Columbia Community Pain Treatment Centre

Description

Pain and ache is usually caused by muscular spasms to make the attachment points of both muscle ends tense. Pain treatment means treating these points so as to release the spasms, lessen the muscle tension and finally reduce the pain feeling. When the needle is pricked into an acupoint, the body will produce endorphins, which mixes with the opiate receptor sites on the nerve system. Then the course of pain nerve to the brain is cut. Hence the pain will be controlled and relaxed and the circulation system will be improved. In clinical treatment, the patient will sleep deep when receiving acupuncture, which explains why acupuncture can help anesthesia before an operation.