They'll listen to your breathing pattern and the quality of your voice. Once the practitioner has determined your particular health problem, he or she will design a treatment strategy involving one or more techniques. Often, these include acupuncture. Acupuncture Pain relief is the most common problem that acupuncturists are asked to treat. However, Dan Plovanich, an acupuncturist and the director of the Chicago Acupuncture Clinic, says that acupuncture can be used to treat other conditions.
Some people even use acupuncture during surgery instead of anesthesia.
She chose acupuncture to help her with the delivery. I didn't feel like I was having peaks and valleys of pain. One of the people who witnessed the delivery said that they were surprised how even-tempered Rodriguez was, even though she was in labor for 29 hours. One of the most common questions asked by first time patients is whether or not acupuncture needles hurt. Acupuncture needles are extremely thin and rather bendable like wire.