Acupuncture involves stimulating specific anatomical points in the body for therapeutic purposes. The Florida Statutes, Chapter 460 define acupuncture as follows: Acupuncture is a modality of diagnosing and treating disease, pain or physical conditions by stimulating various points on or within the body or interruption of the cutaneous integrity by needle insertion to secure a reflex relief of the symptoms by nerve stimulation. Acupuncture is recognized as a modality of treatment, which is an adjunct to chiropractic. We utilize sterile, non-corrosive, disposable needles for your safety. You should always inform your doctor of the medications you are currently taking, whether or not you are or could be pregnant, if you have a cardiac pacemaker, and if you have received cosmetic implants.

Acupuncture is often used along with other medical care to increase their benefits. It is used for pain control after other medical and dental procedures are performed. It is used for improving health generally as well as promoting healing and lessening the side effects of many drugs including chemotherapy.

Acupuncture is a method of promoting natural healing and improving function within the body. It is done by inserting needles and applying heat and/or electricity at various precise acupuncture points. Chinese explain acupuncture as Qi or energy traveling through channels in the body surfaces. These channels called meridieans are like rivers that run through the body and nourish the tissue. Any obstruction of movement of this energy is like a dam which backs up the flow in one part of the body and restricts the flow in other parts. An obstruction or blockage or deficiencies of energy (Qi), blood and moisture would lead to dysfunction.

Meridians can be influenced by acupuncture needling, unblocking the obstruction of the dams within the meridian circulation releasing the regular flow of Qi, blood and fluid, moisture through these meridians. Acupucture treatments can be helpful for internal organs, conective tissue and promoting digestion absorption and energy production.

Modern science explains the function of acupuncture in the following ways. Needling of acupuncture points stimulates the nervous system to release neuroproteins and neuroinformation packets in the muscles, spinal cord and brain particularly the release of endorphin, enkephalins and dynorphins have been identified in the mid-brain. These chemicals modulate the perception of pain and the physiological function of the neural-endocrine-hormonal system. They trigger the release of the body's own internal influences on regulating and harmonizing health.
A common form of needleless acupuncture is auricular therapy which is manual electrical stimulation of the acupucture points of the ear. The ear is a micro-system of the entire body with over 200 acupuncture points available for diagnosis and treatment.

Please call our office regarding treatments to suit your specific needs.