How Safe Is Acupuncture?

Questions?

Benefits of Acupuncture?

What to Expect With Acupuncture?

What Does it Feel Like?

How Many Treatments is Necessary?

 

What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a primary health care modality that the Chinese have practiced for over 2500 years. It is becoming one of the newest primary health care provisions in this country. It is much more than just inserting tiny thread like needles along meridian lines of the body, Acupuncture's complex system of diagnostic corollaries takes into consideration the patient as a whole. It's primary purpose is not the treatment of isolated symptoms but correcting an imbalance at the cause and preventing further development of ill health. Acupuncture is practiced based on discerning a "pattern of disharmony" and treating it appropriately There are numerous modalities that can be utilized in treatment-certain physical therapies, herbal medicine, moxabustion and nutrition. The practice of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine is not limited to symptom relief, it encompasses the larger picture of improving and increase both quality of your life and your ability to function.
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How it works.
The practice of Acupuncture uses natural laws and energetics along with stimulation from needles and pressure to "specific points" on the body. These points follow definite linear continuums or meridians that cross the body. As long as energy flows freely through these meridians health is experienced. When a blockage of energy or deficiency or excess of the energy occurs illness and pain result. With application and stimulation of needles along the meridians at appropriate acupuncture points the normal flow of energy can be restored and health reestablished.
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How Effective Is Acupuncture?
There are great number of ill health situations where Acupuncture can be vitally important. Acupuncture can be very useful as a preventative medicine because it has been proven to stimulate the immune system increase the bodies resistance to bacterial and viral infections. The World Health Organization of UN. recognizes over 40 conditions Acupuncture successfully treats Studies have shown Acupuncture influences both Central and Peripheral Nervous systems releasing endorphins from the brain making it very effective fro pain management. Among many other things Acupuncture affects cholesterol, blood pressure, triglyceride levels in the blood, the functioning of the endocrine system and the gastrointestinal system. It also improves circulation assisting the body in healing itself more quickly and completely. Throughout the orient Acupuncture has been used effectively and successfully for centuries against every disease and epidemic that has threatened the health of it's habitants.
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How Safe Is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is safe as well as effective. Extensive and rigorous training is required before an Acupuncture practitioner is permitted to take the National Acupuncture Certification Exam to obtain a License. Passing board is required before one can practice. In depth knowledge of, and competency in clean needle techniques are also required prior to taking a separate and mandatory Clean Needle Technique Exam. All are sterilized disposable needles, they are all discarded after each use, insuring you absolute safety.
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Questions?
I am available for courtesy consultation in person or by phone as time permits. Together we can explore whether Acupuncture would be right for you.
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Benefits of Acupuncture

1. Freedom from suffering
2. Better and more satisfying health
3. Greater happiness
4. Longer life
5. More energy and vitality
6. Greater ability to give and receive
7. Greater comfort
8. Peace of mind
9. Improved appearance
10. Greater faith in life
11. Feeling good, lighter, easier, even Great!
12. Greater commitment to well-being
13. Greater strength
14. Return to work
15. Greater productivity
16. Greater physical endurance
17. Greater ability to function and advance at work
18. Greater acknowledgment of self
19. Stronger immune-system
20. Greater relaxation
21. Self Improvement
22. Having more fun in life
23. Better quality of life
24. Immune System
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What to Expect With Acupuncture?
On your first visit a great amount of information is gathered by your Acupuncturist. Vital clues to an overall pattern of health or disease are derived from the information you give. The Acupuncturist will also feel the subtle variations in the pulse in the wrist to obtain information of how the body is functioning. All of this information is vital to discern particular health patterns for you and determine which specific points would be appropriate.
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What Does it Feel Like?
Most people are surprised to learn that Acupuncture needles are very thin and solid. They are not like the hypodermic needles which are big and hallow. The needles are inserted usually only a millimeter in depth. After the needle is inserted you may feel nothing or sometimes a vague numbness, "heaviness" or slight tingling. The treatment is still effective whether these things are felt or not. Many experience a euphoric feeling after receiving a treatment and others a deep sense of peace and well being.
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How Many Treatments are Necessary?
Acupuncture is for all ages and because each person is unique, treatment plans vary accordingly. No two conditions or people respond the same. Length of treatment depends on the type, severity and duration of the condition, and the physical state at the time of treatment. Frequent evaluations are done during the course of treatment, weather the case is short or lengthy, to evaluate your progress and overall response to treatment. To increase the effect of treatment and get the best therapeutic results, it is important to follow the recommendations and treatment plan carefully. It is also necessary to complete the entire course of treatment to ensure the restoration of health.
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Informative Links

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

Acupuncture Today