Category: Stress and Anxiety

Acupuncture Helps Teen Anxiety

Acupuncture helps teen anxiety. Often very quickly. During adolescence the teen brain is rapidly growing and developing. The brain is literally changing size, shape and how it works all at once. Connections within the limbic system, amygdala, and the prefrontal cortex, which are essential for emotional regulation, are shifting and forming. While the brain is changing, hormones are changing, and

Acupuncture Helps Stress and Anxiety

By Dr. Gretchen S. Rivas D.Ac. L.Ac., C.SMA., Diplomate, LMT

Acupuncture helps stress and anxiety. How though, is anxiety defined in our culture? According to the website Anxiety.org, anxiety disorders are characterized by a general feature of excessive fear (i.e. emotional response to perceived or real threat) and/or anxiety (i.e. worrying about a future threat) and can have negative behavioral and emotional consequences. Acupuncture helps the different types of anxiety