Hard to tell as it was such a short appointment, mostly taken up by filling out a questionnaire about my health (which I could have done in advance to save time). Acupuncture seemed fine although my clinician was a bit unsure about what to do a lot of the time and the needles were only in for about 5 minutes. No benefit felt so far, but need to have 2nd appointment next week. I might benefit more from having further appointments but sadly I won't be able to afford them at the normal price.