Acupuncture is Therapy

By: Abe Rummage L.Ac • 704-483-5441 •  www.AcuCareClinic.com

One of the difficult things I encounter as an acupuncturist is only getting one chance to “cure” my patients. No matter how much I tell them that acupuncture requires a course of treatment to realize its full benefits, people will come to me with the idea that they’re going to get one treatment and see if acupuncture works. Often times they’ll come out of the treatment room feeling much better but when they leave they’ll say “Yeah, it’s probably 50% better but I can still feel it. Oh well, I guess it just doesn’t work for me.”

Acupuncture is therapy, not a pill
Do you go to the gym, get in a good hard work out and then step on the scale and think “I haven’t lost any weight, this must not be working.” Do you get in your car, set out for grandma’s house, drive a few miles and ask “Why aren’t we there yet?” Of course not! Acupuncture should be seen the same way. Acupuncture treatments build over time to strengthen the body, remove blockages and balance energy.

Well then, how much therapy do I need?
How long have you had the problem? As a general rule, the longer you’ve suffered with a condition the longer it can take to correct it. This doesn’t mean that you won’t begin to feel relief after the first treatment or two, you probably will, but older problems can take longer to completely resolve.

What if I have a ruptured disk, a torn ligament or degenerative arthritis? Acupuncture can’t “heal” that can it?
Technically, no. No matter what treatment you use, traditional or alternative, your body is the one that does all the healing. All any form of medicine can do is simply help the body do what it already does naturally. Acupuncture can, however, reduce inflammation, swelling and pain as well as encourage the proper blood and energy flow to an area so that healing can happen as efficiently and completely as possible in the shortest amount of time. And that brings us back to our original idea: Acupuncture is therapy. Healing takes time but with a good course of acupuncture incredible things happen very quickly.

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Abe Rummage L.Ac • 704-483-5441 •  www.AcuCareClinic.com

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