How much do you really know about Acupuncture for Pain?

Acupuncture for pain works. That is an indisputable fact that is backed up by the number of patients who have benefited from the procedure over the years, but how many people who have not tried it actually understand how it works? For that matter, how many folks who have undergone an acupuncture procedure know how it works? It seems complicated on the surface, but it’s really quite simple. Think of the body http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifin terms of a network of rivers, called meridians, fed by a series of sluice gates, called acupuncture points, and you’ll begin to grasp the concept.

Much of Eastern medicine is based on the philosophy that the body contains two forces, the Yin, which is the cold, slow energy, and the Yang, which is hot and fast. Good health is determined by the balance between these two forces. They each flow through the body’s meridians and the balance is controlled by the acupuncture points. Put in simple English, if your rivers have too much cold water in them, you need to open a sluice gate to let hot water in to moderate the temperature. In the case of acupuncture, you’re talking about energy sources instead of water, but hopefully you get the point.

Ask an acupuncturist in Woodland Hills about meridians and you’ll learn that there are twelve of them, though some eastern practitioners think there could be as many as twenty. There are over two thousand acupuncture points, each of them offering a different reaction from the body when stimulated by pressure or the injecthttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifion of a thin needle. In order to learn how to read the signs and use the right points to alleviate pain, our acupuncturists spend years studying, more years in most cases than western doctors spend going through medical school.

Do you suffer from chronic pain or discomfort from an old or current injury? Is your body not functioning properly in a certain area, say fertility for instance? These are both conditions that can be alleviated with acupuncture. Contact our offices today and learn more about what we have to offer. If you don’t understand something about the procedure, just ask and we’ll be happy to answer your questions. To some, acupuncture is complicated. It’s really not. Let us explain it to you and you’ll feel more comfortable with it as a long term treatment option.