Thumbs Up to Relief
Many people go to an acupuncturist because they are in pain. In this first phase of care, the main goal is to reduce your symptoms. Sometimes this will require two to three visits per week for a time.
Most people are under the assumption that if they don't feel any pain that there is nothing wrong with them - that they are healthy. Unfortunately, pain is a very poor indicator of health. In fact, pain and other symptoms frequently only appear after a disease or other condition has become advanced.
For example, consider a cavity in your tooth. Does it hurt when it first develops or only after it has become serious? How about heart disease? Most people don't realize that the first sign of heart disease is often a fatal heart attack. Regardless of whether you are talking about cancer, heart disease, diabetes, depression or stress, pain is usually the last thing to appear. When you begin acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment, pain is also the first symptom to disappear, even though much of the underlying condition remains.