Commonly Asked Questions about Acupuncture

If you are living with chronic pain or experience a temporarily painful area, it can make life difficult. It can be hard to handle the pain, but there are several ways chiropractic care can treat personal injuries and other types of pain to relieve them.

Many people use regular treatments from our chiropractor for pain management. Pain relief can allow you to return to your normal activities. In addition, while our chiropractor often makes spinal adjustments, you can get acupuncture or massage therapy at Advanced Chiropractic Center Inc. to help with your pain. When you need chiropractic care or acupuncture, call our Golden Valley, MN, office to make your appointment.

What Is the Acupuncture Process?

The acupuncture practitioner will have extensive experience with this treatment. They understand where the right pressure points are to focus on to help you feel better. There are pressure points all over the body that correspond to specific areas.

By using tiny, thin needles at those points, they can affect the intended location. Next, the practitioner presses the needles into the patient's skin, activated by movements or electric stimulation. This pain relief has been in practice for thousands of years.

How Does Acupuncture Help with Pain?

Acupuncture was once practiced in ancient China as part of traditional medicine. The belief was that a person's chi, or their life energy, must be free to move around the body. There are many pathways that this energy takes to keep the body healthy. However, the patient can develop health problems with blockages in this energy.

There are specific points on pathways and the right place for the needles to do their work. The blocks are cleared when the needles are applied, restoring the flow of energy within the body. It is used for several health problems, and pain is one of them. Using acupuncture has resulted in the body activating more of its natural painkillers, which is a big help for pain management.

What Can You Use Acupuncture to Treat?

Acupuncture is often used as an add-on treatment that works alongside other treatments. For example, it can help:

• • Chronic headaches
• • Nausea from chemotherapy
• • Menstrual pain
• • Carpal tunnel syndrome
• • Fibromyalgia
• • Lower back pain

Acupuncture can also be used after the patient has had surgery to treat post-surgical pain to stimulate the body to recover better.

See Our Chiropractor

In Golden Valley, MN, you can see our chiropractor for spinal adjustments, massage therapy, or acupuncture for chronic pain or personal injuries. At Advanced Chiropractic Center Inc. we will ease your pain and help you return to who you are. Contact us today by calling (763) 542-1141.