Acupuncture is a form of traditional Chinese medicine that dates back more than 2,000 years. It's performed by professionally trained clinicians who insert tiny, hair-thin needles through the skin into underlying tissues at strategic points in order to ease pain and treat many diseases.
Acupuncture is also often used along with other forms of treatment to provide the best pain relief possible. Adding acupuncture sessions to conventional therapy for headaches may achieve comparable results as medication alone, while decreasing side effects from medications. Similarly, post-operative acupuncture can reduce the nausea and vomiting caused by narcotic painkillers.
