Acupuncture for Stress

Can acupuncture treat stress?

Yes!  Our Brisbane acupuncture clinics can treat all types of Stress.  Clinical Research Trials have proven that nearly 100% of patients experienced significantly reduced stress levels after receiving Acupuncture. It is a highly effective, drug free treatment for reducing stress, with fast results.  Most patients report feeling less stressed and more relaxed in as little as one session.

Is stress harmful?

Yes! Stress is possibility the most harmful thing you can do to your body.  It enhances all diseases, damages every cell, organ and blood vessel, shuts down many metabolic processes  such as digestion, reproduction, growth and immunity.  This is why people who are suffering extremely high amounts of stress usually have an array of health conditions that follow. 

Not all stress is bad, small doses of minor stress can motivate you and allow you to work more efficiently.  However, frequent doses of stress or a constant state of stress will take it’s told on your body, mental clarity and quality of life.

Some signs that your body is not coping with stress can be found on this page. If you have one or more of these symptoms, you should seek treatment as soon as possible.

How does acupuncture help reduce stress levels?

Acupuncture helps to regulate hormone levels and restore a balance to the body’s energy by:

• Increasing endorphin release to make you feel happy, think clearly and feel less stressed.
• Clearing of excessive stress hormones such as cortisol, adrenaline and noradrenaline.
• Increasing your white blood cell count, thereby increasing you immune system function.
• Increasing your cellular growth and repair.
• Reducing internal inflammation to tissues and organs.
• Making you sleep better by increasing your night time release of melatonin, the hormone required to enter a deep sleep cycle.

When should I see an acupuncturist?

The sooner you come in to see us, the sooner you will start to feel better, think more clearly and get your health back on track.

Stress reduction is a big part of what we do at TLC Acupuncture Brisbane.  All our acupuncturists have advanced training and extensive experience in this field.  

For more information about our practitioners and there individual specialities please see the Our Healthcare Professionals  page.

Clinical research trials for acupuncture as an effective treatment for stress

There are hundreds if not thousands of trials out there confirming acupuncture as an effective treatment for stress and stress related illnesses.

The effective initial stress screening and monitoring of successful acupuncture intervention using the new European Cardio Stress Imaging Technology, conducted in August 2013 by J Dyczynski MD in Western Australia.

It concluded “The study brings new evidence that acupuncture treatment in the vast majority of patients (94.6%) significantly reduces stress levels.  This scientific study brings new evidence that the stress cascade can be reversed even with just one acupuncture treatment.

Indirectly it can be also assumed, that acupuncture intervention changes the gene expression for stress- COMT gene. The impact of acupuncture on the gene expression needs further specific investigation and research.

Acupuncture is a safe and very effective procedure to reduce stress levels and to reverse the stress cascade.”

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