Mrs. Rebecca Kitzerow, LAC

It depends on the severity and chronicity of the pain. Could be as little as 2 or as many as 18-20, but I usually start with 4-6 sessions to start and we see how things go.

There is no individual or specific pressure point. Acupuncture works by balancing a series of meridians or channels in the body, and that balancing is unique to your imbalance which is holistic and not individual-symptom only so that is not a question that can be answered here - you'd need to see a provider to get a specific diagnosis for you.

Yes! I had knee problems and an ACL repair, and 1 year after surgery (and I got acupuncture every week for a whole year to help recover) I was able to complete a 24 hour martial arts test and I've had no further reinjury - which is rare for athletic women. Acupuncture is great for knee problems, try it!

Yes! Acupuncture is excellent for that, and my first experience with Acupuncture was for digestive problems with amazing results.

It very much depends on your case an its severity. It can take 2 sessions, it could take 20, but I would say 4-6 is an average.

Not necessarily - it depends on what you're getting acupuncture for. I generally don't recommend extremely strenuous activities, like running a marathon, immediately after treatment but you don't have to just rest and be idle by any means.

Acupuncture is excellent for your back. It relaxes the muscles, decreases pain and inflammation and improves circulation just to name a few of the things it can do.

Hello, thanks so much for reaching out!

Neuropathy in the feet is a hard one. Sometimes patients respond well, and sometimes they don’t see much benefit - it's very much a case by case basis for that condition. If the neuropathy is new we are more likely to make progress, if it is has been chronic for many years at the very least I would recommend giving at least 6 sessions a try before determining that it isn’t helping. Generally speaking, neuropathy related to blood sugar issues and chemotherapy tend to respond better than idiopathic neuropathies (the “we don’t know why you have it, but you do” type of issue) in my experience. No matter what, there’s no harm in giving acupuncture a try - it can help so much with stress, pain and inflammation if nothing else it can help you stay calm and relaxed, and it can boost your immune system. If you have tried many other things and they haven’t worked, it's a good next step intervention that can’t hurt you.

Yours in health,

~Rebecca

Where the needles go depends on many factors - since Chinese medicine is a holistic medicine, and since energetic channels traverse the whole body, needles don't always go directly in the place where you have pain. Sometimes they go directly into the knee joints, but the can also be placed lower in the calves, in the feet and in the hands because the channels that affect knee pain (and a variety of underlying conditions that relate to knee pain) traverse these areas.

Ultimately, the answer is: it depends on you and your overall health picture, not just on the knee pain itself.

I hope this helps, keep the questions coming!

Yes, one of my teachers specializes in Kidney disorders and Acupuncture can be very helpful. In TCM the Kidneys relate to your foundational energy, so Kidney issues are very important to address and support.