Acupuncture
What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a technique in which practitioners stimulate specific points, nerves, muscles, and tissues on the body by inserting thin, solid, sterile, one-time-use needles into the skin along acupuncture meridian energy lines, musculoskeletal myofascial lines and trigger points.
What Conditions Can Acupuncture Treat?
Research shows that acupuncture can be highly effective when treating the appropriate conditions, such as:
- Low back pain
- Neck pain
- Tennis elbow
- Osteoarthritis of the knee and hip
- Reducing frequency of tension headaches and preventing migraines
- Alleviating nausea due to chemotherapy or pregnancy
Acupuncture is also an option for people with chronic pain disorders, inflammatory disorders or fibromyalgia.
Frequently Asked Questions
Acupuncturist at Ohio Sports and Spine
Dr. Hospodar earned his Doctor of Chiropractic and Master of Science in Acupuncture from New York Chiropractic College, and Finger Lakes School of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine in 2014. Following his graduation, Dr. Hospodar had the opportunity to travel abroad and spent 4 weeks in Hangzhou, China studying acupuncture. He earned his Diplomate in Acupuncture by both the American Board of Chiropractic Acupuncture (DABCA) and the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) in 2014. He has over 2,300 hours of training in acupuncture. He became a Licensed Acupuncturist (L.Ac.) through the Ohio Medical Board in 2014 and is the only Chiropractic Physician in the Mahoning Valley who is also a Licensed Acupuncturist.
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