{"id":903,"date":"2018-10-18T13:15:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T13:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/?p=903"},"modified":"2018-10-18T13:16:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T13:16:23","slug":"how-many-sessions-of-acupuncture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/how-many-sessions-of-acupuncture\/","title":{"rendered":"How many sessions of acupuncture?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote this email in October 2018 to my Botox \/ Acupuncture office staff regarding &#8220;How many sessions of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modestoacupuncture.com\">Acupuncture<\/a> is necesssary&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hi Office,<\/p>\n<div>This is one of my most common questions that we get.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>How often and how many acupuncture sessions?<\/h3>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4>How often?<\/h4>\n<div>once or twice a week.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4>How many?<\/h4>\n<div>Usually takes\u00a0<b>8-12 sessions<\/b>\u00a0of acupuncture (once or twice a week) to maximize the treatment results.\u00a0 After that some sort of maintenance needs to be done whether it is different habits like stretching or perhaps acupuncture sessions once a month.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h4>How do I know if acupuncture is worth it?<\/h4>\n<div>Dr. Lee has a 4 session test of acupuncture.\u00a0 If there is no improvement at all after 4 sessions of acupuncture, then it is probably not worth it to go to 8-12 sessions of acupuncture.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thank you for rebooking the patients for acupuncture.\u00a0 For acupuncture to work, it depends on rebooking appointments for our treatments to have lasting effect &#8211; I guess that goes for Botox as well.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h5>Take home items from this email:<\/h5>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1. When does the patient come back? As soon as 2 days from now to 2 weeks from now is ok (that sorta is 1-2 times per week &#8211; although I prefer in general within 1 week).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>2. How many acupuncture sessions does one need? It&#8217;s a patient preference, but most will need 8-12 sessions and then after that to change their habits (more sleep, more stretching, more vegetables, less TV, etc).<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>3. Can a patient stop after 4 sessions of acupuncture? Yes, if they are completely cured of their problem, but most patients use the 4 sessions as a test of worthiness of acupuncture and they usually do\u00a0<b>8-12 sessions<\/b>\u00a0of acupuncture.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>4. How many sessions do I need if I am a new back pain patient?\u00a0 Most likely 8-12 sessions of acupuncture with the sessions about 1-2 times per week.\u00a0 Use the first 4 sessions as a test to see if acupuncture is working.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Like Botox, a disciplined, habitual approach to rescheduling (rebooking) helps more than just one &#8220;mega-botox&#8221; or &#8220;mega-acupuncture&#8221; session.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Thanks!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wrote this email in October 2018 to my Botox \/ Acupuncture office staff regarding &#8220;How many sessions of Acupuncture is necesssary&#8221; Hi Office, This is one of my most common questions that we get. How often and how many acupuncture sessions? How often? once or twice a week. How many? Usually takes\u00a08-12 sessions\u00a0of acupuncture &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/how-many-sessions-of-acupuncture\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How many sessions of acupuncture?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[91,32,156],"class_list":["post-903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acupuncture","tag-acupuncture","tag-botox","tag-sessions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":905,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903\/revisions\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.injectionartistry.com\/modesto-botox\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}