Medical Acupunture Technique & Benefits

Western medical acupuncture is a therapeutic modality involving the insertion of fine needles; it is an adaptation of Chinese acupuncture using current knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology, and the principles of evidence based medicine.

It acts mainly by stimulating the nervous system, and can be used to treat musculoskeletal pain, including myofascial trigger point pain which it does by activating natural pain killing chemicals in the body. It can also restore the flow of ‘life energy’ or ‘qi’ which runs through the body in channels or ‘meridians’. By restoring the normal energy flow, it is said that the natural healing ability of the body is increased.