Women with pain from vulvodynia/vestibulodynia are being recruited for a study that offers free acupuncture treatments administered at the University of Illinois at Chicago. They may not be concurrently receiving physical therapy, any other acupuncture treatments, or massage. Participants must not be diagnosed with interstitial cystitis, endometriosis, a pelvic mass or ovarian cyst, irritable bowel syndrome, or any other gynecologic problem which may cause pelvic pain. Women with vulvodynia/vestibulodynia are being recruited for free acupuncture treatments administered in Chicago and the northern suburbs. Women will be randomized to an active acupuncture treatment group or a wait-list control group. Acupuncture will be administered twice per week for 5 weeks. The wait-list control group will receive free acupuncture 2 times per week for 5 weeks after all questionnaires are completed. $20.00 gift cards will be given to all study participants in both groups for each of 4 questionnaires completed. Contact: Judith Schlaeger, CNM, LAc, PhD candidate, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (Principle Investigator) at judithschlaeger@gmail.com or call (708) 334-1097. Also see "Participate in Research" http://www.nva.org/participate.html listed under "Illinois". Also see Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine at http://www.gzhtcm.edu.cn/en/index.html
