Mr. Stephen Hoyle Dell-jones, DOM

Acupressure can be helpful for neck pain, but significant neck pain will do better with acupuncture. For 9 years, one of my specialties has been neck and back pain, and you want to see an acupuncturist who does a lot of pain cases. In addition to acupuncture, some states have a modality known as acupoint injection therapy. This can be very helpful and replace the need for steroid shots or even surgery. I recommend finding an acupuncturist who does pain cases and can help you.
Best of luck.

You asked about acupressure, but an acupuncturist will use acupuncture especially for knees. Knees are hard to do massage and manipulation on, but easy to needle. Swollen knees can be from what's called water on the knee, meniscus injury, arthritis or other factors. If you are in your early 30s, it is likely you have a bursitis or meniscus injury. Those can usually be helped with acupuncture. Try acupuncture two to four times. If you do not have improvement, you may need an orthopedic to evaluate it more. But many cases improve in a couple sessions.
Best of luck.

To answer your question generally, yes, acupuncture can help weak legs. But it's also important to know if the legs are weak due to spinal impingement, neurologic damage, or simply a constitutional deficiency. There should often be room for improvement regardless of the case. Consult a qualified and trained acupuncturist to get the best advice depending on your case.
Best wishes.

The question is a bit open-ended. It depends what acupuncture is being used for. Acupuncture can be used for virtually all health conditions, so the time frames vary. But for pain, acupuncture works within three seconds.

In most instances, true acupuncture should start working within seconds for pain. Once the needles are in, pain should be reduced within a few breaths. This is not the case with dry needling or with those who are not familiar with the old fashioned family style acupuncture.

Hello, and thank you for your question,

I see someone on TV must be talking about detoxing the liver lately due to the questions I am getting lately in various platforms. In brief, yes, acupuncture can detox your liver, by way of increasing blood flow within the liver. Little understood secrets that are very important for the long term: eating broccoli, cabbage, and brussel sprouts also detox your liver by increasing
the actual phase one detoxification cycle (as it is actually called in physiological terms) and helping overall liver health, as well as providing proven anti-cancer compounds, fiber, vitamins and nutrients. These foods can be eaten daily, preferably cooked.
Best wishes.

Great question, and yes, acupuncture and Chinese herbs are great for stomach issues. At Tampa Bay Acu Health and Spine, we have multiple google reviews for having helped people with chronic, complex stomach issues that had been unresolved for years. You should try to see an Acupuncturist who does the classic diagnostic methods, meaning they will evaluate your tongue appearance and your pulses. This helps them understand your internal imbalance, which guides the treatment plan. You may need acupuncture, herbs and/or natural supplements in addition to dietary advice. But stomach issues can certainly improve with the right approach.

Stephen Dell-Jones, DOM, MS

Great question, and yes, acupuncture is good for arthritis in the hands. I find that patients can get very good results especially when I use Tung style acupuncture for this. Follow your acupuncturist's advice on food selection and herbal remedies, and you should be able to have notable improvement soon.
Good luck!

Hello,

My name is Stephen Dell Jones, I am an acupuncturist who treats leg pain for various reasons routinely. So, first of all, the answer would kind of depend on what the reason for the leg pain is. Leg pain can be due to sciatica, knee joint pain, hip joint pain, muscle spasms, or other reasons. In general, effective styles of acupuncture address pain within seconds. This does not mean that if someone has advanced arthritic changes in their knee or hip, that they will be pain free for good. But one should be able to notice a change in their pain on the first session.

Hello and thank you for the question.

Yes, acupuncture is good for insomnia. Insomnia can be tricky depending on the chronicity. If someone has had insomnia for many years, it can be very slow to improve. People who
have insomnia for a short duration can generally improve much quicker. I have noticed that in general it is always good to have healthy sleeping habits and not deprive oneself of sleep due to work and very busy schedules for a long time. The people who do tend to develop chronic sleeping difficulties. Anyhow, consult with an acupuncturist who has experience with
it and you should be able to have improvements.
Good luck.

Acupuncture for the neck is very safe. First of all, many acupoints that are done to treat neck pain itself are not on the neck, rather, on the arms and legs, but they will treat neck pain. There are of course acupoints on the neck itself, and they are safe when done by a properly trained acupuncturist. I've been treating neck pain for 10 years, and I can tell you that it is very effective for chronic and severe neck pain.

At acupuncture school, I had a teacher who had been a director of the acupuncture department of a Beijing University hospital. He would tell us that many people would receive acupuncture everyday for an ongoing basis. Even people who did not need it would come in because it was covered by the government. We can be sure that there are no deleterious effects of receiving acupuncture daily.

Hello, and thank you for your question.

I have been treating various degrees of neck pain and injury for 10 years, and I can tell you that acupuncture in the neck from a properly trained and qualified acupuncture practitioner is very safe. Furthermore, it can be a very effective and efficient treatment for both recent and chronic neck pain. Be sure to see an acupuncturist who treats pain and is fully trained and licensed, and you will be in good hands.

Acupuncture can work well for anxiety. Be sure to see an Acupuncturist/herbalist that also uses Chinese herbals, as that too can help you with anxiety in the long run.

I treat back and neck pain almost daily, and have for years. You will know if acupuncture is working for your back pain if your back pain reduces about 5 seconds after the needles are put in. Pain is the fastest thing to get results for, and yes, should drop literally within seconds.

It often depends on how long you have had the headaches, as well as the underlying cause. For some people, one session starts giving results.

Hello. I have treated back and neck pain well for over 7 years, having worked on over a thousand back pain cases. Spinal stenosis can improve with acupuncture, the prognosis depending on the cause of the stenosis. Sometimes the spinal canal is naturally narrower in a person, sometimes it is due to a disc, sometimes arthritis, or growths, enlarged ligaments or tumors. If you do not have results within a handful of acupuncture sessions, I would firmly recommend seeing an acupuncturist who also uses a special type of injection called point injection therapy, as this can do more for arthritic issues even. Do leave surgery as a very last option.

I am a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, and I treat neck and back pain with acupuncture and other methods. To answer your question accurately would require more information. Such as the condition of your back, the problems you may have- degenerative disc disease, herniated discs, hardware from surgery, etc. However, in general, a therapy should be giving you some improvements over time for you to keep doing it. Acupuncture is no exception. Sometimes, people have such a back problem that they may need more help- that is when point injection therapy can be very useful. Some Acupuncturists do point injection therapy, and it may be a good idea for you to try it. I see great results with it.

Great question, and the answer is a bit longer than you may think. The best thing to do is have something called a micronutrient test done 6 months before you want to start trying. You need this test to determine which parts of your biochemistry and metabolism are not optimal. You are low in some nutrients, everyone is, but no one knows it until years later when it starts to show as a problem. One of which can be infertility. Many nutrients play a role in egg production and health, hormone optimization, etc. And no, just taking prenatal vitamins, or any vitamins, will NOT fix the problem, since without knowing what you are trying to fix, you may be doing what usually happens- taking too much of what you do not need, and not enough of what you do need. The answer is to find out what your unique body needs, and then give it the full 4-6 months that it takes for nutrient repletion.

Next is to begin the acupuncture- you will want weekly treatments for 6-8 weeks to prime your body (don't worry about getting pregnant here), then 2-4 more weeks of treatment to become pregnant. Always be sure to tell your Acupuncturist if you have a blocked fallopian tube (acupuncture can help), or low egg quality or any issues with your cycle. Herbal medicine (yes it is totally safe and quite helpful to take while trying and while pregnant) is very important for these issues. Best of Luck!!

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Yes, a sensation that is often described as "heavy" or "thick" is the natural phenomenon of the acu pressure point being activated. Often, a strong sensation can cause more therapeutic effect.