03/15/2026
If your pain gets better once you start moving, Chinese medicine calls this qi and blood stagnation.
Things get stiff when circulation slows down.
This is why pain and stiffness are usually at their worst
• first thing in the morning
• after sitting for too long
• when you’ve been inactive / taken a break from exercising
Movement is getting your qi and blood flowing again and with it, reducing pain.
Acupuncture helps restore that circulation of qi and blood so your pain doesn’t keep coming back