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Effective treatment: How not to waste money,

time and effort.

For acupuncture to effectively treat pain and

injury, consistent signals need to be sent so that

pain signals begin to decrease and the tissues begin

to heal.

If your pain is less than 3 months old and is a

6/10 or less in severity, a significant decrease in

pain is seen in most patients in about 2 weeks of

treatment 3x/week. If your pain is more than 3

months old or a 7/10 or greater in severity, it

usually takes 2 - 4 weeks of treatment to see and

keep a significant decrease in pain.

If you are not getting better by these time

periods, then acupuncture will probably not treat

your pain and it is unethical of anyone practicing

medicine (including me) to keep you coming back

without a noticeable improvement in your pain.

The easiest way to tell that treatment is working

and you are moving out of the inflammation stage

is that the pain continues to decrease.