How Does Acupuncture Work?
Top hospitals, like Mayo Clinic, trust acupuncture for its proven effects
Does Acupuncture Hurt?
Sensations
Most people fall asleep
After the needles are placed, many people get so relaxed they tend to take an acu-nap and doze off until the needles are taken out.
Sensations
Needle Size
Needle Size
Thin as hair
Acupuncture uses thin solid needles that easily slide in out of the skin. Medical needles are thick and hollow like a straw.
You're in Control
Needles don’t have to go where it hurts
Compared to dry needling, acupuncture can place needles far away from the location of your issue.
You're in Control
Techniques From the Top Masters Around the World
To treat serious conditions, I study with the thought leaders in different specialties
Neuro Acupunture
Treats neurological conditions using understanding of the cerebral cortex map with needles in the scalp.
Balance Method
Restores function in the body through use of needles placed far away from the pain or disease.
Auricular Medicine
Diagnose and treat most diseases with only using the ear and application of acupressure beads (ear seeds).
Electro Acupuncture
Use of micro-current to activate dormant muscles and relax tight muscles.
Orthopaedic
Focus on restoring musculoskeletal function and improving biomechanics.
Japanese Acupuncture
Restore body functioning using abdominal diagnosis and gentle needle techniques.
Master Tung
Leverages non standard acupuncture points to reduce the number of needles needed.
Scalp Acupuncture
Treats neurological conditions using Western medical knowledge of the areas within the cerebral cortex.
Acupuncture FAQs
It's difficult to describe the feeling of receiving acupuncture. It's best experienced.
Most points people don’t feel anything. For certain points you may feel a achey sensation that should dissipate or a small prick sensation.
Most people fall asleep when they get acupuncture.
To fully address your condition it could be $100, but it could be thousands of dollars if you have had a chronic condition for decades.
Think about the costs that are associated with putting off treating your condition at the root.
You may get faster and cheaper results by using pharmaceuticals, but what might be the costs in terms of side effects or by only addressing the symptoms or how long will you have to be taking them?
It may be cheaper to put tape on the check engine light of your car, but what will the costs be later?
Acupuncture is not magic, but it is very effective.
If you have had an issue for a week, maybe one treatment is all you need. If you have been having something for 5 years, it didn’t arrive overnight, so it will not leave overnight.
Most sessions I treat you with just arms and legs. If you can roll your pants or shirts up to your knees and elbows, then it makes it easy. Skirts and shorts are ideal as well.
Chinese medicine looks at addressing the root cause of your condition. It doesn’t matter what the disease is, Chinese medicine can always help you have a better lifestyle in terms of more energy, less pain, decrease in severity of symptoms.
Cure is a curious word. How long does a cure last for? If the treatment makes one symptom better, but creates other worse ones, did you really get cured, or just transformed?
Needles can be placed far away from the area of discomfort.
Don’t worry if you have eye issues, I am not going anywhere near your eye.
If you don’t want needles in a certain location I can always accommodate. Many people are amazed that i can treat back pain by not putting needles in the back.
Certain musculoskeletal conditions may require treatment closer to the area of pain for best and lasting results.