Acupuncture for Muscle and Joint Pain

Back pain, a stiff neck, a sore knee or an injury that won’t settle can affect everything from sleep to work. Large trials have found acupuncture can ease long-term back, neck and knee pain, and many people use it to recover from injury alongside exercise and physiotherapy. Our practitioners have been treating pain in London for 25 years.

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Conditions we treat

Choose your condition to see what causes it, what the research shows and what to expect from treatment.

Back and neck

• Back pain
• Sciatica
• Neck pain

Shoulders, arms and hands

• Frozen shoulder
• Tennis elbow
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Repetitive strain injury (RSI)

Hips, knees and feet

• Knee pain
• Arthritis and joint pain
• Plantar fasciitis (heel pain)

Injuries and long-term pain

• Sports injuries
• Fibromyalgia
• Aches and pains with no clear cause

Head and face

• Headaches and migraines
• TMJ and jaw pain
• Facial pain and trigeminal neuralgia

How we treat muscle and joint pain

We start by finding out where your pain is, what makes it better or worse and how it affects your day, and we look at any scans or reports you bring. Treatment uses very fine, single-use needles. Where it helps, we add electro-acupuncture, cupping or a heat lamp to ease tight muscles. Most people start with weekly sessions, and we review progress together after four to six.

Acupuncture works best as part of a wider plan. We work alongside GPs, consultants and physiotherapists, and we’ll tell you honestly if we think another approach would suit you better.

Not sure which page fits? Read our overview of acupuncture for pain or give us a call.

Written by The London Acupuncture Clinic’s practitioner team.