If you suffer from Rheumatoid or Osteoarthritis, Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, Fibromyalgia acupuncture can offer complete pain relief naturally and with no adverse side effects. Acupuncture can also give you complete pain relief if you are experiencing pain caused by bone or muscle weakness, injury as a result of physical trauma or poor posture, migraine or stress headaches or even pain from cancer or cancer treatments.

In order to receive the most benefit from acupuncture therapy, it is important to accurately describe your pain to your Acupuncturist as well as when the pain started. If you know the reason/source of the pain that will be information the Acupuncturist can use to determine an effective treatment that will yield pain relief for you in the shortest amount of time. For example, different treatment points may be selected for pain that is sharp, stabbing or burning than for pain that radiates from a particular point throughout a limb or extremity.

There are three primary steps in the acupuncture pain relieving process. The first step involves stimulating organs that correspond to the specific pain. This step produces energy and blood flow which nourish the whole body and specifically the area experiencing pain. The second step is to identify the meridian to tap into. The final step in the process is to determine the points of needle insertion to target the painful area.

The needles the Acupuncturist uses are stainless steel and about the thickness of a human hair. They are inserted into specific treatment points in the human body, which then send a message to the central nervous system. When the central nervous system receives the signal, the brain releases endorphins, a natural brain chemical that helps in pain suppression.

Your Acupuncturist will develop a personal treatment plan that takes into account the nature of the pain i.e., chronic, intermittent, etc. and the source and/or cause of the pain, e.g., disease, lifestyle and other factors, and your medical history. During your treatment the needles will be inserted into appropriate treatment points and will be left in place for several minutes. Depending upon your response to treatment, several appointments over a number of weeks will be scheduled until long-term pain relief is realized.

Prescription and over-the-counter drugs only provide temporary pain relief. Often muscle relaxants or anti inflammatory drugs only provide temporary relief from pain and can sometimes cause adverse side effects. Acupuncture therapy affords long-term relief of pain with no harmful ingredients or dangerous chemicals to harm your body or disrupt your normal daily activities. No debilitating side effects from acupuncture are experienced as with many anti-inflammatory drugs or prescription narcotics.

While acupuncture is not an instant cure, some symptoms may be diminished after just the first acupuncture therapy session. It takes time to restore your body's energy systems to their properly balanced state. The number of treatments you will need to achieve complete pain relief will depend upon how long you have been in pain, the cause of the pain and how quickly you respond to the acupuncture therapy.

With no adverse side effects, acupuncture can be considered a completely safe alternative for pain relief. It is truly a holistic approach to pain relief, treating no only the pain but also the cause of the pain.