Acupuncture
Discover the Healing Power of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine
Experience true wellness with our relaxing, restorative acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatments. We are dedicated to helping you feel your best—naturally. Rebalance your body and mind, ease stress, and support your health with one of the most time-tested healing therapies.
Key Benefits of Acupuncture:
- Pain Relief: Acupuncture is widely recognized for its ability to alleviate pain, whether it's related to musculoskeletal conditions, headaches, migraines, or chronic illnesses. By stimulating the body's natural pain-relieving mechanisms, acupuncture offers effective relief without the side effects of medications.
- Stress Reduction: Acupuncture promotes relaxation and reduces stress by calming the nervous system and releasing endorphins, the body's natural feel-good hormones. Whether you're dealing with everyday stressors or more severe anxiety and depression, acupuncture can help restore balance and emotional well-being.
- Enhanced Energy and Vitality: Many people report feeling more energized and revitalized after acupuncture sessions, thanks to the improved flow of qi throughout the body. Whether you're struggling with fatigue, low energy, or a general sense of malaise, acupuncture can help restore your vitality and zest for life.
- Improved Sleep Quality: Acupuncture can be highly effective for improving sleep quality and treating insomnia by regulating the body's natural sleep-wake cycle. By addressing underlying imbalances that disrupt sleep, acupuncture promotes deep, restorative rest.
- Pregnancy and Labor Support: Acupuncture can safely and effectively help women throughout pregnancy, as well as prepare them for labor. A series of gentle acupuncture sessions can address pain and mental wellness, gradually facilitate the onset of labor, help position a breech or posterior baby, and support mom post-partum.
- Hormonal Balance and Fertility Support: Acupuncture is often used as a complementary therapy for hormonal imbalances, menstrual irregularities, and fertility issues. By promoting hormonal balance, regulating menstrual cycles, and enhancing blood flow to the reproductive organs, acupuncture can support natural conception and improve the success of assisted reproductive technologies.
Frequently asked questions
- How Many Sessions Do I Need? To create deep and lasting change, a series of sessions are essential. This will vary a bit from person to person, but we typically schedule 1-2 sessions per week for several weeks. Many people schedule acupuncture regularly to sustain health and well-being. We address acute needs, such as colds, coughs, UTI’s, flus, arthritis flare-ups, encouraging labor, allergic reactions, migraines, injuries, nausea in pregnancy, or to support you through various challenges in your life. Many long term clients come in twice a month for tune-ups.
- What Can I Expect? Our first visit will be 90 minutes, and follow up visits are 50-60 minutes. When you schedule your first appointment, please complete our confidential online health intake form. We use that to guide us through our first and subsequent meetings. You will have acupuncture with each session, along with optional cupping or gua sha, moxa, or Estim.
- We also offer consultation, herbal recommendations, gua sha, and/or cupping sessions for those who have pain or injury but don’t want needles. It’s our opinion that needles, gua sha/cupping, and herbs work best for most things, but we have options for people who are terrified of needles.
