What We Treat

While no type of treatment works for every person and every problem, acupuncture does indeed have the potential to impact a wide variety of health conditions and disorders. Every living organism is constantly monitoring itself and checking for any sign of trouble. The cells within our bodies send signals about potential threats so that action can be taken to maintain the internal environment that is critical to healthy functioning. Modern medicine assumes that if body systems don’t self-correct immediately that they don’t have the capability to do so; it fails to recognize that steps can be taken to boost our body’s response. Acupuncture sends signals to the body’s self-management systems to trigger the best possible response to promote this homeostasis.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has determined that “there is sufficient evidence of acupuncture’s value to expand its use into conventional medicine.” Many of its mechanisms of action are well-known and proven. Acupuncture can be effective as a single treatment method, can be combined with other therapies, or can be used as a support or adjunct therapy to other medical/surgical interventions. The World Health Organization recognizes the use of acupuncture in the treatment of a wide range of medical problems including:

• In-vitro Fertilization (IVF) preparation
• Joint Pain
• Knee Pain
• Leg Pain
• Low Blood Pressure
• Menopausal Symptoms
• Menstrual Disorders
• Mood Disorders
• Migraines
• Nausea/ Morning Sickness
• Neck Pain
• Nerve Pain
• Painful periods (dysmenorrhea) / Cramps
• Pain Management / Relief
• PMS (premenstrual syndrome)
• Post-Operative Pain
• PTSD
• Recovery from Illness or Injury
• Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
• Sleep Disorders
• Sinusitis
• Sciatica
• Shoulder Pain
• Skin Disorders
• Smoking and Detoxification
• Stress
• Tennis Elbow
• Tinnitus (ringing in ear)
• TMJ Dysfunction (jaw pain)
• Tooth Ache Pain
• Ulcers
• Weight Control

One of the unique features of Acupuncture as a therapy is that its effects are both specific and general – specific to your needs, and, general, in the positive side effects you will receive from treatment such as: more energy, less stress response, improved sleep and digestion, overall better health and a sense of well-being. Acupuncture has always held close the idea of health cultivation while treating disease; this is interesting because the Future of Medicine is going to be ‘how do we keep people well?’. It is one of the reasons why Western Medicine and Acupuncture work very well together – Acupuncture largely focuses on the prevention of health problems through regulating body functions and engaging the self-healing mechanisms of the body while Western Medicine is more often aligned with the treatment of disease and health problems once they become clinically established in the body.