However, it is good practice to verify your acupuncturist's clean needle technique prior to accepting any treatments. Some patients feel progressively better after each treatment. Some illnesses, however, so dull the senses that the full severity of the symptoms is no longer clearly felt. As the healing progresses, sensitivity also returns so that a patient may feel temporarily worse. This passes within a short time and the patient typically feels much better.
Patients often experience the most dramatic results in the first treatment.
Some patients experience an immediate total or partial relief of their pain or other symptoms. This relief may last or some pain may return. In a few cases, there may be no immediate relief, but the patient may notice the pain diminish over the next few days. Generally, you should expect to feel better. That depends upon the duration, severity, and nature of your complaint.