Acupuncture at Chiropractic Associates of Port Colborne
- Do you suffer from headaches, back pain, sciatica, pinched nerves, neck pain, or other chronic pain issues?
- Have you tried other pain treatment options that either didn’t work or simply mask the pain?
- Are you experiencing change-of-life conditions associated with hormones or metabolic issues?
Many of our clients are a bit apprehensive of acupuncture at first. This apprehension is partially due to the metaphysical association with the word acupuncture. At Chiropractic Associates of Port Colborne, we take a scientific approach to acupuncture, specially defined as “Contemporary Medical Acupuncture.”
Benefits of Contemporary Medical Acupuncture
The World Health Organization recognizes the use of acupuncture in the treatment of muscular and neurological conditions, digestive, respiratory, urinary, menstrual, and reproductive organs. Other benefits include restoring function to the musculoskeletal system, increasing blood flow to specific areas of the body, normalizing communication within the nervous system, and stress and anxiety relief through neurochemical release, among many others.
Specific benefits of Contemporary Medical Acupuncture include, but are certainly not limited to:
Acupuncture promotes healing and improves body function by the insertion of ultra-thin needles in very precise points on the body. Unlike a hypodermic needle that cuts the tissue, these needles simply part the tissue, so it’s essentially painless.
The goals of medical acupuncture treatment are to provide clinical improvement of your condition and symptoms through the activation of the body’s natural pain control and healing mechanisms.
The modern scientific explanation is that needling these points stimulates the nervous system to release chemicals and hormones in the brain, spinal cord, and muscles.
Conditions Treated with Acupuncture
Considerable evidence has found that acupuncture initiates the release of the body’s natural pain control chemicals, opioid peptides, which create an analgesic effect. It does not just mask the pain.
Through ongoing research, acupuncture has been shown to be beneficial in treating many conditions and disorders, including:
- Headaches
- Acute and chronic pain
- Facial and TMJ pain
- Neck and back pain
- Sciatic pain
- Neuralgias
- Tendonitis
- Musculoskeletal problems
- Arthritic conditions
- Stress and insomnia
- Addictions
- Nausea and morning sickness
- Digestive issues
- Allergies
- Fatigue
- Anxiety and depression
If you have any of the conditions mentioned above or have tried other pain management solutions that either didn’t work or simply masked the pain, we’d love the opportunity to see if we can help.
Please contact our office at (905) 835-1303 to schedule a consultation right away.
About Dr. Salanki
Dr. David Salanki studied acupuncture extensively both in China and North America. He is a former Chief Senior Clinical Instructor with the Contemporary Medical Acupuncture Program for Health Professionals at McMaster University and a Past President of the Canadian Contemporary Acupuncture Association. He has successfully treated many people, from athletes with sports injuries to people suffering from various forms of chronic pain.