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Pain Management

Chronic pain is estimated to affect over 100 million Americans, primarily suffering from low back, neck, knee, shoulder, and joint pain. The World Health Organization recognizes acupuncture as an effective and safe treatment for chronic and acute pain, injuries, and orthopedic conditions.

JAPANESE Acupuncture and ORIENTAL Medicine for the Treatment of Pain

From an Oriental Medicine perspective, pain is your body’s way of communicating that there is an imbalance. According to an Oriental Medicine saying, “There is no pain if there is free flow. If there is no free flow, there is pain.”  Something, whether external trauma, stress, overwork, diet, lifestyle, or the environment, prevents free flow and results in pain. 
Oriental medicine incorporates the use of acupuncture, herbs, and individualized changes to diet and lifestyle to reduce and manage pain. Pain from acute or chronic conditions is the most common reason patients seek acupuncture and Oriental medicine care. These conditions include, arthritis, headaches, migraines, menstrual pain, pain from traumatic injury and nerve pain. 

How does Acupuncture Work?

In Japanese acupuncture needles are either inserted very shallow, or used as “contact-needling” – meaning no needles are inserted and stimulate specific acupoints.
A number of studies suggest that acupuncture needles release endorphins and enkephalins, which act as natural painkillers in the body, creating a deeply relaxing feeling during and after an acupuncture session, as well as affecting the brain’s serotonin system, which is responsible for mood stability.
Acupuncture can be used for the following:
  • Low Back Pain
  • Neck Pain
  • Knee Pain
  • Wrist Pain
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • De Quervain's tenosynovitis
  • Headaches and Migraines
  • Temporomandibular disorders (TMD)/Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) syndrome
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Shoulder Pain
  • Menstrual Pain and Cramps
  • Post surgical recovery

Research Articles

Relieving pain with acupuncture https://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/relieving-pain-with-acupuncture
Acupuncture for generalized pain https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Ear+Acupuncture+for+Immediate+Pain+Relief+%E2%80%93+A+Systematic+Review
Relieving chronic pain with acupuncture https://www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5900(17)30780-0/fulltext
Relieving Temporomandibular Disorders with acupuncture https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28248862//
Relieving Temporomandibular Disorders with acupuncture https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28248862//

Relieving tennis elbow with acupuncture
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28590765/

Relieving knee pain with acupuncture
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23973143/

Relieving labor pain with acupuncture https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21735441/
Relieving headaches with acupuncture https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28932372/
Relieving dysmenorrhea with acupuncture https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25141361/
Relieving carpal tunnel syndrome with acupuncture https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28676832/
Relieving shoulder pain with acupuncture https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15561384/
Relieving ankle sprain with acupuncture https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16941977/
Relieving fibromyalgia with acupuncture https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24454493/
Relieving post-operative pain with acupuncture https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28813550/
Relieving neuropathy with acupuncture https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26425130/

Relieving neck Pain with acupuncture
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29121797/