Receiving your first Acupuncture treatment Acupuncture is a system that treats both symptoms and their causes. Most health related problems are due to stress and lifestyle conditions. With the exception of injuries and/ or accidents that cause physical damage to your body.  It is important to take responsibility of your health. Our healthcare system has become a way of treating symptoms. Many people are not satisfied with taking medications and/or surgeries. If you choose to use a more natural method of healing it is important that you be willing to do your part. Your health is your responsibility and no one will ever know your body, mind, emotions and spirit better than you.  When you receive your first treatment you may notice some improvement immediately. The length of time you have had the condition being treated will determine how quickly your body will recover. With chronic problems your energy level is usually compromised and this can cause slower results. Remember that healing is a process that takes at least one third of the time that you have had the condition. An example is low back pain, if you have had chronic low back pain for three years it can take up to one year to completely recover. It is important to give acupuncture a fair chance to help your particular problem. A minimum of three treatments is required before determining if the treatments will help with your condition. If you are not willing to commit to at least three treatments you should save your money or try another type of treatment. It requires time to understand your complaints and treat them. Patient compliance is also a very important part. The closer you follow directions the quicker the improvement. Just remember that most of the time people are doing something that adds to the problems they are having.