Lincoln Park
Acupuncture
Our approach to acupuncture is rooted in traditional Chinese medicine and designed for real life—individualized care that supports how your body functions, recovers, and stays in balance. Each session begins by looking at the body as a whole, identifying patterns that influence how you feel day to day.
Treatments are tailored to support relief, regulation, and long-term balance, whether you’re navigating pain, stress, hormonal shifts, or general fatigue. The experience is quiet, intentional, and unhurried, giving your body the space it needs to reset and respond.
The Benefits
Acupuncture supports the body’s natural ability to regulate, repair, and restore balance. Many patients notice both immediate shifts and meaningful changes over time as their systems begin working more efficiently together.
Immune Support
By encouraging balance and circulation, acupuncture helps strengthen the body’s natural defenses. Ongoing care can support resilience and reduce the frequency of illness over time.
Hormonal Balance
Acupuncture works with the body’s regulatory systems to support hormonal health across life stages. It’s commonly used for menstrual concerns, fertility support, and perimenopausal transitions.
Digestive Support
Through targeted stimulation, acupuncture helps regulate digestive function and reduce inflammation. It’s often used to address bloating, discomfort, irregular digestion, and gut-related stress responses.
Pain Relief
Acupuncture helps reduce pain by improving circulation, releasing muscular tension, and supporting the body’s natural pain-modulation pathways. It’s commonly used for back pain, neck tension, headaches, and joint discomfort.
Stress Reduction
By calming the nervous system, acupuncture helps shift the body out of a constant stress response. Patients often report feeling more grounded, clear-headed, and emotionally steady after treatment.
Improved Sleep
Acupuncture supports healthier sleep by addressing the underlying imbalances that interfere with rest. Many patients fall asleep more easily and experience deeper, more restorative sleep cycles.
Your first visit begins with a detailed, one-on-one conversation about your health history, lifestyle, and current concerns. We look beyond individual symptoms to understand patterns in sleep, digestion, stress, pain, and energy, as well as how these systems interact.
This comprehensive intake allows us to create a treatment plan that’s informed, intentional, and tailored specifically to you.
Initial Appointment
Each acupuncture session is customized based on your current state and long-term goals. Fine needles are placed at specific points to encourage balance, circulation, and nervous system regulation, often paired with complementary techniques when appropriate.
Treatments are typically deeply calming, offering space for the body to settle, respond, and begin restoring balance.
Treatment
Acupuncture tends to be most impactful when received consistently, with care that adapts as your symptoms shift and your system becomes more balanced. Each session builds on the last, supporting long-term regulation and overall resilience.
Following treatment, some people notice a sense of calm, improved sleep, or subtle changes over the next day or two. Gentle movement, hydration, and taking it easy when possible can help the body fully absorb the benefits.
With ongoing sessions, acupuncture helps strengthen the body’s ability to maintain balance and support sustainable well-being over time.
Continued Support & Aftercare
Thoughtful Care, Start to Finish
From your first visit through ongoing treatment, care is collaborative, calm, and tailored to you. We take the time to understand what’s happening in your body and adjust treatment as your needs evolve.
The Science Behind Acupuncture
Acupuncture needles target nerve-rich areas, triggering responses in the nervous system that influence how pain is processed and regulated. This stimulation can help calm overactive signals, reduce inflammation, and support healthier nerve communication throughout the body.
The insertion of needles at specific points increases local blood circulation, bringing oxygen and essential nutrients to tissues. Improved circulation supports healing, reduces muscle tension, and helps the body clear metabolic waste more efficiently.
Acupuncture activates both the central nervous and immune systems, prompting the release of endorphins and other neurochemicals involved in pain relief and mood regulation. These responses not only help alleviate physical discomfort but also promote relaxation, ease stress, and support overall emotional well-being.
Contact Lincoln Park
Have a question about billing, insurance, scheduling, or just want to talk things through with a real person? Our friendly front desk team at the Lincoln Park office is always happy to help - whether you need clarity, guidance, or a human on the other end of the line.
1022 W Armitage Ave
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Mon - Wed: 7:30am - 8:00pm CST
Thurs - Fri: 7:30am - 4:00pm CST
Sat: 10:00am - 4:00pm CST
Sun: 10:00am - 4:00pm CST
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Frequently Asked Questions
Thoughtful care starts with understanding. Below, you’ll find clear answers to common questions about treatment and the experience.
