How we can treat your pain
The clinical use of acupuncture involves the acupuncturist inserting fine single use sterilised needles into specific points to manipulate the body’s physiological function. No medication or any other substance is coated on the needles.
The needles are kept in the patient’s body for between 15 minutes to half an hour depending on the presenting health condition. Needles are then taken out and placed in a sharps container for proper disposal. Majority of signs and symptoms will elicit an immediate change, others up to a week.
The clinical use of acupuncture involves the acupuncturist inserting fine single use sterilised needles into specific points to manipulate the body’s physiological function.
The needles are kept in the patient’s body for between 15 minutes to half an hour depending on the presenting health condition.
Needles are then taken out and placed in a sharps container for proper disposal. Majority of signs and symptoms will elicit an immediate change, others up to a week.
A few facts
Acupuncture needles are not as scary as perceived. If you can imagine the common 0.12mm diameter acupuncture needle (0.10mm is human hair), it is extremely thin compared to injection needles, 0.20mm – 4.6mm. Patients generally should not feel any pain, at most a tiny pinch followed by a slight pressure. Some people don’t even feel the needle going in!
Conditions influenced by acupuncture can be virtually anything. Although our clinic focus is pain management, this does not limit us from using acupuncture to help with your other health concerns.
Acupuncture should not be used for medical emergencies, dislocations, fractures, fainting (at the current moment), deformities and any other life-threatening medical conditions.