How many treatments are needed?

This depends on the nature, severity and duration of your complaint. You may need a single treatment or more frequent treatments in a week for an acute condition. A chronic problem will generally need a series of 5-10 sessions. Degenerative health conditions may require many treatments over time. To help reduce the number of treatments, I may prescribe dietary or lifestyle modification, specific exercise or qi gong, relaxation techniques, self-massage and/or Chinese herbal formulation and medicine. The combination of therapeutic approaches often increases the efficacy of acupuncture and provides a deeper, significant response.