Are you looking for fast pain relief without drugs or side effects?

We understand that chronic pain can significantly affect your quality of life, it can be debilitating, cause sleep problems, interfere with daily tasks and disrupt your work life, it leaves you feeling exhausted and tired. It often leads to depression, frustration and anxiety. Many people turn to pain medications in desperation, only to suffer with more side-effects and more problems.

At Paula Duffin Health & Wellness Clinic we help our patients get out of pain by treating the root of the problem and offering natural therapies to allow the body to heal and restore optimal function. We help patients avoid surgery and help them to overcome pain naturally without side-effects. We take an integrative approach to pain management and can design unique treatment plans for you.

Pain management acupuncture is one of my areas of expertise. I have a particular interest in pain relief and have studied additional post grad courses to learn techniques that are exceptional at relieving pain fast.

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Are you looking for fast pain relief without drugs or side effects?

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Benefits of distal acupuncture:

Pain relief usually within minutes of needling
90% success rate with course of treatment
Overall faster recovery time

How does acupuncture stop pain?

Acupuncture is best known for its ability to successfully treat pain. Pain itself is not a diagnosis, but rather an indication or warning that there is a problem somewhere in the body. There are many therapies that attempt to stop pain. Most of them mask the pain while hoping the body is able to heal itself or push the body to heal faster while offering limited pain relief. Acupuncture is an extremely powerful and effective approach to treat pain because it decreases pain levels as it stimulates the body’s healing response. Acupuncture resolves pain by affecting several pain pathways and healing responses at the same time.

Acupuncture:

raises endorphin levels and diminishes the nervous system’s pain response
decrease inflammation and swelling
relax muscles and stop spasms
increase circulation to the local area

How many treatments will I need?

This varies considerably based on the specific condition being treated. Each person receives an individualized treatment plan based on age, past medical history, lifestyle, treatment goals and current pain status. Generally speaking however, acute pain (less than 3 months duration) is often resolved in a short series of treatments spaced close together and chronic pain requires consistent regular treatment to achieve long-term pain relief.

How many treatments will I need?

How else will acupuncture help me deal with my pain?

Almost every person finds acupuncture treatments to be very relaxing. Many do not expect this effect, especially dealing with painful conditions, but acupuncture balances various parts of the body together. This results in a person feeling calm, peaceful and very relaxed. Pain is stressful and can wear someone down causing irritability, tension and insomnia.

By relaxing the whole person, acupuncture also helps eliminate these other negative aspects of pain. And it does so in a natural way, with no negative side effects. Acupuncture also looks at the entire person, not just the one part that hurts. This means we will offer suggestions for individual lifestyle improvements regarding supplements and diet, sleeping and stress management techniques to help a person improve health and decrease pain.