Acupuncture

Acupuncture is one of the many skills used within Physiotherapy as an integrated approach to the management of pain and inflammation.

Research shows that acupuncture can enhance the body’s own healing chemicals on order to aid recovery and rehabilitation. The body has the ability to self repair and acupuncture can facilitate this mechanism.

Physiotherapists use either an eastern or western approach and sometimes combine the two. The eastern approach means the physiotherapist will pick traditional points along determined lines of the body known as meridians. The western approach involves ‘needling’ of the tight and irritated muscular points, often providing quick pain relief.