Why come for an acupuncture treatment? Acupuncture is best known for its effectiveness in managing pain, from speeding the healing time of injuries to reducing pain and increasing mobility for people with chronic pain conditions such as arthritis. But acupuncture is highly effective at treating a wide variety of conditions, from menstrual irregularities to depression to stroke rehabilitation. The World Health Organization recognizes the usefulness of acupuncture in treating many conditions, just a few of which are listed below.

The World Health Organization recognizes acupuncture to be effective in the treatment of the following conditions (only some of the more common conditions are listed here):

• headache
• back pain
• neck pain and stiffness
• frozen shoulder
• sciatica
• sprain
• reflex sympathetic dystrophy
• shingles
• fibromyalgia
• TMJ dysfunction
• postoperative pain
• painful menstruation
• premenstrual syndrome
• infertility (female and male)
• polycystic ovary syndrome
• morning sickness
• insufficient lactation
• type II diabetes
• high blood pressure
• stroke rehabilitation
• low blood pressure
• rheumatoid arthritis
• osteoarthritis
• gout
• tennis elbow
• insomnia
• recurring bladder infections
• chronic prostatitis
• hay fever
• asthma
• Bell's palsy
• depression
• schizophrenia
• abdominal pain
• ulcerative colitis
• irritable bowel syndrome
• gall stones
• Reynaud syndrome
• cancer pain
• side effects of cancer treatment