Stress is epidemic in modern society. It is the root of a host of disorders from irritable bowl syndrome, insomnia to hypertension and many more. In my San Diego Acupuncture office I see stress playing a major complicating factor in everything from fertility to pain issues. Here are some of the ways acupuncture can help: Stress mobilizes the Continue Reading
San Diego Acupuncture Fertility: Three Dietary Tips That Can Boost Your Fertility
The patients of my San Diego acupuncture clinic who are seeking treatment for fertility problems often ask me "what can I change about my diet that can improve my chances to successfully become pregnant?" I want to share three major tips Traditional Chinese Medicine has to offer women trying to conceive. And yes, men can benfit from these as Continue Reading
San Diego Acupunture: Golfer’s Elbow
As a follow up to an older post about tennis elbow, another recent patient of mine came in to my San Diego Acupuncture clinic with his wife for fertility boosting prior to an IVF cycle. In the process, I first helped get rid of his nagging, golf-related upper back pain. We then focused a few teratments on his golfer's elbow (inner elbow pain). All Continue Reading
Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture
We are now offering facial rejuvenation acupuncture treatments at our San Diego office. My associate Heidi Brockmyre L.Ac. is a Chinese herbalist and acupuncturist specializing in facial rejuvenation. She is a co-founder of Forever Young Aculift Skin Care System™. With the help of two experienced estheticians, she developed products that combine Continue Reading
Introducing our New Massage Therapist
I would like to introduce our new massage therapist Adria Ross. She is actually more then a massage therapist. She is an HHP (Holistic Health Practitioner). That's a lot more training then just a massage therapist. Adria has been trained in a wide variety of modalities from Deep Tissue to Reiki, as well as Fertility Massage. She also does hot Continue Reading
Acupuncture at the Olympics
There has been a number of stories about acupuncture being used by Olympic athletes. Indeed for the first time acupuncture is being offered at Olympic Village. Tony Smith, the Canadian Gymnastics Team coast decided to try it for chronic lower back pain, after nothing else she had tried helped, and was "amazed" at the results. She is now Continue Reading
What’s in an Acupuncture Needle?
So what exactly is in those little needles that I stick into people? This is actually a really common question patients ask me. People want to know what can be making them feel so relaxed, or be making their pain go away. Well there is no medicine, or even herbs in, or on an acupuncture needle. In fact, the needles we use are so skinny it would Continue Reading
Did you “try” acupuncture?
A long time ago, before I became an acupuncturist, a co-worker's husband related an amazing story to me about his experience with acupuncture. After being plagued for years with low back pain, he had amazing results after just one treatment from an acupuncturist back on Long Island. He said was playing tennis later that week without pain. I Continue Reading
San Diego Acupuncture: Can Acupuncture help Golfer’s Elbow and Tennis Elbow?
With all the buzz about the US Open in San Diego right now, I thought I'd write a short post on how acupuncture can help Golfers get out of pain and play better. Pretty much everything I say for golfers applies to tennis players too. Golfer's Elbow is an acute, or chronic inflammation of the tendons that attach to the inside of the elbow joint. Continue Reading
The Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine Migraine Solution
Headaches are one of the top pain complaint seen in our office, right up there with low back and neck pain. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can provide a powerful natural solution for many types of headaches, including chronic migraines. There are three main types of headaches for which people seek out alternative medicine. All three can Continue Reading