If you come to my office for pain relief, there’s a very good chance that you’ll leave with a good measure of relief. How do I know this? Because it’s been my experience that acupuncture works about 85% of the time to relieve pain. It’s rare that I cannot make a difference in the most stubborn cases of chronic or acute pain because… acupuncture works that well!

It’s also because I have more than just needles at my disposal when dealing with pain. When pain is chronic and longstanding, I’ll often enlist the use of electrical stimulation or “E-Stim,” much like a “tens unit” that physical therapists use. Research shows that different types of pain respond to different frequencies.Continue Reading