Dr. Paul Finucan is a certified licensed acupuncturist with twenty-three plus years of experience. Acupuncture is a health science, which is used to successfully treat both pain and dysfunction in the body. Early Chinese physicians discovered there is an energy network traversing just below the surface of the skin. This network communicates from the exterior to the internal organs and structures at over 1,000 "Acupoints" on the body. This energy works in harmony with the body's circulatory, nervous, muscular, digestive, genitourinary and all other systems of the body. When this vital energy becomes blocked or weakened, an effect in a body system or anatomic location becomes evident. Stimulation of one or a combination of key "Acupoints" on the body may restore harmony to the affected area.

Pain Management - Acupuncture can be a useful tool for pain management. Acupuncture alone will not correct a structural problem, but when combined with chiropractic treatment and other modalities it is very effective for pain management. Acupuncture can stimulate the body to create its own natural painkiller and anti-inflammatory responses. With stimulation of key "Acupoints" the body will produce both enkephalins and endorphins, which are two hundred times more powerful than morphine. These natural painkillers are more powerful than drugs and can have a prolonged result free of side effects.

Addiction Treatment - Acupuncture has gained a great deal of notoriety in recent years concerning its considerable success with addiction control. It has been shown that Acupuncture has a very positive effect in the area of drug, alcohol, and smoking addictions.

Acupuncture has had profound effects with smoking addictions. The average patient will reduce their intake by at least one half within twenty-four hours of the first treatment. The treatment protocol Dr. Finucan utilizes has shown to be 85% successful with two treatments. These treatments allow the patient to stop without experiencing the negative side effects of quitting. A small percentage of patients require additional treatments.