There has been a number of stories about acupuncture being used by Olympic athletes. Indeed for the first time acupuncture is being offered at Olympic Village. Tony Smith, the Canadian Gymnastics Team coast decided to try it for chronic lower back pain, after nothing else she had tried helped, and was "amazed" at the results. She is now Continue Reading
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What’s in an Acupuncture Needle?
So what exactly is in those little needles that I stick into people? This is actually a really common question patients ask me. People want to know what can be making them feel so relaxed, or be making their pain go away. Well there is no medicine, or even herbs in, or on an acupuncture needle. In fact, the needles we use are so skinny it would Continue Reading