What is pain?

Pain is the body sending signals to the brain to pay attention to a certain area that is not functioning at its optimal state. The nature of pain can be sharp, throbbing, aching, dull, and stabbing. Mild pain sometimes can be relieved by heat packs, remedial massage, painkillers, herbal medicine, cupping, and acupuncture. However, chronic pain is more serious and can affect your lifestyle as a whole. Thus, it requires repetitive integrated treatment.

Pain is seen to be a result of stagnation and blockages in one’s ‘Qi’ energy which is similar to blood circulation. Thus, Chinese Medicine aims to utilise acupuncture, moxibustion, and natural herbs to improve ‘Qi” and “Blood” flow by targeting blocked meridians of the body. As a result, this relieves pain and tension in various targeted areas of the body. This does not only apply to acute pain but is an effective treatment for chronic pain as well, although it would require continuous treatment as it is a more serious form of pain.

To begin the examination, practitioners would gain an assessment of the intensity of your pain, which areas are impacted, your mobility, duration, what triggers the pain, does the pain relieve by heat or cold pack, and the nature of the pain with disruptive words such as (sharp, sore, dull, aching,etc). This allows for a more complete assessment of the root cause so that the pain can be relieved at its core to prevent the pain from relapsing.

The following include some types of pain that can be treated with Acupuncture or Chinese medicine: