Acupuncture needles stimulate the central nervous system via peripheral receptors to give the brain information. Thermoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, chemoreceptors, and photoreceptors all tell the brain-specific information so it can act on the stimulus. Local insertion of an Acupuncture needle causes light inflammation so that the body can bring in more white blood cells, increase blood flow and stimulate the immune system to bring in macrophages to clean the area up. For example, working on arthritis with local needling would produce an effect on healing the area. A more robust and farther-reaching effect of Acupuncture is systemic. Acupuncture releases enkephalins, endorphins, serotonin, etc. These neurotransmitters and hormones are why acupuncture is so effective for pain and balances the endocrine system. Releasing these substances helps to down-regulate pain signals in the midbrain and is quite effective for chronic pain syndromes with no known functional cause.

"Welcome to The Wellness Tree. We are centered on treating your condition with compassion and care. Acupuncture, Massage Therapy and Herbal Formulas can be used alone or in combination to treat you. Our highly educated staff is dedicated to helping you overcome your condition. At our clinic we treat your whole body, body, mind and spirit. We look at the whole person to diagnose what types of imbalances you have and then we help your body use its natural healing ability to correct those imbalances. Our staff is dedicated to helping you live your full life. To do that we believe that your mind must be at ease. To ease your mind we use Acupuncture, Massage Therapy, and herbal formulas. Pain, disease, inflammation, stress, anger, fear, anxiety all cause disharmony in your life. At the Wellness Tree we work to help you correct this disharmony.