Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a complete medical system used to prevent disease, treat illness and improve well-being. It is effective for physical, psychological and emotional problems. Originating in China more than 3,000 years ago, acupuncture has been embraced though the world due to it’s proven effectiveness.
How Does Acupuncture Work?
Recently, science has determined that all human beings are complex bioelectric systems. This understanding has been the foundation of acupuncture practice for several thousand years. The Chinese found that energy circulates throughout your body along well-defined pathways or meridians. Points on the skin along these pathways are energetically connected to specific organs, body structures and systems. If this energy circulation is disrupted, optimum function is affected resulting in pain or illness. Acupuncture points are stimulated to balance the circulation of energy, which influences your health and wellness.
Scientific research in the United States, Europe, Japan and China has shown that acupuncture results in a release of the body’s natural pain relieving substances – the endorphins. It also stimulates the release of the neurotransmitter and mood-elevator serotonin. Thus acupuncture is very helpful in treating pain and stress-related conditions, including anxiety and depression.
What is a Treatment Like?
The treatments are very relaxing. Many individuals are surprised at how comfortable they are during the treatment and how easily the needles are placed. The needles are extremely thin and specifically designed to be virtually painless. The pre-sterilized needles are left in for 20 – 30 minutes and are discarded after only one use. The lights are turned down low and soft music is provided to aid relaxation. Some people even fall asleep during treatment.
How Soon Will I See a Difference in My Condition?
Acupuncture is best thought of as a healing process, therefore each patient responds differently. Some acute problems will improve with just one or two treatments, while other problems of a chronic nature require a longer course of therapy. Only after individual evaluation can your acupuncturist give you a more specific answer.
Can Acupuncture Help You?
The following sections discuss how acupuncture addresses specific conditions. Take a moment to review this information and please feel free to Contact Us with any questions.
Pain Relief
If you have acute or chronic pain, we want you know that acupuncture can help, even when other interventions have failed to bring relief. In the United States, acupuncture is best known for the control of pain.
The vast majority of pain clinics on the East and West coasts of the U.S. offer acupuncture. This is because scientific research in the United States, Europe, Japan and China has shown that acupuncture results in a release of the body’s natural pain relieving substances – the endorphins.
Not all acupuncture is alike. At the Acupuncture Center we are trained in the most effective pain-relief techniques in the field. As needed we incorporate supplements (such as Chinese herbal pain relief formulas or proteolytic enzymes used by major sports teams) to help relieve your pain as quickly as possible.
Acupuncture also increases levels of serotonin, our “feel good” neurotransmitter. It helps with stress related conditions like anxiety and depression that often accompany pain. Our goal is to see you smiling as soon as possible!
Smoking Cessation
Acupuncture has an excellent track record in helping people quit smoking. Extensive studies using our stop-smoking protocol resulted in an 80-85% success rate. Combined with an optional session of EFT, the success rate would be even higher.
Acupuncture significantly helps to decrease the physical craving as well as the emotional stress during the withdrawal process. We have helped many, many people who thought it impossible, to successfully kick the tobacco habit for good! Click for more details…
Allergy Elimination
Tired of living with allergies? Believe it or not you don’t have to! In 1983, after suffering for years with severe allergies, Dr. Devi Numbudripad found a drug-free, natural solution to eliminate allergies and sensitivities to foods, pollens and chemicals. She wrote Say Good-bye to Illness and began teaching NAET – Numbudripad Allergy Elimination Techniques.
Charlie and Libby have studied directly with Dr. Numbudripad and have helped countless people with multiple allergies. Get free of annoying allergies! You deserve to have more energy, be clear-headed, and to experience life to it’s fullest.
Fertility
Chinese Medicine has been used for over 700 years, throughout many parts of the world, to treat fertility and gynecologic issues. Over the past 30 years, the use of Chinese Medicine to treat fertility has become increasingly prevalent in the United States.
Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicinals are very successful in treating fertility issues because they help restore the normal functioning of the human body. The Eastern (Chinese) medical system can effectively be used alone, or it can be used in conjunction with Western medical techniques, to greatly enhance fertility.
