OCTAVIA HAMILTON
Acupuncture
Acupuncture ALRESFORD
Acupuncture has been around for over 3000 years. Evidence shows it can help manage a variety of conditions ranging from headaches, back pain, to allergies and addictions such as smoking.
Typically physiotherapists use acupuncture to help with pain relief, to encourage tissue repair or for trigger point release, to treat a variety of different conditions and it is often used in conjunction with other techniques.
The treatment involves using small sterile needles placed just under the skin into the muscle. This can often not only be around the painful or injured area, but also at points further away which have specific properties such as to relieve pain.
Needles are usually positioned along ’meridians’ that relate to specific organs of the body and are recognised in Chinese medicine as having specific properties. By positioning needles in this way, your therapist will be able to increase or decrease the way hormones and pain-relieving chemicals behave in your body, this in turn helps to reduce pain, encourage healing and blood flow to tissue.
Treatment time is often only for a short period of time, starting from 10-15 minutes, but can be increased for up to 30 minutes. Point selection and treatment duration in acupuncture varies depending on each individual, as our bodies all react differently even though we may have the same problem.
