I often find that when people come in for their first acupuncture treatment, we are usually their last resort. They’ve tried drugs, they’ve tried surgery and they are still in chronic pain (whether it be low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain or knee pain). They are still experiencing digestive complaints like reflux, IBS, stomach pain, belching. They are still hounded by relentless anxiety and stress, and they haven’t gotten the results or relief they originally sought. What I want to suggest is beginning to think about coming in for acupuncture first, before drugs and before surgery.