Find Relief With Acupuncture Boca Raton

By Barbara Jones


People no longer accept that they must suffer chronic pain without hope of relief. They also know that maintaining a high level of stress for extended periods is unhealthy. Those who pursue a holistic lifestyle prefer to use alternative methods and avoid pharmaceutical drugs or surgery. For southern Florida residents, acupuncture Boca Raton is a valuable resource.

Boca Raton is a wealthy area of Southern Florida. People with comfortable incomes are more likely to try alternative methods of healing. They also have the luxury of being able to afford stress relieving techniques such as massage and acupuncture.

You may not consider stress to be a disorder, but continued high levels contribute to emotional and mental problems, cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, and sleep disruption. Tension is also a factor in neck, shoulder, and back pain. Acupuncture, often combined with the use of traditional Chinese herbs, massage, and other stress reduction methods, has been successfully tried by millions since it became popular in the late 1970s.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) makes regular use of acupuncture is its total body healing program. You may find a Japanese, Korean, or other ethnic variation. Most practitioners in the US are trained in the TCM methodology. Training is important, not only for technical skills but also for understanding the need for sterility of the needles employed in the therapy. Infection from dirty needles is the most common negative side effect, but this is rare.

Proper training is essential, since the science of using needles to stimulate precise points to achieve the desired effect is the result of centuries of observation. Practitioners also learn proper safety procedures. The thin, solid metal needles should be disposable and only used for one treatment. Because the needles actually pierce the skin, cleanliness is essential.

The needle is used to stimulate a particular 'point' or area of the body. The therapy is based on an idea of a 'life force' or energy flow that travels through the body in definite pathways. This idea is not so different from our understanding of the circulatory systems of the body. These pathways can become blocked or distorted, and illness, pain, or other disorders can result. Needles are a scary idea, but the treatments are generally completely painless.

Acupuncturists speak of meridians, which are the points and pathways of the energy flow. Stimulation increases this flow, which enhances the body's own healing processes. Sceptics deride the idea that this practice can relieve pain and tension and promote healing, but thousands of people who have tried the therapy disagree. Even medical doctors admit that a session with an acupuncturist can lessen nausea and vomiting following chemotherapy. The use of properly-placed needles also seems to reduce pain after dental surgery.

Most conditions can be treated, in fact. In Spring, many people like to visit their acupuncturist for a 'tune up' that banishes the winter doldrums and releases energy for a more active lifestyle. Dental pain after surgery often responds well to the acupuncturist's needle. Migraine sufferers may find relief in both frequency and severity of headaches.




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