Acupuncture For Auto Accident Victims
Getting into any kind of accident is always scary. Weather it’s an auto accident, a slip and fall, a sports accident or an injury at work. All of them can be painful, damaging, and simply downright jarring. Luckily there are many types of non-invasive treatments that can be performed when these types of injuries […]
Acupuncture Relieves Pain and PTSD Symptoms
In April 2019, a team of Italian researchers published a study in Medical Acupuncture that suggests acupuncture may be effective for reducing symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a natural disaster. The research team looked at residents of Amatrice, Italy, were a 6.0-magnitude earthquake in 2016 left nearly 300 people dead and almost […]
How Acupuncture Can Help With Motivation
Everyone experiences times where they have no motivation. Lack of motivation can be caused by many things: the weather, depression, nutritional deficiencies,rejection and even not exercising. For many, this seems contradictory. If I have no motivation, how am I supposed to go exercise? Well, it all comes down to choices and doing what is best […]
How Acupuncture Can Help Depression or Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Seasonal Affective Disorder, also known as SAD, is a form of depression that affects people all throughout the world. Most commonly experienced during fall and winter months, the symptoms of SAD include depression, hypersomnia, lethargy, difficulty concentrating, negative thoughts and decreased social interaction. Higher levels of anxiety are experienced at the end of the summer […]
Acupuncture Treatments for Dementia
Dementia is defined as a chronic disorder of the mental processes caused by either brain injury or brain disease. Dementia is marked by memory disorders, personality changes and impaired reasoning. Dementia is not a specific disease though. Dementia is an overall term that describes a wide range of symptoms characterized by a decline in mental […]
How Acupuncture Can Help Treat Chronic Depression
A study published by BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine looked at the effects of acupuncture in the treatment of depression. For the study, rats were exposed to three weeks of chronic unpredictable mild stress, which put them into a state of depression. Once depression had set in, the rats were then treated using two acupuncture […]
How Acupuncture Helps Insomnia, Stress, Anxiety etc.
Traditional Chinese Medicine looks at things differently and while it may be a little confusing, there is usually some common ground that can be found upon examination and explanation. One such area is the idea of the mind. The mind in Traditional Chinese Medicine is commonly referred to as the shen. In Chinese medicine, the […]
How Acupuncture Treats Emotional Disorders
Traditional Chinese Medicine looks at things differently and while it may be a little confusing, there is usually some common ground that can be found upon examination and explanation. One such area is the idea of the mind. The mind in Traditional Chinese Medicine is commonly referred to as the shen. In Chinese medicine, the […]
