Chinese Medicine Fire Cupping
Fire cupping is part of Traditional Chinese Medicine and is often used as an adjunct therapy to acupuncture in musculoskeletal...
Acupuncture for Shingles - Herpes Zoster
What is shingles? Shingles occurs when the dormant chickenpox virus in the body becomes active, irritating one or more nerve roots in the...
Acupuncture for Hay Fever
Research on over 400 patients shows that acupuncture can relieve symptoms of hay fever and reduce antihistamine use (1). It's spring,...
Feeling Cranky Coming into Spring?
Feeling unreasonably cranky at the moment? Let's face it, we've either been in hibernation over winter, or wish we could have been in...
The Piano Players Finger - Acupuncture for Arthritis
An anecdotal recount of treating an arthritic finger. When I was studying in my fourth year at acupuncture school, my best friend Lisette...
Why You Should Try Acupuncture!
Some people take a bit of convincing to let another person put pins in them, which is totally understandable! SO - Why should you try...
Acupuncture for Headaches and Migraines
I am so thankful I've never experienced a migraine, I really feel for those that get them regularly. I have seen a number of patients...
Heat Therapy and Acupuncture for Old Sports Injuries and Arthritis
It's cold! Let's warm things up. Now is the time of year when arthritis and old sports injuries flare up, and poor circulation is at it's...
A Focus on Lower Back Pain Research
Lower back pain: Acupuncture. The two could be married. A lot of my patients come in for lower back pain, or have had acupuncture...
What Are We Taught in Four Years of Acupuncture School?
People often ask me how long I studied for to become and acupuncturist, and are surprised to find that to become qualified it is a 4 year...
