Orlando Acupuncturist

Acupuncture healing Orlando is one of the oldest and most commonly used healing techniques in the world. A lot of researches conducted have already proven that acupuncture can be used to treat certain health conditions like headaches, back pains and menstrual cramps to maintain wellness. A four-year recorded study issued on the Annals Internal Medicine in the Dec. 21 issue was conducted by the University Of Maryland School Of Medicine researchers found that acupuncture considerably reduces pain and improves the patient’s overall function. This technique is also effective to patients with osteoarthritis of the knee who are experiencing moderate or severe pain despite following proper medication regimen.

Acupuncture originated from China over two thousand years ago and the technique involves the insertion of needles into the body to promote health. The needles can be manipulated by electrical stimulation or by the hands. There are currently arrays of acupuncture techniques used by acupuncturists from Western countries. Some techniques have originated from different countries like Japan, China, France and Korea.

According to modern scientists, their research has shown that acupuncture can stimulate the nervous system to release the chemicals in the spinal cord, brain and muscles. The released chemicals decreases pain and inflammation and it may bring back balance to the hormone system. With acupuncture, it produces energy and biochemical balance to stimulate the body’s natural healing process and promote the emotional and physical well-being of an individual.

The director of the University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine and professor of family medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine said, “There is a lot of research to show that different neurotransmitters are released in the brain and those have different effects throughout the body, including pain reduction and reducing inflammation.”

Associate professor and Director of Traditional Chinese medicine Research at the Center for Integrative Medicine or CIM located at Kernan Hospital, Lixing Lao, Ph.D., L.Ac., explained how acupuncture works based on the theory of Chinese medicine. Dr. Lao said, “The Chinese view is that the healthy condition of our body is balance between Ying and Yang (inside and outside) and that the energy, called “chi” or qui, which flows in the channels (meridians) through the body, keeps the balance.”

He mentioned that the energy or chi flows freely to maintain the balance. When a patient is inflicted with a certain illness, the energy is blocked. Instead of the usual treatment after the blockage occurs, acupuncture treatment is used to prevent the blockage of energy in order to maintain physical well-being.

Dr. Lao said that acupuncture can act as a preventive medicine and it basically “swallow illnesses in the bud.” It is referred to as the transition between the illness and the health. “This period of time is referred to as a “sub-health condition”, before the illness appears. This “edge of illness” is the time that acupuncture could help to correct the imbalance and prevent illness.” said Dr. Lao.