QUESTION: How often should I come for in treatment?
ANSWER:
In Ancient China, just as in Chinese acupuncture hospitals and Community Acupuncture Clinics all around the world, Acupuncture is usually received two or more times a week in the beginning of treatment.
Why so often? Because for most conditions, especially those with lots of pain, bad symptoms, or chronic duration, you need frequent treatment to reverse the course of the disease or lessen the pain and inflamation. Think of the analogy of a ship that is off course at sea. The farther it is off course, the longer it takes to get back on course. And the farther it is off course, the more attention and care that must be given to get it back on course.
The body is the same way. So, if you are experiencing severe symptoms or have had the problem for more than 6 months, you need regular, frequent acupuncture. Once your symptoms are under control for a few days or a week at a time, then it’s time to spread out treatments to once a week or every 10 days. And then to two weeks, and so on.