What are some reasons to get acupuncture? When my patients first get acupuncture, I see their digestion improve a little, their sleep improve a little, their pain decrease a little, their mood improves a little, their periods start to regulate a little...and all those littles add up to “well I’m not sure if it was the acupuncture but I feel a lot better.” I can’t promise those things but I’ve seen it happen over and over. Then there are the patients who want to tell everyone about acupuncture, because it helped them walk without a cane, or they were able to lower their pain dose, or even though they have cancer and are on chemo they have few side effects compared to their friends, or 6 weeks in after breaking their ankle they did a bone scan and they are 1 month ahead of schedule with healing. I’m not promising that...it’s just what I’ve seen. There’s also the every day stuff. Like the people with arthritic hands who can braid their granddaughters hair again after acupuncture. Or the way it can help hot flashes. Or the people who come in because it helps their allergies or knee pain or headaches. Or the person who had anxiety and PTSD who felt much better after a series of acupuncture sessions. If there was a pill for helping you function a little bit better in many areas AND reduced stress most people would take it. And that’s basically what I’ve seen acupuncture do. For me, I have an old whip lash injury in my neck that acts up from time to time, and Saturday I woke up barely able to move my neck. I needled it twice that day and put hot packs on it, and the next day I could function. Then Monday night I needled it again. And today I had it cupped. The redness is a sign of how tight my muscles are and how much blood stagnation is moving on out. When I see this much I know a patient is in pain. But I’ll keep treating it every day this week and I’ll be ok. It makes me thankful to be an acupuncturist! ❤️ Acupuncturist Kat . #whyacupuncture #acupuncturerocks #acupunctureworks #acupuncturistsofinstagram #acupunctureheals #holistichealth #holistichealing #chronicillness #chronicpain #musclespasms #glensfallsny #naturalpainrelief https://www.instagram.com/p/CE8-w6mnAtc/?igshid=1qfr9jgsgabdv