Acupuncture for Pain Relief in Melbourne
DRUG-FREE PAIN RELIEF
Acupuncture stimulates the release of the body’s own pain killers, which can explain its pain-relieving and mind-calming effects.
FAST, RELIABLE & SAFE
Acupuncture provides a fast, reliable and safe treatment option for a number of health concern.
BACKED BY SCIENCE
There's moderate to strong scientific evidence for acupuncture in over 46 different medical conditions.
LOCATED IN MELBOURNE
Acupuncture treatment is available in both Reservoir and Queen St (CBD) Clinics
It’s believed that up to 20% of the Australian adult population is afflicted with ongoing chronic pain. Pain is not only upsetting due to the physical discomfort it causes; it can also significantly affect other aspects of a person’s life.
However, many people who experience chronic pain on a daily basis don’t seek out treatment for it.
If you’re looking for an alternative to painkillers to stop feeling pain, acupuncture is highly recommended.
Acupuncture pain relief treatment involves inserting thin needles into specific points of the body that are full of “neural nodes” (or “Jie” in Chinese).
Inserting these needles motivates both the central and peripheral nervous system to discharge chemicals such as endorphins and enkephalins that relieve pain and produce feelings of relaxation.
Dr David offers acupuncture for pain relief in Melbourne CBD and Reservoir that may be able to help patients to manage various issues relating to pain.
Acupuncture is a drug-free treatment that involves our Chinese medicine practitioner carefully inserting thin needles through the skin in order to produce pain relief.
How Acupuncture Reduces Pain
In order to feel pain, there are two types of nerves involved.
The first type are nociceptive nerve fibres which send signals to the brain if there’s pain. There are again two types of these: A delta fibres (think sharp, burning pain) and C fibres (dull throbbing pain).
These nerves send signals to the spine up to the tract of Lissauer and to the brain.
The second type of nerve involved in pain are proprioceptive nerves, which tell the brain where the location of pain is.
They send signals from the affected area, up the spine to the brain. The result is the brain responds by releasing endogenous opioids (pain killers) that bind to pain receptors along the spine and the capillary beds where pain exists. This reduces pain.
For patients with pain that has continued for more than 6 months, the signal produced from the proprioceptive nerves is usually weak, meaning the signal to the brain is weak.
With a weak signal strength, the brain doesn’t get the message to release pain killers, causing pain to linger and turn chronic.
Acupuncture is used to stimulate and “wake-up” the proprioceptive nerve pathway. The sensation created by the needles ‘jump starts’ the neural signal threshold and stimulates the brain to release enkephalins once again.
The good news is that after a series of visits, the body can re-establish the normal threshold to signal the brain.
This means the patient will be less reliant on drugs to deal with the pain because the body’s self-pain regulating mechanism has improved.
Example
Imagine you hurt your knee. Your brain doesn’t know what you did to hurt your knee; it just senses the pain. The brain doesn’t know whether you fell, were stabbed or poisoned.
In response to pain, the brain doesn’t want whatever happened to your knee to put the rest of your body at risk (it doesn’t want anything to spread).
So, the brain sends a signal to clamp down and tighten the small blood vessels and muscles in the area in order to sacrifice the knee to protect the rest of the body.
Two things happen when we insert an acupuncture needle.
First, we’re stimulating a nerve. Our goal is when we stimulate that nerve, the signal travels up that nerve into the spine and to the brain. This jump starts the brain to release its own pain killers.
Secondly, when we take away those pain signals, the brain accepts the knee is now safe.
This results in the widening of small blood vessels around the knee, allowing fresh blood to push back into the damaged area.
The damaged area now has direct access to the resources it needs to heal. That is blood (Xue), oxygen (Qi) and nutrient (Ying Qi).
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FAQs
What are acupuncture points for pain relief?
Well, acupuncture is a technique in which needles are inserted in different parts of the body to reduce pain significantly by stimulating the neural nodes.
These neural nodes are the acupuncture points for pain relief as when needles are inserted in these areas the nervous system of the body is stimulated. Acupuncture is considered safe and it is backed by scientific evidence about the safety of the procedure.
How does acupuncture pain relief work?
When we experience pain, nerve signals are sent to the brain stating the location of pain. Acupuncture pain relief works by stimulating nerves including proprioceptive nerves which stimulates the brain to release the required painkillers to decrease chronic pain in the body.
Dr. David has degree in Chinese Medicine from RMIT University and can effectively perform acupuncture treatment.
What are some of The Pains Where Acupuncture Has Strong Evidence of Positive Effect?
Chronic low back pain, post-operative pain, tension headache and migraines are just some of the pains where acupuncture shows good results as corroborated by evidence from scientific studies conducted over time.
What is The Address of Your Clinic and How to Contact You?
We have two clinics and one is located at 58 Gertz Avenue, Reservoir you can call 9462-0585 to book your appointment.
Our other clinic is located at Level 17, 190 Queen St (Melbourne) and you can simply book online here or fill up the appointment form available below