Chico Community Acupuncture

One of my favorite patient stories comes from the very start of my acupuncture career. A woman came in, older, who had such bad arthritis all over her body. Back pain was certainly a bog piece of what she needed help with. I treated her. One year later she came back in and I was like, “oh, I haven’t seen you in a year, how are you doing today? How was that treatment?”

And she says “I was pain free for a year, I could touch my toes when I left your clinic, so I just didn’t need to come back, but I could use some help again today”

I’m paraphrasing of course. But, it was a miracle! To be honest, this is not a typical response to treatment. Most people get the most benefit from 12 treatments. But we do help them! Their pain goes away, they have better energy, better functionality, their mood swings aren’t wreaking havoc in their life! It feels miraculous…it just still needs more than one treatment! But I’m always open to the one treatment miracle. And, sometimes one treatment is all we’ve got! So, I give it my all, every time. And Acupuncture works.