Acupuncture is one of the many treatments used within physiotherapy as an integrated approach to the management of pain, inflammation and as a means of enhancing the body’s own healing chemicals in order to aid recovery and enhance rehabilitation. The use of acupuncture within physiotherapy is backed up by clinical research evidence. The concept of Traditional Chinese Medicine [TCM] is an ancient system going as far back as 1000BC, founded on the holistic concept of treatment and an acknowledgement of the body’s ability to return to its balanced state of health, given the correct stimulus to do so.