How many acupuncture treatments will I need?
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There is not an easy answer.
Each person is different.
Ultimately, it is you that decides.
You are the one that knows when you are doing your daily activities with energy & without pain.
Here is a professional attempt to answer this question...
Frequent treatments, especially in the beginning, reinforce physiologic memory.
In the United States, only a few ailments such as post-stroke and partial paralysis are treated in daily sessions. If a condition has a relatively high degree of pain or discomfort, then acupuncture may be administered 2 to 3 times the first week. As symptoms improve, the treatments decrease to once a week, twice a month, once a month, to eventually once a season.
Acupuncture is only one of the modalities of traditional Chinese medicine. A cost effective approach is to also eat or avoid particular foods, take an herbal formula or do low impact exercise recommendations. Recommendations can be made by your acupuncturist during your treatment.
Each person is different.
Ultimately, it is you that decides.
You are the one that knows when you are doing your daily activities with energy & without pain.
Here is a professional attempt to answer this question...
Frequent treatments, especially in the beginning, reinforce physiologic memory.
In the United States, only a few ailments such as post-stroke and partial paralysis are treated in daily sessions. If a condition has a relatively high degree of pain or discomfort, then acupuncture may be administered 2 to 3 times the first week. As symptoms improve, the treatments decrease to once a week, twice a month, once a month, to eventually once a season.
Acupuncture is only one of the modalities of traditional Chinese medicine. A cost effective approach is to also eat or avoid particular foods, take an herbal formula or do low impact exercise recommendations. Recommendations can be made by your acupuncturist during your treatment.