Acupuncture for Pain

Acupuncture can be a very powerful treatment for pain with the added benefit of virtually no side-effects. In addition, it can often treat the root cause of your pain problem to provide long-term relief.

Acupuncture and Chinese medicine offer safe and effective health care, either in conjunction with your standard health care for a particular condition, or by itself as a natural way to manage stress and improve quality of life.  We’ll work together to identify what it is you need from acupuncture or Chinese medicine to facilitate your health and personal goals in healing.

How does it work?

Acupuncture initiates the following biomechanical responses in the human body:

• Stimulates chemicals in the connective tissue (fascia) beneath the skin involved in tissue repair.⁽³⁾
• Secretes plasma proteins from cells that can enhance the body’s immunity and decrease inflammation.⁽²⁾
• Activates muscular nerve impulses and signals to the brain that decrease pain.^{(1, 4, 5)}
• Regulates chemical messengers to restore homeostasis of the body’s natural functions.⁽⁶⁾

Research and References

1. Kristin VanderPloeg K, Yi, X. “Acupuncture in Modern Society”  Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies, Volume 2, Issue 1, March 2009, Pages 26-33.
2. Immunomodulatory Effects of Acupuncture in the Treatment of Allergic Asthma: A Randomized Controlled Study. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine; Vol 6, Issue 6, 2007.
3. Langevin H.M., Yandow J.A. “Relationship of acupuncture points and meridians to connective tissue planes”. The Anatomical Record, 2002, Dec 15;269(6);257-65.
4. Kagitani, F, Uchida, S, Hotta, H. “Afferent nerve Fibers and acupuncture”. Autonomic Neuroscience: Basic and Clinical 157(2010)2-8.
5. German Acupuncture Trials (GERAC) for Chronic Lower Back Pain”, Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007; 167(17).
6. Wong, Joseph Y., “Neuro-Anatomical Acupuncture”, A Review of TCM with Western Medicine Interpretation, Volume III, 2003; 149.