Patients come in with all kinds of different aliments, and the one thing we always ask during an acupuncture treatment is how is your stress level? We ask this because when the body is in a heighten stressful state it shifts into the flight or fight stage which can turn off all non essential functions of the body. When the body is in a state of relaxation the immune system can take over and do what is supposed to do. According to Psychology Today, “deep relaxation and meditat