Wellness Acupuncture and Herbs is now providing neuro-acupuncture. Neuro-acupuncture, also called scalp acupuncture, addresses nervous system disorders including impaired, uncoordinated, or spastic movement, pain, tingling, or numbness, balance problems, tremors, and speech problems.
Neuro-acupuncture is also used for conditions like Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, peripheral neuropathy, and Fibromyalgia.
While scalp acupuncture is most often associated with stroke, and traumatic brain injury, or chronic pain, any sensory disorder whether there is little to no feeling or extreme sensitivity, as well as general weakness disorders like incontinence, organ prolapse, and memory problems.
Neuro-acupuncture is a more contemporary technique developed over the last 70+ years and uses Chinese Medicine needling methods with scalp locations that correspond to regions in the brain like the motor cortex, sensory cortex, Broca’s area, and Wernicke’s area, to name a few.
Stimulating these areas helps to “wake up” the nerve connections and re-establish their pathways.