CHRONIC FATIGUE ACUPUNCTURE IN BONDI JUNCTION SYDNEY

Chronic fatigue is so much more than just feeling tired. You’re exhausted all the time and even a small amount of activity has you out of action for hours afterwards. It feels like no matter how much sleep or rest you get, it’s never enough. Then there’s the brain fog, difficulty concentrating, lower mood, and sometimes things like chronic pain, gut issues, lower immune system, and anything else.

 

There can be multiple triggers or contributing factors, such as: 

 

• Post viral

• After trauma (physical and/or psychological)

• Depression and anxiety

• Burnout

• Auto-immune conditions

• Gut imbalances

 

Whatever started it, once the chronic fatigue cycle has kicked in, it can be hard to break out of it by yourself. Mainstream treatment options can be limited to attempting to address the psychological components through medication and/or therapy. While this can be a valid approach and helpful for certain people, others will still feel stuck, tired and frustrated.

 

How do we use acupuncture for chronic fatigue?

 

In Chinese medicine we have Yin Yang theory. Each day of our life has day and night, so there should be an expansion, activity and engagement with the world, that is balanced with a returning to root, resting and recharging the self. When there is chronic fatigue, we are restricted in our expansion and active phase, while simultaneously being impaired in the quality of our recharging phase. It’s as if your body is like a phone on low battery, in a power saving mode that restricts all of your normal phone functionality. Your charging cable is then frayed and can only charge intermittently and very slowly so that even after keeping your phone plugged in for a long time, you’re only able to use it for a bit before returning it to charge.

 

Your acupuncturist’s job is to figure out how to help your body restore its natural ability to effectively recharge, and then to take the brakes off to help you start re-engaging more fully with the world. To do this we need to treat you as a whole person. Your life is unique, so we’ll need to take into account your unique history, internal imbalances, quality of digestion, sleep, diet and lifestyle, stress, pain and tension in the body, and whatever else comes up.

 

At Acupuncture Grove in Bondi Junction Sydney, we use acupuncture for chronic fatigue tailored specifically to you. Typically if it’s going to be helpful for you, we will know very early on within the first 4-6 treatments (often earlier). That doesn’t mean that you will be bursting with energy within that time as chronic issues can take some time to work with, but you should feel some early signs of improvement from the acupuncture if it’s going to help. Once we know how you’re responding to the acupuncture, we’ll then work out a treatment plan for you. The ultimate goal would be to get you to a place where you don’t need acupuncture anymore, or it’s just something you do for maintenance.

 

Chinese herbal medicine may also be a useful adjunct when working with chronic fatigue as it helps to keep the treatment going each day. It’s the same idea as acupuncture, we use it for a period to help address certain imbalances, but as you improve, we aim to get to a point where it’s no longer necessary. If it’s something that we feel will help you along, we’ll discuss it as part of the treatment plan. 

 

If you would like to try acupuncture for chronic fatigue with Acupuncture Grove in Sydney’s Bondi Junction, please book online here or contact us with any questions.