Challis Acupuncture Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine

What is Acupuncture?

Several thousand years ago, East Asian practitioners discovered that the body forms disharmonies as a result of the various physical and mental stresses of life. Traditional medical theory explains these disharmonies as an imbalance of opposing forces called yin and yang. This imbalance disrupts the movement of the body's vital energy, qi (pronounced chee), which flows along channels within us that are like rivers. For us to be healthy, these rivers of energy need to flow in harmony and with ease. Similar to how a dam alters the free flow of a river, stress or pain, for example, can similarly obstruct the natural flow of healthy energy throughout our bodies.

Acupuncture restores the smooth flow of Qi. By placing hair-thin needles at specific points along the body, acupuncture returns the body to its natural balance and promote the body's ability to heal itself.

Acupuncture returns the body to its
natural state of balance and harmony.

What Does Acupuncture Feel Like?

Many first-time patients are concerned that acupuncture needles will feel like hypodermic injections at the doctor’s office. They won't. Acupuncture uses hair-thin, flexible needles that you barely notice going in. Most patients find the acupuncture sensations deeply satisfying and leave the treatment feeling very relaxed, both mentally and physically.

Acupuncture treatment creates
deep relaxation in both mind and body.