Acupuncture in Surprise, AZ

Looking for acupuncture in Surprise, AZ? Dr. Derek M. Legg, D.C., M.P.H., is a chiropractor certified in acupuncture, which means you get both from one doctor in one visit instead of a referral to a second office. Your first visit is $49 and includes the consultation, examination, digital X-rays if clinically necessary, your first adjustment, and your first acupuncture and dry needling treatment.

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Does Acupuncture Hurt? What It Actually Feels Like

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First, what this is not. This is medical acupuncture, not a spa treatment. The lights are on. The points are chosen from your examination and your digital X-rays, not from a chart on the wall, and the session is short and precise. Find it, fix it, keep it.

 

​Now the part everyone asks about. The needles are about the width of a human hair and nothing like the hypodermic needle you picture at a doctor's office. Most patients feel a light tap on insertion and then nothing at all. Some feel a dull heaviness around the point, which is the response we are looking for. Acupuncture treatment usually takes around 15 minutes. There is no medication and no recovery time, so you drive yourself home and go on with your day. Needles are single-use and sterile, opened in front of you and discarded after one treatment.

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If you are uneasy about needles, say so. Dr. Legg will place a single needle and let you feel it before going any further, and plenty of patients start exactly that way.

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How Acupuncture Works

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Acupuncture supports care for back pain, neck pain, headaches and migraines, sciatica and radiating pain, shoulder and hip pain, and recovery from auto accident injuries. Which points are used, and whether acupuncture is the right tool for your case at all, comes from your examination and your digital X-rays rather than from a chart on the wall.

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What We Use Acupuncture For in Surprise, AZ

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Rotator cuff injuries, shoulder impingement, frozen shoulder, hip bursitis, hip labral tears, and sacroiliac joint dysfunction. Your exam and digital X-rays tell us which one you have, and whether the pain is coming from the joint or referred from your spine.

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Acupuncture and Dry Needling Are Not the Same Thing

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They use a similar needle and very different reasoning. Acupuncture works from point systems that influence the nervous system and blood flow across a region of the body. Dry needling targets a trigger point inside one specific muscle to make that muscle release. Dr. Legg is trained in both and chooses between them, or combines them, based on what your examination shows. Ask him to explain which one you are getting and why, and he will.

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Your $49 First Visit in Surprise

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Here in Surprise, Dr. Legg treats patients Monday through Thursday, and walk-ins are welcome. Your first visit is $49 and covers the consultation, examination, X-rays if needed, your first adjustment, and your first acupuncture treatment. You leave with care already started, not just discussed. Dr. Legg walks you through your X-rays and your plan at the second visit.

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What the Research Says

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Acupuncture has been studied most heavily for chronic pain. The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, part of the National Institutes of Health, reports that research supports acupuncture as a reasonable option for chronic pain conditions including low back pain, neck pain, osteoarthritis, and headache. Results vary from person to person, and no honest provider will promise you an outcome. Dr. Legg will tell you at your review of findings whether the evidence supports using it for your particular case. Read the NCCIH summary at nccih.nih.gov.

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We Will Tell You If You Do Not Need It

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Acupuncture is not right for every patient. If your examination shows you do not need it, Dr. Legg says so on day one and it is not added to your care. If chiropractic is not the right fit at all, he tells you that too and points you toward who can help.

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A few things we do not do. We do not sell packages up front. We do not quote a price after the treatment has already happened, because the acupuncture price is in writing before the first needle is placed. We do not hand you off to a technician or whoever is on shift. You see Dr. Legg at every visit, and he places every needle.

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Insurance, Medicare, and What Acupuncture Costs

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Legg Chiropractic and Acupuncture accepts Medicare and most major insurance plans for chiropractic care. Acupuncture is different, and it is better that you hear this before you book. Medicare covers medically necessary chiropractic spinal adjustments only. Acupuncture and dry needling performed by a chiropractor are not covered by Medicare and are billed as self pay. Most commercial plans treat chiropractic acupuncture the same way. We verify your benefits and quote the acupuncture price before your first treatment, so nothing on your bill is a surprise. See our full list of accepted insurance plans.

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Acupuncture: Common Questions

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Does acupuncture hurt?

For most patients, no. The needle is roughly the width of a human hair. Most people feel a light tap and then nothing, or a dull heaviness at the point. Tell Dr. Legg if any point is uncomfortable and he will move it. Individual results vary.

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Does Medicare cover acupuncture from a chiropractor?

No. See the insurance section above for the full answer.

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How much does acupuncture cost?

It depends on how many areas are treated and whether it is combined with your adjustment. Your first visit is $49 and includes a first acupuncture treatment. After that, Dr. Legg quotes the price in writing before any treatment begins, so you always know the cost before the first needle is placed. We do not sell packages up front.

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How many acupuncture sessions will I need?

That depends on how long the problem has been present and what your examination and X-rays show. Some patients notice a change after one or two sessions. Dr. Legg gives you a specific number at your review of findings on the second visit, before you commit to anything.

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Who You Will See

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​Dr. Derek M. Legg, D.C., M.P.H. earned his Doctor of Chiropractic at Logan University and his Master of Public Health at Grand Canyon University. He is certified in acupuncture by the Arizona Board of Chiropractic Examiners and has been named a Phoenix Top Doc. You see Dr. Legg himself at every visit, not a rotating provider.

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​Related Care

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Acupuncture is one of three tools used at Legg Chiropractic and Acupuncture, alongside chiropractic adjustments and dry needling. See every condition we treat, or start with the $49 first visit.

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​$49 offer details: the $49 first visit price applies to new self-pay patients and includes the consultation, chiropractic examination, digital X-rays if clinically necessary, a first adjustment, and a first acupuncture and dry needling treatment. The offer is not valid with private insurance claims, workers' compensation cases, or auto accident and personal injury cases. Limited to one visit per new patient. Individual results vary.​​

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Related care: Back Pain, Neck Pain, Sciatica, Acupuncture