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
Family acupuncture was the way of family health care back in the day. Back before Western Medicine decided the human body needed to be divided up into many different parts and looked at like a machine rather than a human with a heart and soul. In our past, family doctors were exactly that, family doctors, and before them we had
Many ask how they can help support their healing in between treatments. Keeping inflammation down can greatly help maintain the changes and shifts occurring during your acupuncture sessions. First, it is important to understand what inflammation is and how it impacts your body. Inflammation is a natural process in the body that takes place when the body is in need
Many of my patients will hear me remind them and exhort them to “Eat Clean!”. What, exactly does that mean? What I’ve learned is that most people have no idea. The words themselves give you a clue. But it doesn’t mean wash your food! (Although, that is a great idea!) Clean eating means eating foods that are REAL, not packaged
