{"id":6395,"date":"2023-05-06T12:55:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T19:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acupuncturecenterinc.com\/?p=6395"},"modified":"2023-05-06T12:55:07","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T19:55:07","slug":"how-many-acupuncture-treatments-will-i-need-to-get-rid-of-my-pain-or-health-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.staging-wmplo.xyz\/acu-tom\/how-many-acupuncture-treatments-will-i-need-to-get-rid-of-my-pain-or-health-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"How many acupuncture treatments will I need to get rid of my pain or health problems?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.staging-wmplo.xyz\/acu-tom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AcuCloseUpCopperNeedles_1200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.staging-wmplo.xyz\/acu-tom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AcuCloseUpCopperNeedles_1200-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"close up of copper acupuncture needles\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/span>Part 3 of How to Get the Best &amp; Quickest Results out of your acupuncture treatments?<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;Acupuncture needling is the most powerful and direct method that releases tense, constricted muscles and fascia, improves blood flow, stops release of inflammatory chemicals, and relaxes the mind at the same time.&#8221;, Michele Arnold, D.A.C.M., L.Ac.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Acupuncture should be the first line of care to reduce pain because pain reduction is necessary to improve mobility and strength. It is a therapy that gives a cumulative effect to the body, and the best results are obtained by having a schedule of treatments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> Acupuncture enhances outcomes of other therapies like physical therapy, massage, and chiropractic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">So, how do you know how many acupuncture treatments will it take to get rid of your pain or health problems?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The efficacy of acupuncture is measured by the number treatments needed for maximum pain relief, and the duration of pain relief.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">It depends on the interaction between a patient\u2019s self-healing potential, <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">the severity and nature of the symptoms, or <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">whether the symptoms or disease is healable. (1).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The number of treatments will vary from person to person. Some people experience immediate relief; others may take months or even years to achieve results. Chronic conditions usually take longer to resolve than acute ones. Plan on a minimum of a month to see significant changes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">*Following the right treatment plan along with keeping reasonable expectations of results will push you in the right direction of healing. This is so important that I can\u2019t say enough about it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Developing A Treatment Plan<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Treatment frequency, heal ability of the disease, and self-healing potential depends on a variety of factors: <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u2022 Your constitution, strong or weak.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u2022 Current physical health status and emotional stress related issues,<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Health problems, and emotional stress related issues over the past year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u2022 Past surgeries, injuries, and illnesses that may alter neuroanatomical structures. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u2022 Medications, in particular aspirin, blood thinners, statins, steroids, opioids, and Gabapentin\/Neurontin that block the body\u2019s natural healing abilities. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u2022 Age. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u2022 How long you\u2019ve had the problem and the severity. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">\u2022 Weather the problem is a mechanical, structural, or chronic systemic nervous system dysfunction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">An acupuncturist may suggest 1-3 treatments per week, daily visits for several days, or monthly visits for health maintenance and seasonal \u201ctune ups\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">One course of Acupuncture Therapy per one condition generally can be between 10-15 treatments for chronic conditions that are moderate, or severe in nature. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Newer milder cases may need 6-8 treatments. After a 1\u20133-week break, this could be followed by another course of therapy if necessary. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">For more comprehensive and lasting effects follow a Corrective Care plan to address underlying organ-meridian imbalances over the course of months or a year. The corrective care plan usually includes dietary, herbal, exercise, and meditation practices as well as the acupuncture therapy. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This treatment plan table below works for the average person, not considering nature of specific disease, or the patient\u2019s general health and self-healing potential. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This is also assuming that both the practitioner and the patient have availability to meet the timeframe. If not, try and get as close as possible so that the appointments are not spread too far apart. Otherwise, you are prolonging resolution of the problem. This treatment plan table works well.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">1st Month 3-5x per week for chronic\/severe<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">1st Month 2-3x per week for moderate problem<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">1st Month 1-2x per week for mild problem<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2nd Month 2-3x per week for chronic\/severe problem<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2nd Month 1-2x per week for moderate problem\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">2nd Month 1x per week for mild problem<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Or within a given total quantity needed per condition.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Mild 3-6 Tx; Moderate 6-12; Severe, long-standing 10+<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Measuring Progress with reasonable expectations<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Consider problem resolved if No pain or symptoms return for at least 14 days.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Considering whether or not there is something you are doing or not doing that is getting in the way of healing.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Chronic problems, and those with nervous system dysfunction the symptoms may return,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Then another course visits will be needed to keep the pain under control for another 4 to 6 months.