Acupuncture for Milwaukee - Brookfield - Wauwatosa

What is acupuncture?

Acupuncture is the insertion of fine needles into the body at specific points shown as effective in the treatment of specific health problems. These points have been mapped by the Chinese over a period of two thousand years. Recently, electromagnetic research has confirmed their locations.

Does acupuncture hurt?

If your acupuncturist has obtained the correct stimulus of the needle, the patient should feel some cramping, heaviness, distention, tingling, or electric sensation either around the needle or traveling up or down the affected meridian, or energy pathway. In Chinese, acupuncture is bu tong, painless. Some Western cultures may categorize these sensations as types of pain. In any case, if you experience any discomfort, it is usually mild.

Are the acupuncture needles clean?

The best practice among acupuncturists in America today is to use sterilized, individually packaged, disposable needles. Acupuncture needles should not be saved and reused for later treatments. This eliminates the possibility of transmitting a communicable disease by a contaminated needle.

How does acupuncture work?

Modern Western medicine cannot explain how acupuncture works. Traditional acupuncture is based on ancient Chinese theories of the flow of Qi (Energy) and Xue (Blood) through distinct meridians or pathways that cover the body somewhat like the nerves and blood vessels do. According to ancient theory, acupuncture allows Qi to flow to areas where it is Deficient and away from where it is Excess. In this way, acupuncture regulates and restores the harmonious energetic balance of the body. In Chinese there is a saying, "There is no pain if there is free flow; if there is pain, there is no free flow."

healing hands therapy center provides acupuncture at our Wauwatosa location from John Schreindl - Board Certified Acupuncturist. John has studied acupuncture with masters in Japan and China, as well as at the Midwest College of Oriental Medicine. No acupuncturist in Milwaukee has better credentials or experience.

Call 414.476.9008 to schedule an appointment for pain relief with acupuncture TODAY!