Long COVID, also known as post-COVID syndrome, refers to persistent symptoms that last for weeks or even months after a COVID-19 infection. These may include extreme fatigue, shortness of breath, concentration issues, muscle pain, sensory overload, or a lingering sense of imbalance. In our acupuncture clinics, we are seeing more and more clients struggling with these long-term aftereffects. In this blog, you’ll learn how acupuncture can help with various Long COVID symptoms.
What Is Long COVID?
Long COVID is a collective term for a range of symptoms that persist after a coronavirus infection. You don’t need to have been seriously ill to develop long-term complaints.
Common symptoms of Long COVID include:
- Chronic fatigue
- Shortness of breath or chest tightness
- Sleep disturbances
- Muscle and joint pain
- 'Brain fog', memory and concentration issues
- Sensitivity to stimuli (light, sound, smell)
- Low mood, anxiety, or emotional instability
- Loss of smell or taste
- A feeling of ‘internal heat’ or restlessness in the body
Recovery often follows a bumpy course. You may feel better for a few days and then suddenly relapse. This makes it hard to gain control over your energy and daily functioning.
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How Can Acupuncture Help with Long COVID?
Acupuncture focuses on restoring the body’s energy balance and supporting its self-healing ability. Here’s how it can help with Long COVID:
1. Acupuncture helps rebuild energy and reduce fatigue
Fatigue after COVID often goes beyond simply “feeling tired”—it can feel like complete exhaustion. Acupuncture works to strengthen the Qi (life force energy), especially in organs like the lungs, spleen, and kidneys, which are often weakened in Long COVID.
2. Improving breathing and energy flow
Stimulating specific acupuncture points can deepen the breath and relieve tension in the chest area. This can ease symptoms such as shortness of breath, tightness, and shallow breathing.
3. Mental clarity and better sensory processing
Symptoms like brain fog, difficulty concentrating, and sensory overload can be treated by calming the nervous system and improving the flow of energy to the head.
4. Regulating internal heat and inflammation
Some clients experience burning mucous membranes, hot hands or feet, or a dry, painful tongue. In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this is described as ‘internal heat’. Acupuncture can help restore balance.
5. Emotional support during long-term illness
Emotional symptoms such as sadness, frustration, or anxiety are common with long-term illness. Acupuncture can promote inner peace, improve sleep, and help you feel more emotionally balanced.
Tip: Read our patient stories to discover how acupuncture has helped with a wide range of conditions.
Our acupuncturists are here for you
We welcome you on our locations in Hoofddorp, Nieuw Vennep, Breukelen, Wassenaar, Voorburg, and Rijswijk-Delft. Long COVID requires a personal and patient-centered approach. Acupuncture can support the gradual recovery of balance in both body and mind, with attention to your overall health. We always take a holistic view—treating the whole person. Want to experience how acupuncture can support your recovery from Long COVID? We’re here for you.
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