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damaged tissue but we do not want you in a lot of

pain while this process is going on. Acupuncture

sends signals to the body to decrease the pain in a

specific area without necessarily stopping the

inflammation.

Most injuries heal by themselves. However, the

more severe the injury, the longer it will usually

take to heal. If your pain is not diminishing with

time, it is due to one of three reasons (or a

combination of them):

1. You severely damaged the tissue –

extreme inflammation/ extreme pain

2. You keep reinjurying the tissue - chronic

pain that does not seem to resolve due

to recurrent inflammation

3. The body is not getting the proper

signals to move on from the

inflammatory stage - chronic

pain that does not seem to resolve due to

biochemical and neurological

mechanisms not working properly