WESTERN ACUPUNCTURE
During your treatment, acupuncture needles are carefully & precisely inserted into symptomatic myofascial trigger points. This stimulates the body’s natural pain relieving, dopamine & serotonin pathways to bring fast, effective, pain relief whilst simultaneously relaxing your muscles.
HOW IT HELPS
- Researched & clinically proven method of pain relief
- Utilises the bodies natural Hormones & Neurological pathways to block painful signals and reduce the tone of local muscles.
- Improves blood circulation and can improve acute inflammation
- Enables your therapist to treat multiple areas of the body in the same session
- Extremely safe modality of treatment. Generally it is painless and you won't even feel the needles as they are administered.
KEY INFO
- The demand for acupuncture is growing as the evidence base for this treatment strengthens.
- I am trained in Foundation & Advanced Dry Needling (Western Acupuncture) which is different to traditional Chineses Medicine philosophies of Qi or energy channels.
- Acupuncture is effective in a range of painful conditions. It is commonly used for short-term relief of low back pain, neck & shoulder pain. It can help with the management of knee pain caused by osteoarthritis and other degenerative conditions
- Please do contact us if you would like any more information.