Acupunc­ture Santa Cruz of Capitola

Neck Pain

Acupunc­ture treats neck and shoul­der pain along with the under­ly­ing con­di­tions that cause the dis­com­fort, numb­ness and range of motion impair­ment. Acupunc­ture to the affected regions of the neck and shoul­der soothe the inflam­ma­tory process by stim­u­lat­ing the micro­cir­cu­la­tion of blood to the nerve fibers, soft tis­sues and bone. This stim­u­lates the repair and wound heal­ing process.

Acupunc­ture achieves this result by send­ing a sig­nal to the brain to shift sym­pa­thetic nerve sys­tem impulses to parasym­pa­thetic nerve sys­tem impulses. Excess stim­uli from sym­pa­thetic nerve stim­u­la­tion causes inflam­ma­tion and locked-down tight­ness of the region. This flight-or-fight response is nor­mal for acute injuries but is not help­ful in the recov­ery process. Acupunc­ture cir­cum­vents this sig­nal and engages the parasym­pa­thetic impulses. The brain receives a new mes­sage to engage the endocrine sys­tem (the body’s bio­chem­i­cal sys­tem) to pro­duce sub­stances that heal the body.