Acupuncture has been utilized for its health benefits since ancient times, particularly in Chinese medicine. This holistic health technique has become more popular in the United States and other western cultures over the past few decades, making it easier than ever to seek acupuncture treatment for acute and chronic conditions alike.
If you suffer from headaches, hypertension, or chronic pain, acupuncture could be the treatment capable of restoring your quality of life. Here’s everything you need to know about this ancient practice and the many ways it can improve your health.
A Quick History of Acupuncture
Acupuncture was developed by the ancient Chinese as a system of pricking the skin or tissue with needles in order to treat a variety of physical, mental, and emotional conditions. They believed that by treating specific points on the body, acupuncture could release a flow of energy and stimulate the body’s healing process in order to restore balance.
Western science explains this differently, but the result is the same. Today, it’s believed that acupuncture stimulates nerves, muscles, and connective tissue to activate the body’s natural painkillers and blood flow.
What Can Acupuncture Treat?
The list of conditions proven to respond to acupuncture continues to grow longer as scientific studies prove the impressive power of acupuncture. Nausea, dental pain, fibromyalgia, headaches, migraines, lower back pain, neck pain, osteoarthritis, addiction, chemotherapy nausea, depression, and menstrual cramps are just a few of the physical conditions that acupuncture can alleviate.
How Safe Is Acupuncture?
Unlike pharmaceutical medications so commonly used in Western society, acupuncture has few, if any, risks and side effects. It is a time-tested, safe, natural, and drug-free way to provide immediate relief and long-lasting benefits.
As long as your acupuncture treatment is completed by a trained expert who can masterfully place needles into the correct points in the body, the only things you will experience after your appointment are results!
Call (813) 935-2273 now to make your own acupuncture appointment with Dr. Ron Shemesh at MindBodySpirit Care in Tampa, Florida.
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