Painful acupuncure points

[Roger M]

I recently started a course of acupuncture to balance my hormones and one or two of the points are quite painful. The points which cause the problem are in my right leg, one just below the knee on my shin and the other near my ankle on the inner leg. I asked the acupuncturist about this, and he said it wasn't a problem (well obviously not to him, it's not his leg ). However, I can feel the needles during the treatment - there's a throbbing sort of pain and after the needle has been taken out, the area is quite sore for a while.

Is this a sign of an imbalance somewhere, or is it something I should be worried about? TIA.