Pricing & Services

I tell women that the worse it will feel would be like plucking your eyebrows. Usually there is no feeling with needle insertion. The needles are thin, like a strand of hair. While relaxing with the needles in place you may feel a heavy, warm or tingling sensation. It is fine not to feel anything too, the treatment is still working. About half the patients fall asleep during the treatment.

Usually patients feel a little better after each visit. Sometimes they have remarkable improvements, and occasionally even after 3-4 visits they don’t notice any changes. In order to make a proper evaluation it is important to continue treatment for at least 3-4 visits. Just as everybody is different, so are their healing responses.

If you are having an acute pain, like a sprain or muscle strain, you should get 2-3 treatments a week. If you have a chronic condition once a week is sufficient. The longer a chronic condition has existed the longer it will probably take for it to resolve. Some patients like monthly maintenence treatments to prevent further flare-ups. This is the ideal treatment regiment.

For more information about acupuncture and California licensure, please visit State of California Acupuncture Board.