Pillar #3 Body Work When you come in for your acupuncture appointment, acupuncture may not be the only modality you will receive. Other forms of bodywork used by your practitioner include tuina, gua sha and cupping. Each of these techniques requires specialized training and your practitioner knows when to utilize these tools or not. Tuina is a form of Chinese
Pillar 2 – Herbs Chinese herbs are another Pillar to use alongside Acupuncture in the process of discovering and creating your health and well-being. The use of Chinese herbs has been around for about 3,000 years. Many times the use of specific herbs originated out of the kitchen and then expanded as Chinese medicine became more systematic and grounded in
Pillar 1- Acupuncture Acupuncture has been around for approximately 3,000 years!! It has remained part of human society and culture because it is effective for treating so many different ailments and has few side effects. In modern times acupuncture has been medically proven… National Institutes of Health (NIH) studies have shown that acupuncture is an effective treatment alone or in
I can not tell you how many times I have walked into our intake room and heard a little sigh and a chuckle… “ Oh Hello! I guess I was expecting someone else…you know more like Mr. Miyagi or something.” Apparently being female, white, with blue eyes has taken someone by surprise…again. So many times new patients come into
Spring is right around the corner! The warmer weather, blooming flowers and pollen popping give us the physical signs that Spring is near. The Spring Equinox is the hallmark date of Spring’s official arrival with an equal 12 hours between sunrise and sunset. Now we only have longer days to look forward to from the 20th. Many of us don’t
Help back pain with acupuncture! In a previous blog we discussed the prevalence of chronic low back pain (CLBP) in America and the toll it takes on people and society in general, with lost days of work and enjoyment of life. In Western Medicine, the typical standard treatment for CLBP according to The American Family Physician Website is, (My bolding
