Acupuncture

Acupuncture is one of the many skills used by our therapists as part of an integrated approach to the management of acute and chronic pain. Treatment is based on scientific research and clinical evidence that acupuncture can reduce pain by stimulating the body to produce natural pain-relieving chemicals, such as endorphins, these assist the body’s healing processes complimenting other treatments such as manual therapy or exercise in order to aid recovery. Western medical acupuncture follows modern medicine diagnoses and uses evidence-based treatment principles, whereas traditional Chinese acupuncture follows the historical concepts of meridian channels and balancing ‘qi’ or energy.

Dry needling acupuncture involves the use of single-use, sterilized disposable needles inserted locally into the problematic tissues at specific points, or alternatively into selected segmental points along the spine that are directly connected with the patients presenting condition. Your therapist will determine the locations of these points following a detailed assessment of the cause of your condition.

Trigger point acupuncture may also be used to help relaxation in specific muscles following traumas, for longer-term chronic unresolved muscle pain, or as a means of increasing functional muscle length to help stretching and rehabilitation. Trigger point needling often produces rapid results in both acute and chronic cases