Mountain View Pain Center's licensed acupuncturists treat patients at our Phoenix-metro clinics: North Phoenix, Deer Valley, Glendale and Peoria in the West Valley, and Chandler and Mesa in the East Valley. No referral is needed, and most major plans and Medicare are accepted. Because the acupuncturist works in the same suite as our Pain Management physicians, physical therapists and chiropractors, Acupuncture can be a course of care on its own or one part of a single coordinated plan. Call (602) 325-2024.
Spanish-language communication is available at every clinic through real-time translation.
Acupuncture at Mountain View Pain Center is not a separate errand across town. The acupuncturist works in the same suite as our physicians, physical therapists and chiropractors, from the same chart, and can adjust what they are doing based on what the rest of the team is finding.
That matters most for pain that has not responded to one thing on its own. While Physical Therapy builds strength and Pain Management handles an injection or a medication question, Acupuncture can work on the pain signaling and on the sleep and tension patterns wrapped around it, without anyone duplicating anyone else. It also stands perfectly well on its own if that is all you want — no referral, and nothing else required first.
The evidence for Acupuncture is strongest in chronic pain, and that is most of what walks through the door.
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Three of the things we do involve a needle, and they get confused with one another constantly. They are not interchangeable, and only one of them injects anything.
Performed by a licensed acupuncturist. Hair-thin filiform needles are placed at specific points — often well away from where it hurts — and left in while you rest. Nothing is injected. It treats the whole presentation rather than one muscle, which is why it is the usual choice for chronic and widespread pain.
Performed by a physical therapist as one technique inside a rehabilitation plan. The same kind of needle goes straight into a trigger point to release a single knotted muscle, and again nothing is injected. The full side-by-side comparison is here.
A procedure rather than a technique: a fine needle enters the trigger point and delivers a small amount of local anesthetic, sometimes with an anti-inflammatory. That is the difference — an injection puts something in. In Arizona, injections are performed at our Mesa and Westgate (Glendale) clinics. More on trigger-point injections.
No. You can request an evaluation directly. Some plans still want a referral on file before they will cover it, and we check that for you before your first visit.
Most major plans and Medicare are accepted, and coverage has widened considerably — including some Medicare plans for chronic low back pain. We verify your benefits before you come in and tell you what to expect. Medicare in Arizona: see Pain Management that accepts Medicare.
The needles are hair-thin, far finer than an injection needle. Insertion is usually painless; the common description is a dull heaviness at the point, and a fair number of people fall asleep during the session.
Look for a change across four to six sessions — less intense pain, shorter flare-ups, better sleep — rather than expecting the first visit to settle it. If it is not doing anything by then, your acupuncturist should say so plainly and the plan should change.
A full history before any needles: where it hurts, how long it has been going on, how you are sleeping, what makes it worse. The points are chosen from that. You can drive yourself home afterward.
Whichever is easiest to reach — every clinic is listed above with addresses and hours, from North Phoenix, Deer Valley, Glendale and Peoria in the West Valley through to Chandler and Mesa in the East Valley. Also in Phoenix: Physical Therapy · Chiropractor · Pain Management.
Yes. Every needle is sterile, single-use, and disposed of straight after the session. Nothing is reused between patients.
Yes. Bring the list to the first visit. Some medications, blood thinners in particular, change how the practitioner works and where, so the plan is set after the intake rather than before it.
Yes. The services sit under one roof and on one chart, so the acupuncturist can see what the chiropractor and the physical therapist are doing and time the sessions around each other. More on Chiropractic in Phoenix and Physical Therapy in Phoenix.
Cupping is offered at every Mountain View Pain Center clinic, Phoenix included, alongside Acupuncture. Cups are placed on the skin and suction lifts the tissue beneath them. Sessions are short, and the round marks they leave look like bruises and fade over several days.
It can be combined with Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Physical Therapy and Pain Management — all four on one chart, in the same building. No referral is needed, and appointments are usually available within the same week.
Acupuncture at Mountain View Pain Center clinics across Arizona and Colorado — see Acupuncture or the full clinic map.
