Benefits of Acupuncture
You’re likely here right now because you’re ready to experience greater physical or emotional health. Maybe you struggle with chronic aches and pains, you’re finding it difficult to turn your mind off and deeply relax in your life, or your metabolism just isn’t what it used to be. Maybe you could use more energy, joy, and balance in your daily life.
If you’re like many of our patients, you’re seeking an alternative or complement to conventional medicine. You want to get to the root cause of your health problems– not just put a temporary bandage on them. Perhaps Western medicine hasn’t been the answer for you.
Our practice has helped many people just like you.
Shelby discusses some of the Top Benefits of Acupuncture and how it benefits the body in different ways.
Acupuncture Benefits
Used in China as a holistic system of medicine for over 3,000 years, this wisdom-filled holistic medicine practice can benefit nearly any condition in some form. Acupuncture excels at encouraging energetic movement in the body. It improves circulation, alleviates inflammation, and boosts energy flow, allowing your body to heal more efficiently.
Top Acupuncture Benefits Include:
Stress Relief and Relaxation
Reduced Pain
Reduced Muscle Tension
Improved Immune System
Increased Mental Clarity and Ability to Concentrate
Enhanced Energy
Two Reasons Acupuncture Can Help Everyone
There are two main reasons acupuncture benefits nearly every condition that ails you.
First, acupuncture excels at getting things to move in the body. Many times when you are having pain, digestive problems, stress, arthritis or muscle spasms it can be blood flow, energy flow and stuck emotions clogging your body like a traffic jam on the highway. Acupuncture releases the pressure and allows the body to return to a normal balanced state.
Second, acupuncture has a relaxing effect on the body and the mind. This improves your ability to deal with stressful situations, anxiety, and depression. Emotional issues can further complicate healing and make it difficult to deal with pain and discomfort. Acupuncture stimulates the release of your brain’s natural feel-good hormones in the body, endorphins, giving you a greater sense of well being and leaving you able to deal with stressful circumstances more readily.
How It Works: Acupuncture Stimulates Energy Movement in the Body
In almost every condition of the body and mind, there is something “stuck” behind it that acupuncture can help with. Often in issues of poor blood circulation, lymph circulation, etc things are not moving the way they should in the body. The same is true for emotional issues, not being able to sleep, anxiety, addictions: things get stuck and tense. Acupuncture helps get that energy to move more appropriately, which helps your well being.
Pain, by and large, can be treated using acupuncture. While acupuncture may not cure the problem, especially if there is a serious underlying condition, it can decrease the frequency and severity of your pain so your life becomes more livable. Lots of pain issues can be completely eradicated with acupuncture, unless the underlying cause remains.
Conditions Acupuncture Treats
Acupuncture can help nearly any condition in some form, by supporting your body’s innate healing capabilities. Some of the ailments that acupuncture has proven beneficial for include:
Allergies
Food Allergies
Seasonal Allergies
Autoimmune Conditions
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
Autoimmune Thyroid (Hashimotos)
Emotional Distress
Anxiety
Depression
Stress
Cancer Care
Digestive Disorders
Constipation
Gastroparesis
Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
Dry Eyes
Eczema and Psoriasis
Hormonal Conditions, Menstrual Irregularity and/or Pain
Endometriosis
Menopause
Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
Thyroid Disease
Insomnia and Trouble Sleeping
Pain and Inflammation
Back Pain
Headaches and Migraines
Temporomandibular Joint Syndrome (TMJ)
Restless Legs
And many more!
Feel Better, Live Better
Many people may visit an acupuncture clinic for a specific reason, but leave feeling more relaxed and feeling lighter as well. Acupuncture benefits help them to feel less anxious, sleep better, and feel less depressed which makes their condition more manageable. When you feel better, you are able to live life with a little more pep in your step and enjoyment.