Acupuncture By Fran Ammons

read moreSome common questions about acupuncture are answered below. Call us if you have other questions or if you are interested in improving your life through acupuncture treatment. Practitioners of acupuncture and Chinese medicine have used this noninvasive medical system to diagnose and help millions of people get well and stay healthy. An acupuncturist will place fine, sterile needles at specific acupoints on the body. This activates the body's Qi and promotes natural healing by enhancing recuperative power, immunity and physical and emotional health.

read moreDid you know acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine can help free you from back pain without expensive surgery or medications? These are safe, time-tested, natural approaches to healing. In May 2018, a team of researchers from the Acupuncture Trialists Collaboration published an updated study which concluded acupuncture relieved people's pain and improved their mobility in comparison to those who underwent sham acupuncture treatments. The researchers also showed the effects of acupuncture persisted for at least 12 months after the treatments ended.

read moreMany studies have shown acupuncture can reduce stress, so scientists are exploring which biological mechanisms are stimulated by acupuncture and cause this reaction in the body. The feeling of stress in our bodies has a lot to do with the relationship between the hypothalamus of the brain, the pituitary gland and the adrenal glands. Each of those areas releases different hormones that interact and create the stress-response in our bodies. In 2013, a study published by the Journal of Endocrinology speaking of changes in stressful situations had significantly decreased after the treatment of electroacupuncture.