Pain as viewed by Oriental Medicine

Oriental Medicine views each patient as a whole – mind, body and spirit – rather than the individual symptoms that you may have.  Pain – especially when chronic and intense – has multiplying effects throughout the body.  If you have knee pain, you may walk gingerly. This care that you take puts more stress on the good knee.  This can translate to back pain as you walk off-kilter long enough.  Intense pain or chronic pain also starts to have an impact on your mental well-being.  “Will I ever be pain free again.”  “I don’t want to live the rest of my life with this pain.  What do I do?”  “I can’t do X, Y or Z because it hurts too much.”  It affects your job, your home, your family, your work.  There is no end to these ripple effects.

Oriental Medicine, including acupuncture and herbal prescriptions, are excellent at treating pain.  Depending on how long and to what degree that you’ve been suffering will determine how many treatments you need.  While one treatment can have a great impact, if you’re body is “used to” the pain and the compensation that comes from the pain, you may require a number of treatments for your body to find a new, healthier, pain free base-line.

Questions that your Acupuncture Physician asks surrounding your pain tells a great deal about how to best treat you.   What is the nature of the pain: sharp, stabbing? Dull ache? Intermittent?  Constant? What makes it feel better: Hot? Cold? Movement? Rest?  Is it better in the morning?  afternoon? evening?  Where is the pain?  Each organ has a pathway that it travels through the body.  Where the pain is located and which organ’s pathway is involved gives your Acupuncture Physician options for best treating you.

Your constitution is also taken into account.  Are you more hot- or cold-natured?  Are you in a robust state or fatigued and depleted because of the pain?  Are you young or older?  By taking a look at your Whole You is, in large part, how Acupuncture and Herbal Prescriptions are so very affective at treating your pain.

What will be the first thing that you do without pain?

Amy Oros, Acupuncture Physician

About Amy Oros, Acupuncture Physician

Amy Oros is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine practicing Acupuncture and Neural Therapy. This combination of the two modalities provide natural, non-drug solutions to patients seeking highly effective, low-risk treatments.
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