Medical acupuncture
Where it hurts isn't always where we needle.
Medical Acupuncture in Simcoe, Ontario
Where the needles go depends on what we find in your assessment, not on a chart. We settle the muscles and nerves behind the problem so you can start using the area properly again.
Where it fits
Relief is the start, not the goal
Acupuncture here is part of your chiropractic care in Simcoe or physiotherapy plan. We do not sell it on its own. Fine needles go into the muscles and nerves around the problem to quiet the pain and loosen off the tightness your body puts there to protect itself.
A needle can settle a sore shoulder, but it cannot make it stronger. If all you ever do is calm it down, you are back in a few weeks with the same shoulder. Once it settles, you can start using it properly again.
What it can help settle
Muscle knots that will not let go, sore tendons, a low back that keeps seizing up, certain headaches, and the spots that flare up every time you try to push through them.
Whether it fits your plan is something your assessment will answer, and we will tell you plainly if it does not.
Also in the toolkit
Electro-acupuncture, when needles alone are not enough
Sometimes a needle on its own does not do quite enough for a stubborn area. Electro-acupuncture adds a gentle current between the needles, more of a tapping or buzzing than anything sharp, which can work better on muscle pain that has been hanging around a long time.
Which one we use comes down to your assessment and what you are comfortable with. Either way, the needling supports your movement plan rather than replacing it.
Never had needles before?
The needles are hair-thin, nothing like an injection, and most people feel a brief pinch followed by a dull ache or nothing at all. You are lying down, comfortable, and your clinician is in the room the whole time.
Nervous is normal. Tell us, and we will go at your pace or leave needling out of the plan entirely.
Good to know
Acupuncture questions we hear every week
Most people feel a brief pinch as the needle goes in, sometimes a dull ache around the spot, and often nothing at all. The needles are hair-thin, nothing like the ones used for injections, and we adjust or stop any time you ask.
No. Medical acupuncture chooses where the needles go from your physical assessment, targeting specific muscles and nerves, rather than from the traditional maps used in Chinese acupuncture. Here it is always part of a wider movement plan rather than something you book on its own.
Acupuncture here lives inside a chiropractic or physiotherapy plan rather than as a standalone service, because needling alone settles an area without addressing what irritated it in the first place. If ongoing standalone acupuncture is what you are after, we are probably not the right fit, and we will say so.
Most people carry on with their day as usual. The spots where the needles went can ache a little for a day or so. Some people feel tired or a bit lightheaded right after, so get up off the table slowly. A small bruise at a needle site happens sometimes and fades on its own. Your clinician will tell you what to watch for before you leave.
When it is delivered inside a chiropractic or physiotherapy appointment, it is billed under that service, which most extended health plans cover. We direct bill most insurance companies; coverage depends on your plan and policy.
Find out if it belongs in your plan
A free discovery call is the honest way to know. Tell us what keeps flaring up, and we will tell you straight whether needling would help or whether something else would serve you better.
We direct bill most insurance companies; coverage depends on your plan and policy.