Anxiety. Has it started to affect your mood and your physical wellbeing? If you’ve never tried it, you may be intrigued to learn how acupuncture can be a resource for you in that case. Yes, Chinese medicine (and not just acupuncture, either) can help you to enjoy your life once again. How are … Continue reading Acupuncture for Anxiety: Where to Start When You Need to Find Your Peace
Do you feel like you are in control of your own wellbeing? Or are you left with a sense that your only option right now is to react to whatever comes down the pike? In other words: whatever may be, whether it lifts you up or knocks you down, will be…and that is that, … Continue reading Wellbeing and Fortune’s Wheel: Some Things to Consider About Change
The patient was a Gen-X guy with intractable testicle pain. He had tried everything, been to all the doctors, done all the screenings…and gotten no clear answers. But his testicles hurt, sometimes badly enough that he couldn’t walk easily or stand comfortably. He finally, and in complete desperation, decided to “try acupuncture” (as one … Continue reading Pelvic Floor Pain & Men (And How Chinese Medicine Can Help You)
Now more than ever…each one of us needs to take a good long look at our levels of wellbeing. Some things are out of a person’s control and no amount of biomedicine on one hand (or kale, intent, and/or yoga on the other) is going to change that. Other things? Well, generally speaking, there … Continue reading Take Control of Your Own Health? Yes, You Can.
The term “self-care” has a bit of a connotation. Do you think about manicures and yoga class when you hear it? What comes to mind might also be indulgences that feel great but maybe aren’t the best option, especially if they’re used to mask issues that actually do require some meaningful care of your … Continue reading Self-Care. No, Really…What Is It?
Do you have drooping cheeks or puffy eyes or scars? Or maybe you have noticed that you’ve developed tight muscles in your jaw or around your temples. Do they pull your face into habitual expressions that do not reflect your internal emotional landscape? Maybe you have been through a long period of stress, anxiety, … Continue reading Chinese-Style Facial Massage Is Heavenly. True Fact.
How is your midsection? Functionally, appearance-wise, and/or in terms of gut feelings, how are things going for you in your core? If you are experiencing sluggish digestion or bloating, abdominal massage could help you. Someone who feels the sense of anxiety or grief settling in their gut can benefit from abdominal massage. People who … Continue reading Chinese-Style Abdominal Massage Can Change Your Life (Seriously, It’s Amazing)
If you’ve noticed that your digestive system reacts to hot weather you are not imagining things. It’s true. Heat, especially extremes of it, can do a number on your gut health and digestive processes. Heat can also affect your ability to regulate your body temperature and your mood, which can also cause alterations in … Continue reading Hot Weather and Gut Health? Yes, Please!
Every now and again I lose a potential patient because I still have a mask policy at my office. It is discouraging, to be honest. It makes me question myself too. Am I being neurotic? Is it stupid and useless to continue to mask in public and at my office? Maybe I should be cool … Continue reading Still Masking? Yes! (And Here’s Why)
Are you burnt out, at the end of your rope, exhausted? Do recent developments (cultural, political, historical, your own personal and individual) affect your wellbeing? If your answer to the first question is yes, yes, and/or yes because something in question two is plaguing you, then you might be experiencing the effects of chronic … Continue reading Self-Care During Trying Times: Why You Need It, What You Can Do
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