Medical Acupuncture in Simcoe Ontario

We're happy to offer acupuncture services to Simcoe. From dry needling and medical acupuncture and electostim, our team can help.

What is Acupuncture?

Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine practice that involves inserting thin needles into specific points on the body. These points are believed to be interconnected along a meridian system. By targeting these various points, it stimulates the body’s natural ability to heal. Acupuncture is recognized as a safe and effective complementary therapy when performed by trained and qualified practitioners.

Acupuncture at The Functional Approach

At The Functional Approach our practitioners use Functional Integrated Acupuncture, which takes the concepts of traditional chinese acupuncture with some adaptations to it, so that we can better manage neuromusculoskeletal complaints. The focus of this approach involves identifying the areas of injury and targeting muscle groups that may be involved with or related to it.

The goal with acupuncture at The Functional Approach is to increase blood flow to the area’s of injury to help better regulate the inflammatory response allowing the tissue to heal faster and cause a natural release of endorphins which provides our patients with some added pain relief. It can also desensitize the nervous system for those suffering with debilitating nerve pain.

Conditions Treated with Acupuncture

Some common conditions that are treated with acupuncture:

Chronic pain conditions such as low back pain, neck pain, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia
Headaches and migraines
Shoulder Tendonitis
Tennis or Golfer’s Elbow
Temporomandibular Joint Disorders
Muscles strains or ligament sprains
Sciatica
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Knee pain for conditions such as osteoarthritis or patellofemoral pain syndrome.