“How often should you get acupuncture for leg pain?”
I have leg pain. How often should you get acupuncture for leg pain?
21 Answers
Typically 1-2/wk
As an acupuncturist, I have good experience helping with leg and knee pain.
Please visit any acupuncture clinic near you and get help.
Please visit any acupuncture clinic near you and get help.
As often as needed
I would try an acupuncture treatment once or twice a week for 4 visits. If acupuncture is going to help, you should be getting some results by then.
It's best to get acupuncture 2-3 times a week for the first few weeks. This is best because it stimulates your natural pain killer hormones and they will stay elevated to relieve pain by treating multiple times per week.
Thank you for your email. Its difficult to say how many treatments it will take to alleviate your leg pain without having more details. Generally with chronic pain you would want to plan on at least 5-10 treatments to see sustained relief. It may take longer depending upon varying factors. Hope this information is helpful. Best wishes, Dr. OGorman
There is no answer that applies to everyone. The reason for your leg pain, the practitioner you see, and your own personal situation all determine how often you should be seen. In general I like 3 weeks in a row and then spreading them out from there. My goal is to see people as little as possible because they're feeling better.
A history and examination is necessary to determine the cause and make a recommendation. Please feel free to call and make an appointment at 414-551-0715
Good afternoon, 1. Received, thank you. 2. Customary acupuncture for leg pain 3 times a week for 2 weeks and then another evaluation. Please also talk to your acupuncturist. 3. If you shall have any questions feel free to call me at (562) 698-3008. Have a nice weekend, David
Hi there and thank you for your question. My answer depends on how severe your pain is and how long you have been experiencing it. Initially, I would recommend once or twice a week to start, then decrease frequency as your symptoms improve to weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, bi-monthly, etc. to minimize recurrence/flare ups until you are symptom-free and can move to a maintenance plan (coming back only if symptoms return).
Hello, It is important to know the nature of the leg pain first and then schedule treatment sessions. Thank you
With Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) of which acupuncture is one treatment style we use out of many, we treat the whole person and not just the symptom. Western medicine would just give you a painkiller and not treat the underlying condition. We would look at the cause of the pain and there are many possibilities. What part of the leg (which side, intensity, character, how long it has hurt, is it constant or intermittent…)? We also look at other symptoms. Just treating the pain will not fix it. We easily treat pain, that is easy, but we do not want the pain to come back so we need to identify the underlying cause and also treat that. With leg pain, there are a myriad of conditions that can cause the pain, including nerve damage or even hip alignment. Sometimes the patient also needs to see a chiropractor to get the spine and bones properly aligned. Depending on the side of the leg and the depth of the pain (skin level, muscle level, nerve level, etc., will determine which channel or Meridian is affected. It may just be a block in the channel.
The short answer is yes, usually.
The short answer is yes, usually.
Because acupuncturists treat each patient as an individual and holistically, it is impossible to say what frequency of treatments you might need without doing a complete intake. This is an excellent question for your acupuncturist. Richard Mandell, Lic.Ac. Licensed Acupuncturist Brookline Community Acupuncture www.brooklinecommunityacupuncture.com
We will exam 1st. Then provide dry needling 1st. Patients will find instant results in general.
Depending on patients’ medical histories and conditions, each patient will have different responses. Patients will have to follow up in 3-7days depending on severity.
Patients will be examined again on how much difference they have experienced since the initial acupuncture treatment.
Then we can give patients a plan for symptomatology.
If we find limitations in improvements, we will apply different plans as a holistic approach.
Depending on patients’ medical histories and conditions, each patient will have different responses. Patients will have to follow up in 3-7days depending on severity.
Patients will be examined again on how much difference they have experienced since the initial acupuncture treatment.
Then we can give patients a plan for symptomatology.
If we find limitations in improvements, we will apply different plans as a holistic approach.
It depends on if the pain is chronic or not. If it is chronic you will need multiple sessions per week for a period of time. A master or doctor should be able to help.
Just before you have symptoms returned.
It depends, sometimes 1 treatment works and sometimes you need many.
Everything depends on the condition. (The root of the problem) if it is structural or muscular or nerve pain.
I see my patients twice a week until the pain goes down and stays down between appointments - however long that takes. Then we go to once a week, then once every other week and so on until the pain stays gone.
Two sessions per week, usually 2 weeks enough.
The 'how often' question is a fair one. It's very difficult to answer on the internet. I haven't evaluated you, I don't have any idea of your pain severity or even a rough idea of the pain caused. I usually base my treatment interval on a patient's reported pain level on a 0-10 scale. This is very subjective and usually requires some calibration. 0 is no pain whatsoever, 10 is so much pain the patient is unconscious or otherwise cannot function. For anyone whose score is consistently over 7 or 8, I like to start with 2 treatments per week for a couple of weeks. For anyone whose pain is transient (i.e. not constant) or consistently less than 7 on this scale, one treatment per week is usually sufficient. Statistically, a complete course of therapy is usually something like 7-10 treatments. The problem with statistics is they do not tell us anything about how *you* might respond - you could take more treatment, you could take less.
