Your practitioner will join you for a consultation to go over the papers with you and ask you some detailed questions concerning your complaints and health. We will examine your tongue and analyze your pulse which are Chinese medicine diagnostic tools.

All Visits
After your consultation you will choose an available treatment station depending upon which part of your body will be treated. You will be treated lying or sitting, lying on your front or your back. Wrist watches, bracelets, socks, and shoes should be removed to prepare for treatment.
Acupuncture needles are solid and about the thickness of a hair. All needles are sterile and only used once. Appropriate acupuncture points are chosen and the needles are inserted. You may feel nothing when the needle is inserted, or slight pressure, or tingling sensation. Other modalities like massage, cupping, electro-stimulation gua-sha, tuina, or moxa might be used if needed.
Practitioners stay in close contact with you and your experience and encourage you to inform us if you have any sensation, anxiety, concern, or question. We will slow down, answer any questions, and stop the treatment if necessary.
During treatment you might fall asleep, feel total relaxation, or other sensations. Take this time to go inward, be with your body, this is your time for healing.
A session usually lasts about 45-60 minutes, but it could be more or less according to your needs. Your session is over after the needles are removed and you are ready to leave. New appointments may be made either before or after your session. We take cash or check, no credit cards. Receipts are available upon request.
Try to avoid strenuous exercise right after your session. You might feel energized after your treatment or experience relaxation. In our daily lives we push ourselves beyond our limits. By balancing our system with acupuncture, we might realize how deeply tired we actually are. This is a good time to take a nap to catch up.
Please let us know if you have to perform after you treatment for us to adjust our treatment plan. Call us with any questions that might arise between treatments, especially if herbs are prescribed. We will return your call within the same day.

Treatment Plan
Community Acupuncture Clinic aspires that acupuncture be affordable for everyone. We offer low cost treatment so that each person may schedule as often as necessary to receive the benefits possible from this medicine. Your condition may require a number of follow-up visits to alleviate or resolve your symptoms, usually once a week but it may be necessary to come two or more times per week at the very beginning. Your treatment plan will be discussed with you during your first visit.

Enjoy your healing journey!
C.A.C