Move Past Your Pain and Get Back to Living, Today!

As an Acupuncturist, I specialize in pain - physical, mental and emotional. What does that mean?From an Acupuncture perspective, all pain and illness is a form of stagnation; things are stuck and that stickiness is preventing the body from healing hence pain is present. We all know what physical pain is. Mental pain could be something like constant uncontrollable worry or an inability to fall asleep because of incessant thoughts about work. Emotional pain could be stress, anxiety, depression. Acupuncture can help with all of these. Pain doesn’t just cause stagnation in our bodies. It also halts our lives. Recently I treated a patient for Sciatica. In her intake, I asked her about what she was experiencing. We talked about where the pain originated from, how it traveled down her leg, how sitting is becoming difficult and ultimately how all of this is affecting her work and home life. As we talked more about how the pain was impacting her life, her eyes welled up as she choked back the urge to cry as she told me, "I want to be able to sit at the dining table with my husband instead of standing at the kitchen counter to eat dinner."We’ve all had an experience where pain stops us from doing the things we love, prevents us from spending time with people we love, and prevents us from living our lives the way we want to. During a patients initial appointment, this is what I want to know more than anything else - where is your pain preventing you from living?This is why people choose Acupuncture over Ibuprofen. Pain meds can take the pain away in the moment but when there’s an imbalance and the body isn’t bouncing back, long-term healing is stalled. Acupuncture works to promote balance in the body, supporting the body to heal naturally and ultimately reduce pain.  In my next post I’ll elaborate more on this.