Last Updated on 23 December 2024 by Brisbane Livewell Clinic
How would an Acupuncturist assess a patient with Neuralgia?
For all types of Neuralgia, Acupuncturists start with a thorough consultation. Because many factors play a role in these painful conditions, it’s important to understand why the condition arose, as well as to provide support for pain relief.
Your Acupuncturist will take your pulse and look at your tongue, and may gently palpate your abdomen. Your Acupuncturist may also palpate the affected areas – using very gentle touch and pressure – to help plan each session.
How can Acupuncture support a patient suffering from Neuralgia?
Acupuncture and its related therapies such as warming treatments or low level electro-acupuncture can increase blood flow in an area, which may ease pain and promotes healing. A custom-made Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) herbal formula may be prescribed to help support pain relief, or to support the enhancement of immunity and vitality.
Your Acupuncturist may also focus on the underlying factors which led to the Neuralgia, and may ask a number of questions about these.
What do Acupuncturists do to support a patient suffering from Neuralgia?
At each visit, Acupuncturists are interested to know how you’ve felt since the last session. They may ask detailed questions to encourage you to think about symptoms or easing of symptoms that you may not have considered beforehand.
The Acupuncturist may gently re-examine the area before choosing whether to use Acupuncture, warming therapies, or low level electro-acupuncture.
Often, additional Acupuncture points will be used which help with anxiety, fatigue, low immunity or your other health conditions.
How often would someone have to visit you to see improvements from their condition?
Every person is different, and every case is different, so it is not possible to say how long a course of Acupuncture might take. In general, sudden onset conditions may respond faster with 2 or 3 sessions for the first 2 weeks, dropping down to weekly, progressing to fortnightly and then monthly for health maintenance and prevention.
Chronic or recurrent conditions may require weekly sessions for 4-8 weeks, and then fortnightly and monthly after that.
Age, chronic or serious illness, poor immunity, stress, post-viral fatigue, dietary and lifestyle factors can all affect your response to Acupuncture sessions.
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External References
- Australian Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Association (AACMA)
- Chinese Medicine – Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
- Chinese Medicine Board of Australia
- Federation of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Societies of Australia (FCMA )
- National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, USA
- Roberts J, Moore D, 2006, Mapping the evidence base and use of acupuncture within the NHS, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham
