Acupuncture For Pain Relief

For acute conditions, such as injuries, permanent pain relief often results after only a small number of treatments. For chronic conditions, progress is slower but progressive. After a series of treatments, some patients are pain free and stay that way. Others may need periodic follow-up treatments to manage the pain in a drug-free way. Acupuncture does not just relieve pain but in many cases also helps with the healing process. It stimulates the circulation of blood and healing energy in the diseased area. The idea of healing energy, called chi in the Chinese language, is not popular in Western medicine, which comprehends the body and mind only in biochemical terms, but it is an important part of acupuncture theory, as well as many other traditional healing systems. When the chi of the body is balanced, other health problems seemingly unrelated to the pain often begin to improve.