Is suffering with PMS and menstrual discomfort all just part of being a woman? Should we just accept it as the natural course of our lives until the inevitable day that we enter menopause? I don’t think so. Most women if they don’t suffer every month with PMS or menstrual cramps, have at least had…Continue reading Can Acupuncture Help PMS and Cramps?
Is It Time to Boost Your Immune System With Acupuncture?
No matter where you live winter is the time of colds and flu and there is plenty of that going around! One really good way to do that is to boost your immune system with acupuncture. An act of prevention this winter could save you the misery of lying in bed for days with a…Continue reading Is It Time to Boost Your Immune System With Acupuncture?
Help for Back Pain with Acupuncture
You wake up one morning and roll over to get out of bed and ouch you can’t turn your neck to the left without horrible pain and stiffness.Or you simply reach down to pick the kids toy off the floor and OMG you can’t stand up without sharp stabbing pain to your lower back. All…Continue reading Help for Back Pain with Acupuncture
Why Am I Not Pregnant Yet?
You’ve decided that now is the time in your life you want to get pregnant. You’ve waited until everything is right, you have the right partner, you have support, you are ready to be a mom for the first time, or maybe again. But something is wrong, you are doing everything you are supposed to…Continue reading Why Am I Not Pregnant Yet?
Fertility Acupuncture and IVF Support
One of the increasingly prominent aspects of my fertility acupuncture practice is in providing supportive treatments to women going through IVF and IUI treatments for infertility. How does acupuncture help during these treatments? Most women experience some degree of stress during the IVF process and usually leading up to the decision to seek this treatment.…Continue reading Fertility Acupuncture and IVF Support
How to Increase Your Fertility
As a fertility acupuncturist, I will say that seeing an acupuncturist and herbalist specializing in fertility is an ideal solution to naturally increase fertility. However, if you don’t have a handy acupuncturist what can you do on your own? Diet and lifestyle are key components of fertility. Eating a healthy diet is very important and…Continue reading How to Increase Your Fertility
It’s National Infertility Awareness Week
As an acupuncturist and practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) who specializes in treating infertility, I would like to bring awareness to the community that there is help for infertility. TCM has a long history of helping people naturally conceive when it has become difficult. There are many causes for fertility challenges and in my…Continue reading It’s National Infertility Awareness Week
Can Acupuncture Really Help Your Headaches?
Headaches are no fun, especially when they are frequent or intense like a migraine. Some people even get headaches nearly every day. Headaches come in many varieties, from a mild feeling of pressure to throbbing, blinding and debilitating. They can be located anywhere in the head region. These details are key when I interview a…Continue reading Can Acupuncture Really Help Your Headaches?
Year of The Wooden Horse
Beginning on January 31, 2014 we enter the Year of the Horse and it looks like a pretty exciting year indeed. This year will bring a major energetic shift. It should be a more lively, outgoing year than last year’s more introspective water snake year. It is a year when luck is on your side,…Continue reading Year of The Wooden Horse
Can You Heal Your Body With Your Mind
Can a Healing Attitude Help You Get Better Faster? Yes, yes and yes it can. What do I mean by a healing attitude? A positive attitude, a belief that you are getting better, a belief that you can get better, that you can achieve your health goals, that you aren’t stuck where you are. I…Continue reading Can You Heal Your Body With Your Mind