Acupuncture and Dry Needling
Alternative Pain Relief through Traditional Chinese Medicine
While we pride ourselves in experimenting with and promoting new types of pain treatment options, it is impossible to deny the effectiveness of Acupuncture as an alternative therapeutic technique. Acupuncture is backed by scientific research and medical journals and is today widely known for its positive results when it comes to pain relief and stress reduction.
Acupuncture at our clinic is conducted with sterilized medical-grade needles that are so tiny that they do not cause pain at all, and these are applied at certain points on the body to alleviate pain and help treat various health conditions. We use acupuncture to treat hundreds of customers a week and are confident you will be more than satisfied with our services.
What is Acupuncture? How does it Work?
Originating in China with use in Traditional Medicine approximately 3000 years ago, Acupuncture is the science of healing and pain relief by the activation and stimulation of certain Acupuncture points, or Acupoints, on the body. Traditional Chinese Medicine is based on an ancient philosophy regarding two opposing forces that the body tries to balance: yin and yang. When both yin and yang are in balance, the body is healthy. However, when the flow of energy is blocked through disruptions in Acupoints, this can lead to pain.
Therefore, Acupuncture really is about the stimulation of these Acupoints to restore balance to yin and yang in the body. This promotes a better flow of energy and boosts the body’s natural self-healing process. As a result, a state of accelerated healing is achieved.
Modern research has demonstrated acupuncture’s positive effects on the immune, nervous, endocrine, and cardiovascular systems in the body.
The activation and stimulation of these Acupuncture points is often done with fine medical grade needles (0.16-0.20 mm, thin enough not to draw any blood and is mostly painless), that are sterilized and inserted directly into the skin.
The Pain Away Treatment Process: How It Works
Step 1: Preliminary exam and physical diagnosis
A quick preliminary consultation and diagnosis by one of our licensed physiotherapists allow us to quickly rule out all other factors and get to the root causes of your ailments.
Step 2: Pain relief treatment and/or physical therapy
Having a specific diagnosis, we can immediately select which form of treatment is required to provide the fastest pain relief, while supplementing with recovery through physiotherapy.
Step 3: Medical analysis and pain recovery advice
After having gone through the full pain relief treatment, a summary on your condition is given, as well as advice on what you can do to help speed up recovery on your way to wellness.
What Does It Feel Like?
We use the finest medical grade needles (0.16-0.20 mm). These needles are thin enough to not draw any blood and it is mostly painless. As the needle is tapped through the skin, you might feel a slight sensation around the area, but it is more of a “tingling” or “buzzing” feeling, and not so much one of pain.
Sometimes a needle might hit a tiny blood vessel or a nerve ending though, and this could produce a slight sting. When this happens, simply inform our therapist so that it may be repositioned and the sting goes away immediately.
After the initial couple of needles, there should be no more discomfort. Most of our patients generally feel relaxed or even sleepy during the treatment.
Common Symptoms Treated with Acupuncture
There have been hundreds of clinical studies and medical research that have shown the benefits to which acupuncture can successfully treat the conditions listed below:
- Lower back pain, shoulder and back pain, knee pain, neck pain, stiff neck
- Osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis,
- Headache and Migraine
- High and Low blood pressure
- Gastric conditions, including peptic ulcer, dysentery, urinary tract infections
- Sprains, tennis elbow
- Sciatica, inducing labor, neuralgia, facial pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Post-operative convalescence
- Menstrual pain
- Nausea and vomiting; morning sickness
If you are suffering from any of the above and are seeking to try acupuncture as a way to treat these symptoms, we’d like to assure you treating these types of pain is exactly our expertise.
Join Pain Away’s Group weekly classes led by our Therapists
Simply reserve by contacting us at 02-258-1361 or 086-333-6877.
Our manual treatment can help relieve pain and improve mobility, but to help strengthen your muscles so you can keep a better posture long-term, try our classes (Asok branch only).
Treatment Pricing
Physical Therapy Treatment starts at 1,500-3,000 THB | Doctor fee (for insurance) is 600 THB
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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Trusted
With over 15 years of combined experience treating Back Pain and providing Pain Relief in Bangkok, we at Pain Away are your most trusted friends.
Reliable
Our 94% success rates speak for themselves. You won’t leave unsatisfied with the care we put into our physiotherapy and pain treatments.
Safe
All of the treatments we practice are 100% derived from both medical and alternative forms of health.
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