Acupuncture

The goals of medical acupuncture treatment are to provide clinical improvement in your condition or your symptoms through the activation of the body’s natural pain control and healing mechanisms. Acupuncture is an age old form of treatment with it’s roots in Southeast Asia and China. With the growing acceptance of acupuncture in western countries, modern clinical studies are beginning to shed light on the physiological effects that acupuncture has on the body.

Considerable evidence had found that acupuncture initiates the release of the body’s natural pain control chemicals, opioid peptides, which create an analgesic effect. The activation of the nervous system and certain parts of the brain have also been shown to be involved through the secretion of certain chemicals, changes in blood flow and an alteration in the way that the injured or problem area is sending information to and receiving information from the brain.