Acupuncture is an excellent treatment to help with injuries from a car accident. Acupuncture needles loosen up stubbornly tight muscles by penetrating the muscle belly and stimulating it to ‘release’.  Patients that are tender to touch tend to do well with acupuncture treatment.  Acupuncture can also aid in tissue healing by creating an ‘inflammatory response’ that speeds up healing to the targeted area.  Different techniques of acupuncture include electro-acupuncture, moxibustion, dry needling, and IMS.