Knoxville Acupuncture & Yoga Center: Acupuncture

Acupuncture is holistic, treating the whole person: body, mind and spirit. It has been practiced for over 5000 years and was endorsed by the National Institutes of Health in 1997. Acupuncture is sometimes used in conjunction with herbal medicine or Zero Balancing.

The acupuncturist, Prasad Robert Hutter, has a Master's Degree in Acupuncture from the Traditional Acupuncture Institute, the oldest accredited Five Element Acupuncture School in the United States as well as one of the oldest acupuncture schools in general. He is fully licensed and accredited. Prasad also has a Master's Degree in Public Health from Columbia University and is a Registered Nurse.

General Benefits

  • symptoms improve or disappear
  • enhanced sense of well-being, self-confidence & focus
  • less stress, anxiety & emotional turbulence
  • better relationships with family, friends & co-workers
  • fewer colds & minor illnesses
  • improved quality of sleep
  • more energy & vitality

Conditions Treated

Acupuncture balances and energizes the whole person; therefore it is useful in treating most conditions as well as preventing illness and maintaining health. The following is a partial list of conditions treated by acupuncture.

  • stress & stress-related illnesses
  • chronic – fatigue, immune disorders, fibromyalgia
  • pain – headaches, backaches, arthritis, sciatica, fibromyalgia
  • women's health – irregular & painful periods, PMS, infertility, pregnancy, hot flashes
  • respiratory/lung – asthma, allergies, bronchitis, coughs, breathlessness
  • circulatory – angina, heart failure, high blood pressure, stroke, thrombosis
  • emotional/mental – anxiety, depression, eating disorders, insomnia, panic attacks
  • addictions – smoking, alcohol, drugs
  • digestive – ulcers, colitis, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome, diarrhea
  • skin – acne, eczema, psoriasis, urticaria
  • ear/ear/nose/throat – blurred vision, conjunctivitis, tinnitus, hearing loss, sore throats
  • urinary – incontinence, cystitis, kidney stones, prostate problems
  • acute – colds, influenza, mumps, food poisoning

Treatment

What is most important is that you feel better. Each visit will be relaxing in itself. Some people begin to feel significant improvements after only 3 treatments; most after 5 to 6 visits. The most common theories regarding how acupuncture works are Five Element Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Both are employed here.

Needles

Acupuncture needles, known as filaments, are no wider than a strand of hair. They are sterile, disposable and used only once. When a filament if placed, you may feel moving energy, tingling, mental clarity, great calmness or nothing at all. Patients feel relaxed and energized both during and after treatment.