Acupuncture for Back, Neck and Shoulder Pain and Sports Injuries
Are you living with constant pain or tension that’s stopping you from moving, exercising or enjoying everyday life?
Pain management with acupuncture offers a natural, drug-free way to reduce pain, support healing, and promote recovery after injury. Cicely doesn't use a fixed protocol. After taking your history and examining the area, she chooses one of more of the following techniques to enhance results:
Electroacupuncture: a gentle electrical current passed between needles, often used for persistent muscular pain.
Tui Na: hands-on medical massage that works on tight muscles and restricted movement, done through your clothes.
Cupping: suction cups placed over tense muscle to help release tension.
Gua sha: gentle scraping over the skin to ease tight, sore areas.
Cicely has a particular interest in sports-related injuries and musculoskeletal pain. As a very active person herself, she understands how frustrating it is when pain stops you from running, playing tennis, going to the gym, or even walking comfortably. Her goal is to help reduce pain, restore movement, and support you in getting back to the activities you love.
In a 2-year retroactive survey of over 89,000 patients published in 2016, 93% of patients said that their acupuncturist had been successful in treating their musculoskeletal pain. Click link below for reference.
How does acupuncture relieve pain?
Acupuncture stimulates the body to release its natural painkillers, which is why acupuncture is so beneficial for pain
It helps to increase blood flow to the area, and blood contains lots of lovely healing properties.
It helps to reduce inflammation around an injury.
It also helps muscles relax and eases tension.
Acupuncture is commonly used as part of pain management for:
Back pain and neck pain
Shoulder, hip and knee pain
Arthritis and joint pain
Sports injuries
Chronic muscle tension
For more information and research supporting how acupuncture can support people suffering with pain, please click the link below.