What Does Acupuncture Feel Like?
Many first-time patients are concerned that acupuncture needles will feel like hypodermic injections at the doctor’s office. They won't. Acupuncture uses hair-thin, flexible needles that you will hardly feel when inserted. Most describe it as a small prick similar to a mosquito bite.
As an example of how thin the needles I use are, approximately 20-40 acupuncture needles can fit into 1 average sized hypodermic needle.
When inserted, the needles may produce a unique sensation that Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) calls De Qi (pronounced da-chee). Patients often describe De Qi as a heavy achy pressure, a spreading traveling feeling, or an "electrical" sensation moving up or down the meridian pathways. Most patients find these acupuncture sensations deeply satisfying and leave the treatment feeling relaxed both mentally and physically.
Acupuncture treatment creates deep relaxation
in both mind and body.
How Many Treatments Will I Need?
The benefits of acupuncture are cumulative, so more then one treatment is necessary.
For acute conditions you can expect to have 10 to 15 treatments, but you will usually begin to feel relief after just the first few.
Chronic conditions may take longer to respond, depending on the type, severity, and duration of the condition.
Preventative/maintenance treatments and treatments for general well-being may also be scheduled on an as-needed basis.
*Most treatment plans start with 8 treatments and progress from there.
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