Dr. Kestner was the first doctor to bring clinical acupuncture to the Murfreesboro area. Since then he has treated many area residents for a wide range of painful conditions. This innovative acupuncture technique has proven to be very effective even in chronic pain that has been present for many years. Call us to ask about this surprisingly comfortable procedure. You’ll be glad you did!
Dr. Kestner has successfully used acupuncture to treat:
- Headache (Migraine, sinus, tension, TMJ)
- Neck Pain (Muscle spasm, crick in neck, pinched nerve, bulging disc, arthritis)
- Back pain (Muscle spasm, between shoulders, rib pain, scoliosis, pinched nerve, bulging disc, spinal stenosis, sciatica, sacro-iliac joint SIJ, low back pain, piriformis syndrome)
- Hip pain (Pain in buttocks, pain with sitting, bursitis, tensor-fascia-lata TFL, iliotibial band ITB, arthritis)
- Arthritis pain
- Knee pain (Arthritis, tendinitis, pain with walking, pain with bending.)
- Leg pain (Sciatica, peripheral neuralgia, restless legs)
Medical Acupuncture
Our medical acupuncture has provided outstanding results to a variety of long-standing conditions. Best of all, it doesn’t hurt!
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After 3 failed back surgeries, Christine finally found relief through acupuncture!
- Foot and ankle pain (Ankle injury, foot pain, plantar fasciitis, heel pain, pain in toes)
- Shoulder pain (Rotator cuff, impingement syndrome, frozen shoulder, arthritis, bursitis)
- Elbow pain (Tendonitis, tendinitis, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, arthritis)
- Wrist and hand pain (Carpal tunnel syndrome, wrist sprain, hand pain)
- Neurological conditions (Neuralgia, neuritis, CRPS complex regional pain syndrome)
- IBS (irritable bowel syndrome)
- Hot flashes, menopause symptoms
- Allergies, hay fever, rhinitis
- Shingles
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Young Athletes
Dr. Kestner has treated many young athletes to help get them back to peak performance after injuries.
One Week After First Treatment
Just one week after her first treatment, Julie already started seeing improvement in function and a reduction in pain.
Julie's Story
Julie tried medical acupuncture for the first time after experiencing neck, back, and shoulder pain.The needles used for medical acupuncture are so small that Julie felt no pain during her treatment.
Results
Dr. Kestner sees positive results from medical acupuncture every day. Julie experienced both immediate and long-lasting results through pain-free acupuncture treatment.
You’ve got questions. We’ve got answers.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Acupuncture Hurt?
How Does Acupuncture Work?
Acupuncture has been very helpful for millions of people for thousands of years! Here in Murfreesboro many area residents have discovered that acupuncture can provide relief that has been difficult to find.
The tiny painless needles are gently inserted into specific points carefully selected to obtain the best results.
Acupuncture points are associated with specific locations in the human nervous system. The stimulation has a direct effect on the functioning of the brain.
Traditional view
Acupuncture has been practiced for thousands of years. In fact, acupuncture was used to help people find relief of pain and heal from illness before modern scientific principles of human physiology were understood. Acupuncture was developed in an era known as a pre-scientific period.
The ancient theories developed primarily in China and other Asian cultures. The most dominant aspect of these traditional views of health is that energetic balance is necessary for good health. For a person to be healthy, their body must function in a balanced, harmonious way. Even though this idea originates from ancient cultures from around the world, modern views of health are in agreement with the concept.
The primary purpose of acupuncture when practiced from a traditional perspective is to assist the body to heal and restore balance. Acupuncture helps your own body to heal. The traditional view considers your body’s own innate energy to be the essential healing force and the acupuncture treatment helps reduce blockages or stagnation of the energy pathways.
Even though this ancient traditional perspective may seem unusual to those of us in a modern culture, it must be remembered that acupuncture has long been found to be effective, even though it may be difficult to understand.
Contemporary Scientific Explanation (Clinical Acupuncture)
In recent years a large amount of research has been directed toward acupuncture in scientific facilities all around the world. It has become evident that acupuncture is an effective treatment that holds great promise for a wide range of conditions. Studies from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Germany, China, Japan, Korea, India and other countries have demonstrated the very real positive effects of acupuncture stimulation.
Most of the research has investigated the effects of acupuncture stimulation on the nervous system. The tiny needles have been shown to stimulate peripheral nerves in such a way as to affect the function of the deepest portions of the brain.
In fact, acupuncture stimulates the portion of the brain that interprets pain and affects normal regulatory function. This is believed to be the reason that acupuncture can be so effective for painful conditions and in helping the body function in a more balanced manner.
It is interesting that clinical acupuncture can have a profound benefit for hormonal imbalances as well.
One thing is for sure. Acupuncture has proven to be highly effective and safe for millions of people around the world for a wide range of conditions. It is drug-free, so drug side effects are non-existent. In many cases, patients have responded well to acupuncture when other treatments have failed to resolve their complaint.
Research is ongoing to understand how acupuncture works. Dr. Mark Kestner is actively following clinical acupuncture research done by organizations in the United States and other countries to learn more about how to develop acupuncture to be even more effective. (Click here for Journal Article by Dr. Kestner.)
