It’s a treatment that uses thin needles to help with health problems. The needles are put in your skin throughout parts of your body and placed in spots that focus on your health concern.
How can it help me?
It’s a way to reduce pain without medicine.
What health conditions can I use this benefit for?
The benefit only covers acupuncture for pain management of certain conditions, such as:
Acquired spondylolisthesis
Ankle sprain
Bell’s palsy
Carpal tunnel syndrome (tingling and numbness in your hands or arms)
Chronic headache
Chronic neck pain
Epilepsy
Fibromyalgia (condition that causes aches and pains all over the body)
Joint pain
Low back pain
Lower back sprain/strain
Myofascial pain (disorder that causes muscle pain)
Nausea (feeling like youʼre going to vomit) due to surgery, pregnancy, or cancer treatment (chemotherapy)