At our Touch Stone Rehabilitation & Health Center, we offer a wide array of services all aimed at helping you live a life of optimal health. In addition to traditional chiropractic treatments, we offer a range of holistic treatments including massage therapy, reflexology and acupuncture. Our chiropractor may suggest sessions with the acupuncturist, or you may book sessions with him as your only form of treatment.

How Acupuncture Works

Recent studies have shown that this ancient form of therapy does indeed have a place in modern medicine. It has been shown to not only alleviate pain in your lower back or elsewhere, but it can also help you lose weight and stop smoking. Ancient Chinese medicine believes that the body has a flow of energy in it, and by manipulating that flow of energy, an acupuncturist can send pain relief and healing energies to the areas that most need it.

Our fully licensed acupuncturist Thomas Guarcello uses hair-thin needles that are placed barely into the skin at various points, to guide healing energy to the areas of your body that require it. When the needles are inserted at specific pressure points, the body's nerves, muscles and connective tissues are stimulated. This stimulation causes the body to create and release endorphins that help to alleviate pain. This Staten Island holistic treatment is a painless procedure and many patients report feeling energized or relaxed after a treatment. Depending on your specific condition, treatments may need to be carried out over several weeks.

Acupuncture is gaining in popularity as the myriad of benefits of this form of holistic treatment become more widely known. Now that it has been accepted by the medical community as a viable treatment option, there are more and more acupuncturists available. Our licensed acupuncturist is committed to helping you live a life that is pain free.

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