Acupuncture Needles

For centuries Acupuncture, the practice of strategically puncturing the skin with tiny needles at specified anatomical points, has been a key component of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of pain and relief of symptoms associated with various health conditions. Those same benefits are rendered today by physicians around the world to modulate pain and treat a variety of health problems by penetrating a person’s skin with a thin, metallic sterilized needle which is then activated via specific and smooth movements of the practitioner or with electrical stimulation. Numerous studies have demonstrated acupuncture to be an effective intervention for pain relief and a variety of health conditions.

It is believed that acupuncture stimulates nerves traveling to the central nervous system causing the release of chemicals into muscles, spinal cord, and brain producing changes associated with pain relief, tissue healing, and the promotion of physical and emotional well-being.

What are Some of the Conditions for Which Acupuncture is Used?

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), studies have shown that acupuncture is an effective treatment alone or in combination with conventional therapies in the treatment of:

• Addiction
• Asthma
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Chemotherapy induced nausea
• Dental pain post-surgery
• Fibromyalgia
• Headaches
• Lateral epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow)
• Low back pain
• Menstrual cramps
• Myofascial pain
• Osteoarthritis

There are numerous other conditions for which acupuncture is being used or proposed for use.

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