Acupuncture

Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese medicine-based approach to treating a variety of conditions by triggering specific points on the skin with needles. This is done by placing needles into specific points on the skin to help activate and move an energy in the body. The needles are placed into energy channels in the body called meridians. Through thousands of years of learning, traditional Chinese medicine has compiled very complete and complex systems of meridians. The acupuncturist puts needles into those meridians to help regulate and move the body back to homeostasis, or wellness. These needles are not hypodermic needles that you may be used to with your typical vaccines and blood draws. Acupuncture needles are solid, stainless steel needles that are usually not much larger than a strand of hair. Acupuncture needles will typically go between tissues, making them less painful as well. You shouldn’t ever feel pain, typically you will feel something similar to a bug bite.