Researching acupuncture many learn that it came to the shores of the United States as a licensed profession in the 1970s, despite this relatively short period of time, acupuncture has an expansive 4,500-plus year history in East Asia as part of a larger more sophisticated system of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). What differentiates acupuncture from other Western medicine (allopathic) therapies is that each treatment is uniquely designed for the individual patient as opposed to a one-size-fits-all solution. The therapeutic process of acupuncture itself involves the insertion of needles that are slightly thicker than a human hair into superficial structures of the body (skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscles); usually at acupuncture points, and their subsequent manipulation; aiming at influencing the flow of Qi (pronounced ‘chē‘). Today acupuncture is widely considered an effective integrative therapy supported by clinical research with recognized efficacy for acute and chronic muscular-skeletal pain.