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Acupuncture, Dry Cupping & Needling
Acupuncture, Cupping & Dry Needling
in Edinburgh
Ease Pain. Release Tension. Restore Balance.
Acupuncture at Balanced offers a personalised, evidence-informed way to support pain relief, recovery and overall wellbeing. Our fully qualified acupuncturist provides Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture, Five Element Acupuncture and dry cupping for an holistic approach to your symptoms, goals and wider health. By stimulating the central nervous system to produce endorphins and neurotransmitters, it can be used to treat a wide variety of symptoms including pain, muscle stiffness, sleep issues and anxiety.
Many of our physiotherapy team also use specific acupuncture points or dry needling as part of your treatment plan and rehabilitation to help ease muscular tension and pain, enabling you to carry out your exercise programme more effectively and comfortably.
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Acupuncture Treatments
Acupuncture, a practice over 2,500 years old, is still going strong for good reason.
At Balanced, we offer two approaches: Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture, great for physical aches and pains, and Five Element Acupuncture, which looks a little deeper, supporting things like stress and sleep.
Acupuncture is a safe, evidence-informed therapy that can support different areas of your healing journey. Treatment plans are tailored to your symptoms, goals and overall wellbeing. It may help with chronic or acute pain, neck, back, muscle and joint pain, sports injuries, headaches, migraines, stress, sleep issues, circulation and general relaxation.
Whether you’re recovering from an injury, managing a long-term condition or looking to improve your overall health, acupuncture can be an effective standalone treatment or complement to physiotherapy, massage and rehabilitation.
Book an appointment with our team to discover how personalised treatment can help you feel and move better.
Cupping
Think of dry cupping as a reverse massage. Instead of pressing down, gentle suction lifts the skin and underlying tissues, helping to increase blood flow, ease tightness and support tissue movement. It has been used across cultures for centuries, and you may notice temporary circular marks afterwards. These are normal and usually fade within a few days.
Dry cupping is a gentle, hands-on therapy often used alongside physiotherapy, massage and rehabilitation to support recovery and enhance treatment outcomes. It may help with:
- Muscle tightness
- Neck, back and shoulder pain
- Sports Injuries and exercise recovery
- Circulation
- Lymphatic drainage
- Mobility and flexibility
- Relaxation and general muscle wellbeing
By encouraging blood flow and reducing restriction, dry cupping can help ease discomfort, support healing and leave you feeling more mobile.
Book an appointment with our experienced therapists to see how dry cupping could support your recovery.
Dry Needling
A more targeted, muscle-focused approach. Fine needles go straight to tight or painful trigger points to help them release and relax. You might feel a little ache or twitch during treatment, and some soreness afterwards akin to a a good workout, that’s just your muscles doing their thing.
Balanced’s Dry Needling treament many help with:
- Muscle knots and trigger points
- Acute and chronic muscular pain
- Neck, back and shoulder pain
- Sports injuries and recovery
- Muscle tightness and stiffness
- Tendon-related pain
- Scar tissue management
- Improved flexibility and range of motion
- Reduced muscle spasms
- Faster recovery from injury
Ready to relieve muscle pain and restore movement?
Book an appointment with our experienced therapists today to find out if dry needling could be the right treatment for your recovery.
A Holistic Approach to Your Recovery
We don’t treat symptoms in isolation. Our acupuncture, dry cupping and dry needling therapies form part of a wider, evidence-informed approach to your care, working alongside physiotherapy, massage therapy and rehabilitation where appropriate.
By understanding the underlying cause of your symptoms, we can combine treatments to reduce pain, restore movement and support long-term recovery. When needed, we also work with your wider healthcare team to ensure your care is coordinated, consistent and tailored to your goals.
Whether you’re recovering from injury, managing ongoing pain or looking to improve your overall wellbeing, every treatment plan is personalised to help you achieve lasting results.
Supporting your wellness goals
Whether you’re looking to relieve pain, ease tension or support your overall wellbeing, we tailor every acupuncture treatment to your individual needs and goals.
For everyday life
Build confidence, improve mobility and make daily tasks feel easier with treatment delivered in your own environment.
For sport
Support recovery, regain strength and return to activity with a clear rehabilitation plan.
For work
Address pain, mobility issues or physical limitations that affect your ability to work comfortably or safely.
Trusted Acupuncture, Cupping and Dry Needling in Edinburgh
- Established clinics in Stockbridge, Barnton, Colinton and The Braids.
- Experienced therapists with expertise in acupuncture, cupping and dry needling
- Personalised, evidence-informed treatments tailored to your needs
- Integrated care alongside physiotherapy, massage therapy and rehabilitation
- Trusted by thousands of patients across Edinburgh
Whether you’re seeking pain relief, recovering from injury or looking to improve your overall wellbeing, we deliver treatments that are practical, personalised and focused on helping you achieve lasting results.
Acupuncture, Cupping & Dry Needling Prices
Prices are the same for all treatments:
Initial Appointment
£66
(up to 55 minutes)
Follow-up appointment
£66
(up to 55 minutes)
Follow-up appointment
£56
(up to 40 minutes)
Follow-up appointment
£46
(up to 25 minutes)
Take the next step
Take the next step towards feeling and moving better.
Book online today, or if you prefer, you can call us on 0131 315 3105 or email info@balancededinburgh.co.uk and our friendly team will be happy to help.
