“Dizziness after acupuncture ”

There is no need to worry. If you have been experiencing dizziness for a few weeks, it's not from the acupuncture. Sometimes after a treatment you may feel the symptoms more intensely for a couple days. This could be a healing response from the body.

If you feel not well after treatments, first of all, you need to tell them but don't let any of them to treat you again because they don't have good skills. If your problems can not be solve by them such as return the fee to you or pay the damage fee to you , you should report this case to your state acupuncture board, you can find their phone number and contact to them, they will help you, they like customers to report issues.

Hello
Sorry to hear you had a rough experience. Each patient responds differently to acupuncture treatments. Given that it is your first time, your body is still unaccustomed to it. I suggest calling your practitioner for a follow up reaction.

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It can be brought back to normal with acupuncture.

Hi there. If you experience the worst headache of your life or feel nausea or vomiting, please go to the closest emergency department immediately. I think I have an idea of which acupuncture points you received. They're generally very safe. All acupuncturists do these points
all the time. However, they can cause more tightness if you make any movement during treatment such as moving your head to adjust your mask or lift up the head. I'd recommend massaging your neck, applying heat on the neck and shoulders, or massaging with strong pressure the top of your feet and ankles. Please take care and I hope you feel better soon.

I’m very sorry to hear this and it may be concerning. It’s difficult to
tell what is going on as I do not know your condition or the acupuncture
points the practitioner used. You should definitely contact that
practitioner and let them know of your symptoms. If things change
negatively, go to the ER or seek your primary’s advice.
- Live Happy, Michael

It is highly unlikely that the acupuncturist caused permanent damage with his treatment as acupuncture is a very minimally invasive and quite safe treatment. Without knowing more about the cause of your dizziness and what other assessments you’ve received, the best I can advise is that you tell the acupuncturist ASAP to give him a chance to explain and/or mitigate the situation and then proceed to your primary care or neurologist depending on who is on the case for you with this problem just to be sure you are dotting your i’s and crossing your t’s for health and safety.

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There are many factors that could cause dizziness after acupuncture: poor nutrition, poor health, poor lifestyle, and diabetes type 1 and type 2. Facing down on the treatment table increases the sinus pressure and possibly causes a temporary unbalance at the level of the ears could cause an increase in dizziness. Certain patients need to be treated in a sitting position to eliminate such undesirable side effects or the practitioner needs to decrease the duration of the therapy. Short treatment will always prevent such side effects on very sensitive patients. Some patients don't eat all day so I always recommend eating a snack before therapy so the blood sugar is normal.

The chances of acupuncture damaging anything are slim... have you spoken
to your acupuncturist about this?

Dizziness after acupuncture happens. It happens for a few reasons. One is that blood sugar can drop with acupuncture, which is why it's important to not go for acupuncture on an empty stomach. (not full, but not completely empty) Another can be related to your ears not draining properly. Neck Tension can certainly be related to blockage to proper drainage of the Eustachian Tubes, as can jaw tension.=20

Acupuncture is generally safe, and it's rare to see permanent damage. It sounds like the dizziness has been going on since before you got the acupuncture. I would advise you to follow up with the acupuncturist who treated you. A lot of times these symptoms can be reversed with auriculotherapy, which is a treatment that uses the outside of the ear. That can even be done with no needles, using electrostatic and ear seeds.

There can also be issues in your liver and gallbladder system in your spleen/stomach system, in your Heart / Small Intestine System even your Kidney / Bladder system; or your Lung / Large Intestine system that could be giving you dizziness. It's really impossible to properly diagnose and treat over a forum such as this, but I wouldn't give up hope.

Oh, and can certainly feel weird, like an electrical buzzy feeling, in fact, some practitioners contend that qi IS electric. So if the needles allowed more blood and qi to flow up to the head that could account for the buzzy weird feeling.

I hope this helps.

