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Why do I Need Multiple Acupuncture Treatments?
More than 3 million people receive acupuncture or multiple acupuncture treatments each year, according to the American Association of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Many of these patients are for the most part healthy but who experience conditions like low back…
Is Dry Needling or Acupuncture Better For Me?
What is Dry Needling? Dry needling stems from a practice used by physicians called trigger point injection. With trigger point injection, a specific point related to pain is located within a nearby muscle and injected, usually with saline or lidocaine. Practitioners…
Acupuncture For Seasonal Allergy Relief
Everything is harder with allergies. You often feel you have to power through at work, with your kids, and in your social life. Having allergies wears you down. Just about anyone can be a potential victim of allergies. Adults and kids of all ages report feeling…
Why do you use needles to stimulate acupuncture points?
I get asked this a lot and it’s a great question. It opens discussion about different methods of stimulating acupuncture points a well as the nature of the points themselves. Think back a few thousand years. Imagine yourself in ancient China in a tent with a…
Relief for the weekend warrior’s acute and traumatic injuries
It’s finally spring! The days are getting longer and the weather is warmer. It’s time to get outside and do some fun stuff! Then BAM! Sprained ankle, twisted knee, strained back and sore muscles. These acute and traumatic injuries happen…
You don’t have to put up with seasonal allergies
Bold statement, right? We’ll it’s true. With acupuncture and herbal medicine seasonal allergies can be very easy to eliminate. A lot of folks suffer through the season or use OTC meds that don’t work very well and have unpleasant side effects. Read…