Acupuncture Before & After Surgery

Before surgery

The weeks before an operation can bring worry, poor sleep and tension. Acupuncture offers a calm, quiet hour to help your nervous system settle, so you can go into surgery feeling more rested and prepared.

• Pre-surgery nerves and anxiety
• Sleep difficulties
• Stress and muscle tension
• General support for your energy and wellbeing

After surgery

Once your surgeon is happy for you to have acupuncture, treatment can support your body as it heals. Needles are always placed well away from incisions and healing areas.

• Post-operative pain and discomfort
• Swelling and stiffness
• Nausea and low appetite
• Fatigue and low energy
• Sluggish digestion
• Sleep and stress during recovery

Scars after surgery

Once a surgical scar has fully healed, Trace-Ace offers microneedling with acupuncture to help soften the scar and improve how it looks and feels, including any tightness, numbness or pulling around it. This includes C-section scars and scars from other surgeries. Please check with your surgeon or doctor before starting. About microneedling for scars

Part of your care team

We work alongside your surgeon, doctor and physiotherapist and follow their guidance about timing and restrictions. Bring us any post-operative instructions you have been given so we can plan your treatments around them.