Plano (IL) Pain Management

If you are here with us at our website, it’s possible you live in Plano (IL) and contend with a pain condition such as:

If you do struggle with a pain condition, you have access to treatment for greater pain management and peace of mind.

A Touch of Ginger supports Plano (IL) residents with treatments for pain management through holistic, natural healthcare that resolves discomfort at the source. Rather than provide temporary relief from pain that will only return, we apply acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine to help your body achieve the balance it needs.

Plano (IL) Pain Management: The Power of Acupuncture

At A Touch of Ginger, we enhance quality of life for anyone in Plano seeking greater pain management, from infants to teens to seniors.

In providing treatment for pain management, acupuncture uses very fine needles on the skin’s surface to stimulate specific acupuncture points on the body. This stimulation frees the movement of blocked qi (pronounced chee) in the body.

Qi is the concept the Chinese apply to the life force or energy that powers the body to perform. This essence courses through the body’s pathways with start and end points on the head, hands and feet. When qi is plentiful and moving in harmony with properly functioning organs, there is a greater sense of well-being.

A person’s qi can be disrupted by factors such as disease, pathogens and physical or emotional trauma. When your qi is blocked and your organs are out of balance, your body sends distress signals that require attention.

Acupuncture helps release your qi by targeting and stimulating the points particular to your ailment. In this way, acupuncture will free your blocked qi to once again promote and maintain your health.

Plano (IL) Pain Management: Achieving Sustained Relief

The body and qi of each individual in Plano are distinct. Only you know the type and impact of the pain you are feeling. It might be sharp, dull, shooting, stabbing, burning, tingling, achy, cramping, spasming, heavy or traveling.

As part of your pain management, acupuncture with A Touch of Ginger once a week for 6–8 weeks will help increase blood flow, decrease inflammation, improve pain levels and prevent further injury.

We will also keep track of how you are feeling along the way so we can continue enhancing your health and pain relief according to your comfort.

Plano (IL) Pain Management: Initial Visit

Your path to greater pain management starts with arranging your first appointment. When you meet with us to begin, we will listen to you and focus on learning about you.

As we discover more about you and your pain condition, we will familiarize you with how we can help, how treatment with us is specific to your healing and what the steps involved will be.

This initial appointment will last about 90 minutes. In addition to going over your medical background in greater detail, we may also perform some other basic examinations. Our goal will be to identify the root cause of your pain.

Next, we will provide your first acupuncture treatment. The sensation of acupuncture will vary with each person. Most important to understand is that it does not hurt. You may feel a dullness, achiness or pressure with the needles. This would be normal as the sensation of your body’s qi. Any tingling or other sensations will quickly fade.

Going by your response to the initial acupuncture treatment, and based on your specific pain condition, we will continue to discuss and define the continuing treatment plan that is best for you and your body.

Plano (IL) Pain Management: Targeting the Right Body Points

Many of our Plano patients find that when they are treated for one pain condition, other conditions will also be resolved as qi is restored and balance is returned to body. This results from the exact targeting of the body points that relate to the main pain condition.

For example, for back pain we might target acupuncture points including those on the hands, feet and hips. For upper back pain, we might apply acupuncture to the neck, shoulders and upper back.

If a Plano patient suffers from shoulder pain such as chronic discomfort or a past grave injury, acupuncture can decrease inflammation, improve circulation to the pain region and help torn or damaged tissues to heal.

Plano (IL) Pain Management: Acupuncture for Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis is an inflammatory process that occurs on the bottom of the feet, causing pain and an inability to walk or stand properly. If you have plantar fasciitis, reducing the inflammation and loosening your calf and thigh muscles will be key to pain relief.

In helping to treat plantar fasciitis, we would target tight areas in your lower legs and feet. This will help alleviate the tension in them so that pain will decrease. We would also focus on improving blood circulation to help allow the tissues to properly heal so that pain will diminish and function will improve.

This approach to pain management for Plano residents can help improve your daily functions such as helping standing and walking become less painful and more resolute.

Plano (IL) Pain Management: Acupuncture for Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia involves pain that can cross different areas, muscles and joints throughout the body. The pain can shift from acute flare-ups to pain that feels more manageable. Maintaining pain management is important to minimizing the recurrence of flare-ups.

Pain management for fibromyalgia at A Touch of Ginger will often include acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine to help reduce inflammation, improve blood flow, increase mobility and decrease pain levels.

The Plano patient will typically come in weekly for the first 6-8 weeks to work on lessening pain symptoms. After 8 weeks, the treatments can possibly transition to maintenance during which the patient visits every one or two weeks to continue working on greater health.

Plano (IL) Pain Management: Acupuncture for Cluster Headaches & Migraines

If you live in Plano and suffer from headaches such as cluster headaches and migraines, you know they can come in waves.

Getting to the root of these pains will be central to decreasing their frequency, duration and intensity. Staying on top of your acupuncture treatments will help lessen the risk of returning headaches. Research has indicated that acupuncture can notably reduce their recurrence by activating neural pathways that block and regulate pain.

In addition to your acupuncture treatments, your pain management might include other modalities such as Cupping and Gua Sha, especially if your headaches are accompanied by shoulder and neck tension, pain or dysfunction.

Contact A Touch of Ginger Today

We welcome each opportunity to help our Plano patients achieve pain relief and a greater quality of life by natural means. To find out more about how you can include acupuncture as a meaningful part of your pain management, call us at (630) 299-3464 to speak with one of our professionals.