Acupuncture

What is Acupuncture?

Acupuncture involves the insertion of very fine needles through the skin at specific points on the body. There is no injection of any substance and the treatment itself causes minimal discomfort. Acupuncture is safe and effective and is often successfully used as an adjunct to conventional medical care or on its own when traditional medical therapy has failed.

"Classical" acupuncture was developed in China as a system of diagnosing and treating pain and disease. It defines acupuncture as one component of Traditional Chinese Medicine which aims to balance energy and blood in the body in order to keep it functional and healthy. Although proven successful for hundreds of years without the benefit of modern scientific knowledge, it is only in recent years that the scientific and medical communities of Europe and North America have begun to study acupuncture to understand and explain its effectiveness.

Medical Acupuncture

Medical acupuncture is acupuncture performed by health-care professionals with training in biomedical sciences (e.g., physician, chiropractor, physiotherapists), who combine this treatment with other therapeutic approaches, as needed. Medical Acupuncture respects [...]