Acupuncture Pain Relief Center

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Mike Nixon, L.Ac. D.O.M. is a Licensed as a Florida Acupuncture Physician and is nationally certified in Laser Acupuncture by the American Association of Oriental Medicine. With over 30 years of experience in the treatment of neck and back pain, he has a 90% success rate in the treatment of pain.

Mike has practiced in Tallahassee for almost 15 years. He studied acupuncture and oriental medicine at the Oriental Medical Institute of Hawaii and began practicing as a licensed acupuncturist in Kailua, Hawaii . For three years he was also a faculty member at the Oriental Medical Institute of Hawaii where he taught classes and directed the student clinic, teaching acupuncture theory and technique.

His treatment modalities consist of Chinese Herbal Medicine, and traditional Oriental diagnosis. Dr. Nixon specializes in the treatment of pain and functional disorders. He offers meridian therapy without needles by means of magnets and Acupressure as well as offering the more traditional needle stimulation. This is a useful adjunct in healing muscle and joint injuries faster and achieving more pain control and muscle relaxation.

His primary philosophy is that your acupuncture treatments should be to treat pain through bringing balance to the energy in your body's natural system.

A: This depends on the condition being treated. For example, 90% of the patients who come through our door for the treatment of back or neck pain receive improvement in their first visit. This is how quickly acupuncture can work. Usually, within the first 5-10 treatments significant improvement can be achieved in the treatment of any pain syndrome.

A: Most people are surprised at how little sensation they feel with the insertion of the sterile hair-thin needles we use at our centers. Most people feel virtually no pain at all.

Q: What if a person doesn't want the needles; can they still get results with other non-needle therapies?

A: Yes. Many times the non-needle therapies are more effective than the traditional needle treatments.

A: Definitely not. In fact, acupuncture will enhance the effectiveness of your chiropractic treatments. For example, when muscles are injured as in the case of whiplash injury or a back sprain, the muscles react by shortening. Shortening of the paraspinal muscles will cause increased pressure in the disc. This will cause the disc to move out of proper alignment. Acupuncture works effectively to relax the injured muscles thereby allowing the chiropractor to easier adjust the disc into proper alignment.

A: YES. Throughout history, more people have been treated with acupuncture and Oriental Medicine than all other health modalities combined. Today this medical system continues to help people throughout this country and around the world.

Q: Does Acupuncture provide long lasting results?
A: YES. Acupuncture addresses the underlying cause of disease, not merely the symptoms. When correcting the cause of the problem, the results are long-lasting or permanent.

A: The number of treatments needed varies widely according to the condition. Usually one or two treatments per week are recommended. Chronic cases may require treatment for several weeks or longer. Acute problems generally respond much faster. Occasional treatments throughout the year are usually sufficient to maintain good health.

A: Sometimes there is a mild discomfort that lasts momentarily upon insertion of the acupuncture needle. Acupuncture needles are very thin and are inserted quickly to avoid the sensation of pain. Once the needles are in place, the patient usually does not feel them.

A: The best practice among acupuncturists in America today is to use sterilized, individually packaged, disposable needles. Needles should not be saved and reused for later treatments. This eliminates the possibility of transmitting a communicable disease by a contaminated needle..

A: That depends upon the nature of the problem, the location of the points selected, the patient's size, age, and constitution, and upon the acupuncturist's style or school. Usually, needles are inserted for 1/4 to 1 inch in depth.

A: If your practitioner has obtained the correct stimulus of the needle, the patient should feel some cramping, heaviness, distention, tingling, or electric sensation either around the needle or traveling up or down the affected meridian, or energy pathway. In Chinese, acupuncture is bu tong , painless. Some Western cultures may categorize these sensations as types of pain. In any case, if you experience any discomfort, it is usually mild.

A: Yes, there are. Acupuncture originated in China buy has spread to Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Europe, the British Isles, and America. In different countries, different styles have developed based on differing opinions as to theory and technique. Patients should talk to their practitioners about their particular style and learn as much as possible about the treatment being proposed.

A: Patients should ask about where the practitioner trained, how long the training was, how long he or she has been in practice, and what experience the practitioner has had in treating the patient's specific ailment.

Acupuncture is a licensed and regulated health care profession in about half the states in the US Ask your practitioner if your state requires a license to practice. In states that do not currently require licensing, patients should ask their practitioner if they are certified by the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncturists. Acupuncturists who have passed this exam are entitled to add Dipl.Ac. (Diplomate of Acupuncture) after their name.

A: Your practitioner will explain the nature of your problem and what treatment he or she is recommending. Your practitioner will tell you what benefits and risks there are to the proposed treatment options are available to you through this practitioner or by referral to another practitioner or physician.

If you agree to go ahead with the treatments, your practitioner will tell you what progress to expect, what to do if you don't experience that progress and what to do if you feel worse.
Our primary goal at Acupuncture Pain Relief Center is to help people become pain-free and healthy.