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What Does Acupuncture Feel Like?

Many first-time patients are concerned that acupuncture needles will feel like hypodermic injections at the doctor’s office. They won't. Acupuncture uses hair-thin, flexible needles that you will hardly feel when I insert them. When I gently stimulate the needles they may produce a unique sensation that Oriental medicine calls de qi. Patients often describe de qi as a heavy, achy pressure, or spreading, traveling feeling. You may also feel an "electrical" sensation moving down the meridian pathways, though this is less common. Most patients find these acupuncture sensations deeply satisfying and leave the treatment feeling relaxed both mentally and physically.

Acupuncture treatment creates deep relaxation
in both mind and body.

How Many Treatments Will I Need?

The benefits of acupuncture are cumulative, so more then one treatment is necessary. For acute conditions you can expect to have 10 to 15 treatments, but you will usually begin to feel relief after just the first few. Chronic conditions may take longer to respond, depending on the type, severity, and duration of the condition. Preventative treatments and treatments for general well-being may also be scheduled on an as-needed basis.

 

 

What to Expect - Prairie Spring Acupuncture Clinic in Palatine, Illinois

Kathi Wotal offers Acupuncture in Palatine, Illinois

Prairie Spring Acupuncture Clinic offers safe, effective Acupuncture in Palatine, Illinois

Prairie Spring Acupuncture Clinic
675 N North Court, Ste 230
Palatine, IL  60067

psacuclinic230@gmail.com
(224) 460-0085

What to Expect - Prairie Spring Acupuncture Clinic in Palatine, Illinois