There has never been a better time to try acupuncture than right now!
What Are The Advantages of Clinical Acupuncture?
What Is Dr. Kestner's Background in Acupuncture?
In 1998 Dr. Mark Kestner completed his first post-graduate course in acupuncture and was named a Fellow of the International Academy of Medical Acupuncture. He subsequently sat for and successfully passed national board examination in acupuncture by NBCE. He has studied with respected experts in acupuncture from around the United States and from China.
In addition to studying traditional Chinese acupuncture, he has studied meridian style acupuncture and biomedical acupuncture. He has participated in studying acupuncture in post-graduate courses with acupuncturists, chiropractic physicians, medical physicians and physical therapists.
He participates in national and international professional communities to promote development of acupuncture as a clinical science. He is a past member of the British Medical Acupuncture Society and the American Academy of Pain Management
Our doctor is the first licensed doctor to bring clinical acupuncture to the Murfreesboro area. In post-graduate programs he has studied traditional Chinese and contemporary scientific acupuncture for more than twenty years. Dr. Mark Kestner has been a licensed chiropractic physician since 1988.
In his professional library Dr. Kestner has more than seventy acupuncture texts by authors from around the world. These volumes are written by experts in traditional Chinese, Japanese and Korean acupuncture styles as well as contemporary authors regarding scientific and physiological aspects of acupuncture.
Dr. Kestner has authored articles that have appeared in national professional publications on scientific acupuncture. He writes an ongoing column on how acupuncture affects human physiological processes.
How Is The US Military Using Acupuncture?
Perhaps one of the most interesting new uses of acupuncture in the world is in the United States military. This photo shows Air Force medical personnel using clinical acupuncture to treat soldiers stationed in active war zone hospital.
Acupuncture is finding converts in many unexpected locations. Mayo Clinic, Vanderbilt Integrated Medical Center, and the Cleveland Clinic are just a few of the iconic facilities representing the pinnacle of medical prestige that are now offering clinical acupuncture.
Dr. Mark Kestner was offering clinical acupuncture here in Murfreesboro long before many of these medical facilities began to get on board.
Even Oprah has received acupuncture live on television!
Oprah receives clinical acupuncture treatment
Alternative medicines, Dr. Oz says, deal with the body’s energy—something that traditional Western medicine generally does not. “We’re beginning now to understand things that we know in our hearts are true but we could never measure,” he says. “As we get better at understanding how little we know about the body, we begin to realize that the next big frontier … in medicine is energy medicine. It’s not the mechanistic part of the joints moving. It’s not the chemistry of our body. It’s understanding for the first time how energy influences how we feel.”
Here is a section published on the world famous Cleveland Clinic medical website:
“Acupuncture helps treat numerous diseases and conditions
The World Health Organization endorses acupuncture, and clinical studies have shown it to be a beneficial treatment for many conditions, including:
- Chronic pain: migraines, neck and back pain, tendonitis, sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis
- Digestive disorders: irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, gastritis and constipation
- Urinary and reproductive disorders: menstrual cramps, irregular or heavy periods, infertility and menopausal symptoms
- Psychological and emotional disorders: depression, anxiety, stress and insomnia
- Symptom management for adverse reactions to chemotherapy and radiation, including fatigue, generalized pain, dry mouth, peripheral neuropathy, nausea and vomiting
- Seasonal allergies
- High blood pressure
- Addictions to nicotine, alcohol and drugs”
- Overweight or obesity, when coupled with diet and exercise
Here is a video produced by the Cleveland Clinic about how they use acupuncture in the clinic to treat headaches as well as other conditions. Acupuncture has been found to be very helpful for headaches. Click on the video to begin watching.
What Are Contemporary Views of Acupuncture?
Dr. Oz introduced Oprah to acupuncture live on her television show.
Dr. Oz introduced audiences to acupuncturist Daniel Hsu on The Oprah Winfrey Show . Now he’s invited Daniel to educate Oprah Radio listeners about the healing powers of acupuncture. Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese medicine practice that involves sticking needles into different parts of the skin. This releases endorphins and serotonin in your brain, which are natural chemicals that regulate pleasure and mood. Daniel says acupuncture has been shown to treat many common ailments and chronic diseases more effectively than modern Western medicine practices. Daniel outlines a few of the health benefits of acupuncture: Provides relief for chronic pains such as lower back pain and migraines Daniel says acupuncture not only causes the body to release natural pain killers, it can also change a patient’s perception of the pain, thereby relieving their symptoms. “If two people have the same X-rays and the same MRIs and one person can feel absolutely no pain and the other person can feel a lot of pain and it’s just unexplainable, what acupuncture does is just alter that perception—and it’s quite effective,” he says. Relieves stress and anxiety Daniel says acupuncture treatments geared toward different parts of the body can relieve different types of stress. For example, he says that if a patient complains of palpitations and is upset and unhappy, he will use acupuncture to trigger points that help the heart. If a patient is irritable, stressed-out and quick to lose their temper, he will treat trigger points that help the liver. “Every organ has corresponding signs and symptoms,” he says.
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