Description: ACUPUNCTURE & GUA SHA in Sacramento, California
Close Acupuncture Therapies For Athletes Meet Mia Pricing Schedule Menu PMA ACUPUNCTURE Acupuncture Acupuncture is the use of hair thin needles to effect subtle but effective change in the body. The tiny tools, which your body and brain detect as foreign objects, create a reaction in the body which signals healing potential (white blood cells and oxynated blood) to be sent the area, thus stimulating your own body to heal itself and pay attention to itself. Because acupuncture can effect change with minimal
Acupuncture works to help regulate your nervous system. When we are stressed, or “on”, we are operating from “flight or fight”, and our Sympathetic Nervous System in engaged. In order to heal effectively, we need our “rest and digest” or Parasympathetic Nervous System to be engaged. Acupuncture works to calm the nervous system and remind your brain that resting and relaxing is also a natural state that is comfortable and safe and necessary for healthy life.
Acupuncture effects subtle change along the nerve pathways of the channels, which are by and large mapped out on dermatomes. In this way, it can be effective for many internal issues including digestion, sinus pressure, stress and anxiety, sleep disturbances, and menstrual irregularity. Acupuncture is also helpful in training the regrowth of nerves and encouraging healing of nerves at the periphery of the body.