Acupuncture can support a wide range of conditions, including chronic and acute pain such as neck, back, joint, and headache pain. It is also effective in addressing stress, anxiety, and insomnia, as well as digestive issues and hormonal imbalances. Many people turn to acupuncture for relief from allergies and sinus problems, fertility challenges, and menstrual irregularities. In addition, it can aid in post-surgical recovery and help reduce fatigue. Beyond treating specific conditions, acupuncture is widely used to promote overall balance, relaxation, and preventive wellness.
What conditions can be treated by acupuncture?
Acupuncture is generally safe when performed by a licensed practitioner, but it may not be suitable for everyone. People with bleeding disorders, pacemakers, or severe needle phobia should consult their doctor first. Pregnant individuals should also notify their acupuncturist that they are pregnant. Acupuncturists are trained to support you throught your fertility and health journeys.
Who should not use acupuncture?
Common signs include better sleep, improved mood, reduced pain, better digestion, and more stable energy levels. Some people notice immediate relief, while others see gradual improvements over several sessions. Feeling relaxed or pleasantly tired after treatment is also a normal sign that your body is responding.
What are the signs acupuncture is working?
Yes, a growing body of research supports acupuncture’s effectiveness for various conditions — especially chronic pain, migraines, nausea, and anxiety. While results can vary, many medical institutions recognize acupuncture as a beneficial complementary therapy that works by influencing the body’s nervous, circulatory, and immune systems.
Is it proven that acupuncture works?
The frequency depends on your condition and goals. For acute issues such as pain or stress, 1–2 sessions per week are common at the beginning. Once symptoms improve, treatments can be spaced out to every 2–4 weeks for maintenance and prevention. Your acupuncturist will design a plan tailored to your needs.
How often should you get acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine technique that involves inserting very fine needles into specific points on the body to restore balance and promote natural healing. It helps improve circulation, reduce inflammation, regulate the nervous system, and release endorphins — the body ’s natural painkillers. Many people use acupuncture for pain relief, stress reduction, and overall wellness support.
What does acupuncture actually do?
Cancellation policies are as follows:
If you cancel with 24+ hours’ notice, you won’t be charged anything.
Cancel with 12–24 hours’ notice, and you’ll be charged 50% of the missed service.
Less than 12 hours’ notice—or a no-show—means we’ll need to charge you the full amount, whether you’re using insurance or paying privately.
Should you need to reschedule, you can easily do so via or app - or if your prefer to talk to a person, by calling either of our locations:
🌐 moonrabbitacupuncture.janeapp.com
📞 Lincoln Park – (312) 414–0058
📞 West Loop – (773) 234–1042
We're always here if you need help making changes!
What if I miss my appointment?
Yes, eating something before your appointment, even a small snack, is always recommended.
Should I eat before an acupuncture appointment?
Acupuncture involves the insertion of very thin needles (30 times thinner than the traditional needle you experience at your physician’s office) at strategic points on the body. Most people believe that acupuncture only treats pain; however, it has a myriad of other uses, including overall wellness, stress management, and fertility support.
From an Eastern perspective, acupuncture is a technique for balancing the flow of qi (pronounced chee), or energy, which flows through meridians in your body. By inserting needles into specific points along these meridians, acupuncture re-establishes balance for overall health and wellbeing.
Alternatively, the Western perspective is that acupuncture stimulates nerves, muscles, and fascia (connective tissue) to reduce pain and treat tension. Acupuncture treatment can help the body release a spasmed muscle or interrupt the signal of pain. From a biochemical perspective, findings from research have demonstrated that acupuncture stimulation causes a release of endorphins, serotonin, enkephalins, and γ-amino-butyric acid (GABA; a major inhibitory neurotransmitter of the brain), norepinephrine, and dopamine, other studies have also demonstrated that acupuncture can treat insomnia, as well as support conception through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), such as IVF. Acupuncture has also been demonstrated to increase blood flow, aid in circulation, improve sleep and ease mental health concerns.
How does acupuncture work?
Yes, acupuncture is safe during pregnancy as long as you are seeing a licensed, board-certified acupuncturist.
All of the acupuncturists at Moon Rabbit are licensed, board-certified, and highly experienced in working with women at all stages of pregnancy. We always recommend consulting with your physician before trying anything new.
Is acupuncture safe during pregnancy?
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