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">To understand why healthy management of daily life stressors, mental outlook, belief systems, and lifestyle contribute to health or disease see <a href=\"https:\/\/acupuncturecenterinc.com\/what-is-the-real-source-of-my-pain-or-disease\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part 1-&#8220;What is the Real Source of My Pain or Disease?&#8221;<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Healing is a process, and different tissues have different healing timelines. This is very important to understand so that you can have the right expectations, and not become too impatient when you think your body isn\u2019t healing quick enough. This will be explained in an upcoming blog post, &#8220;<strong>How Do I Know Whether the Acupuncture Treatments are Helping Me or Not?&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Why Frequent Acupuncture?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">With a treatment plan at twice weekly for 3-5 weeks versus once per week or every other week, the resolution of the disorder is accomplished in 10-20 days, rather than 10-15 weeks or months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D., Director, Institute for Traditional Medicine, Portland, Oregon, writes in his article, <em>\u201cRestructuring American Acupuncture Practices\u201d,<\/em> \u201cThe ideal frequency for acupuncture therapy depends on one&#8217;s concept of the function of acupuncture therapy (1).\u201d I have loosely paraphrased his ideas with a few of my own modifications.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">This is assuming both patients and practitioners have the availability for scheduling appointments. Both parties need to be available to commit to the benefits of optimal care.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"> If you were to begin a new exercise regime you would do it at a minimum of three times weekly. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">If you were to begin any other therapy like physical therapy, or chiropractic, you would follow a treatment plan very similar to acupuncture. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In all cases, it doesn\u2019t work if you don\u2019t do it just as medicine won\u2019t work if you don\u2019t take it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Consider a few examples of other therapies. Would it be recommended that a patient:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Take nutritional supplements (such as a vitamin\/mineral) once per week or once per day?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Take a course of antibiotics, one dose per week for ten weeks or one dose per day for ten days?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Take a decongestant once per week during allergy season, or every day during allergy season?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Exercise, 20-30 minutes once per week, or 20-30 minutes at least three to five days per week?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Take an herbal tea or other herb preparation once per week, or every day?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Sleep well once per week, or every night?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Eat a healthy diet once per week or every day (or most days)?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Once per week doesn&#8217;t cut it for any of these things. Diet, exercise, sleep, herbs, vitamins, and common drug therapies are more like acupuncture treatments in their regulatory and recuperative effects, and a person should be doing them daily or almost every day. (1).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Now that you understand some general guidelines around acupuncture care, consider whether your pain is acute or chronic, and its severity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Together we can come up with a treatment plan to help give you the best possible results in the shortest amount of time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Give us a call today at <strong>(858) 613-0702<\/strong> or <em><strong>Text preferred (858) 613-0793<\/strong><\/em> to set up your appointments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Best in Health,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Dr. Michele Arnold<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>REFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ma, Yun-tao; Cho, Zang Hee. Biomedical Acupuncture for Pain Management \u2013 E-Book. 2005. Elsevier Health Sciences. Kindle Edition.<\/li>\n<li>Dharmananda, Subhuti, \u201c<em>Restructuring American Acupuncture Practices\u201d,<\/em>\u00a0May 2003.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itmonline.org\/arts\/restructure.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.itmonline.org\/arts\/restructure.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Duhigg, Charles.\u00a0<em>The Power of Habit: Why we do what we do in life and business<\/em>. Random House. 2012. NY.<\/li>\n<li>Hanscom, David.\u00a0<em>Do You Really Need Spine Surgery? Take Control with a Surgeon\u2019s Advice<\/em>. 2019. Vertus Press: Oakland, CA.<\/li>\n<li>Bernard, Rick.\u00a0<em>Orthopedic Electroacupuncture<\/em>. eBook edition.<\/li>\n<li>Wong, Joseph Y.\u00a0<em>A Manual of Neuro-Anatomical Acupuncture, Vol I: Musculo-Skeletal Disorder<\/em>s. 1999. The Toronto Pain and Stress Clinic, Inc. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part 3 of How to Get the Best &amp; Quickest Results out of your acupuncture treatments? &nbsp; &#8220;Acupuncture needling is the most powerful and direct method that releases tense, constricted muscles and fascia, improves blood flow, stops release of inflammatory chemicals, and relaxes the mind at the same time.&#8221;, Michele Arnold, D.A.C.M., L.Ac. &nbsp; Acupuncture [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6396,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[67,68,177,69,247,279,266,62,72,227,158,115,220,76],"tags":[51,277,278,280,273,54,281,282,283,284],"class_list":["post-6395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acupressure","category-acupuncture","category-acupuncture-studies","category-anxiety","category-arthritis","category-autoimmune-disease","category-back-pain","category-chinese-medicine","category-depression","category-diabetes","category-digestive-disorders","category-fibromyalgia","category-headaches-migraines","category-insomnia","tag-acupuncture","tag-acupuncture-back-pain","tag-acupuncture-shoulder-pain","tag-dry-needling","tag-electro-acupuncture","tag-electroacupuncture","tag-exstore","tag-orthopedic-acupuncture","tag-trigger-point-needling","tag-trigger-point-therapy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.staging-wmplo.xyz\/acu-tom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.staging-wmplo.xyz\/acu-tom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.staging-wmplo.xyz\/acu-tom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staging-wmplo.xyz\/acu-tom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staging-wmplo.xyz\/acu-tom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.staging-wmplo.xyz\/acu-tom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staging-wmplo.xyz\/acu-tom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.staging-wmplo.xyz\/acu-tom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staging-wmplo.xyz\/acu-tom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.staging-wmplo.xyz\/acu-tom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}