Question: Do you have Acupressure Services at Performance Chiropractic?
Answer: Yes,
Performance Chiropractic provides acupressure services. Acu-points can be stimulated with a device such as a needle;
yet the points can also be stimulated with pressure (hand-delivered, or with a variety of devices), suction (cupping),
light (laser), heat, electricity, or a combination of delivery methods. What's best depends on the patient's needs,
in combination with their preferences. Needle acupuncture is highly specific, but some patients (surprisingly few)
are too afraid of needles to tolerate the procedure. Most tell me (after I allay their fears about discomfort with needle
acupuncture) something along the lines of, "Just do whatever you need to get me the results I'm looking for." In
my opinion, some hands-on health practitioners and doctors perform limited acupressure in the course of their soft-tissue
manipulations. They just don't realize the full extent of what they're doing. Acupuncture training allows the
provider to stimulate points intentionally, in specific ways (depth, duration), for specific therapeutic purposes.