Good afternoon,

1. Received, thank you.
2. If the acupuncture treatment performed by a licensed acupuncturist, needle in the neck will not cause dizziness and buzzing feeling in the head.
3. It could be something else going on in your body. I would suggest that you contact your family physician or the acupuncturist that performed the treatment for further evaluation.
4. If you shall have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (562) 698-3008.

David

Hi there!

I wish I could answer this precisely but you say that you got the needles yesterday but have been dizzy for a few weeks. It's hard to say what exactly happened since I wasn't there.

What I can offer is what I know from personal experience. One of the side effects besides a drop of blood or bruising is lightheadedness or dizziness. This is often due to the flood of endorphins, your body's natural pain relievers, which can often leave patients with a floating feeling or dizziness. It typically resolves within 10 minutes to a half hour depending on the individual.

What I always recommend is call your provider and tell them what is going on. Also contact your physician and have him check you to make sure that there isn't anything else going on.

I hope that answered your question. Please feel free to contact me if you'd like to talk more.

Sorry to hear you have dizziness after the acupuncture clinic. to be honestly, acupuncture treatment only with hair size needle without any medicine. which means needle will not directly causes dizziness, maybe you are so relaxed in the treatment time in the table. after an hour
never mind, it will be fine after you active.

according to your discribtion .I don't think two needles on the neck for the purpose of stiff neck will cause permanet damage, because it should be on the muscle and "Chi channel" not on the nerve or any other places that could cause permanent damage and i think the dizzness and buzzing feeling are caused by the stiff neck, due to the lack of blood circulation.

It is unlikely that acupuncture would cause your dizziness. I would consult with your acupuncturist and if it persist,definitely seek your physician's opinion.

This can frequently happen. It is important to get up slowly. In general, I ask the patient if they feel dizzy when they sit up on the table. If they do I run a little oil on KI-1 on the bottom of their foot to ground them. If they are still dizzy when they stand up I have them sit in the lobby and drink some water. It is not a problem and will go away in a few minutes. This is why I do not work early. I don't want people to get a treatment and then go to work. Do it on a day off or when you can go home and do some self-care after the treatment.

Based on what you're describing, I have to ask a question in return: did you get this procedure done by a licensed and board certified acupuncturist or was this done by a chiropractor or physical therapist? I ask because it sounds like you received a trigger point type therapy on the muscles of your neck.

Experiences like this are precisely why, if you're planning to let someone stick needles in your body, you want that someone to be well trained in sticking needles in someone's body - chiropractors and physical therapists largely do not have the necessary level of training required to do this safely. That being said, this outcome is not on you - there isn't any reason the average person should need to be aware of the difference between a DC/PT and an LAc. Those practicing in the medical community should realize when they're outside of their primary training and refer appropriately. Unfortunately, when it comes to acupuncture and Chinese medicine, they often do not.

All that aside - is the dizziness a result of the needling? Probably, and especially so if you had no history of dizziness or vertigo prior to having this procedure done. My best guess is that the provider accidentally placed a needle too close to a nerve or put a different muscle into spasm which is now squeezing on a nerve. The sensation will likely go away in a couple of days - in other words this should not be permanent.

You can look on the internet for some neck stretches which may help to alleviate the issue in the interim. There are some other treatments that could help: massage, cupping or gua sha in the area, and acupuncture.

If you decide to try cupping, gua sha, or acupuncture, please make sure you're seeing an actual L.Ac. who has an NCCAOM national board certification. If you did happen to see an L.Ac. for the initial treatment, I'd do a couple of things:

1. Let them know what happened and what you're experiencing.

2. See what kind of thoughts they have about the issue and how to resolve it for you.

The other thing I'd do is look for an L.Ac. who treats distally/distant. Treating neck issues doesn't always require needles in the neck. Acupuncturists who specialize in treating distally will be able to address your neck problem by putting needles elsewhere on the body. This often reduces tension in the entire area, can make local needling much more effective, and reduces the odds of an adverse event like this occurring in the first place.