How Often Should You Get Acupuncture?

Acupuncture works best when done as a series of treatments, as it’s cumulative and builds on each session. While you can’t have treatments too close together, you can have them too far apart, which can stall progress.

For example, if we treat you today but wait too long before your next session, your symptoms may gradually return, and by the time you’re back in, we’re essentially starting over. This creates a frustrating cycle of improvement, relapse, improvement, and relapse.

Our goal is steady, lasting progress. Here’s a typical treatment plan I recommend:

Initial Phase: Ideally, 2 sessions per week for 1–2 weeks to get momentum going.

Stabilising Phase: Once your symptoms begin to hold between treatments, we drop to once a week.

Adjustment Period: If symptoms start creeping back in before your next weekly session, contact me, and we’ll get you in sooner to avoid losing ground.

This might look like:

- Acute Issues (e.g., recent injury, headaches, digestion, stress flare-up): 1–2 sessions per week for 3–4 weeks.

- Chronic Conditions (e.g., anxiety, fatigue, endometriosis, hormonal imbalance): 1 session per week for 3-6 months or longer.

- Maintenance Phase (Tune-Ups): Once symptoms have resolved, I recommend a tune-up every 2–3 weeks, or at least once a month, to stay balanced.

Each session builds on the last, and we’ll tailor the plan based on how your body responds. Healing is a process.