This is the million dollar question that I get everytime a new patients calls, and I am sure most acupuncturists do as well. It is a very good question and to be expected, as acupuncture is a mysterious, new treatment for most Americans. The answer is...it depends. What affects the number to treatments needed? Are there any ailments that can Continue Reading
New Fertility Acupuncture video
Some of the basics covered about how acupuncture and Chinese medicine treats infertility. Please leave any questions in the comment section. Continue Reading
Acupuncture Points for Fertility Part 2
If you're wondering what some of those acupuncture points do for your fertility acupuncture treatment, here's part two of my article. For part 1 please click here: I receive frequent questions about acupuncture points, and why I am putting certain acupuncture needles where I do. Part 1 covered the abdominal and chest area. This is second part Continue Reading
Acupuncture Points for Fertility
Curious about what some of the acupuncture points used in fertility treatments do? I receive frequent questions about acupuncture points, and why I am putting certain acupuncture needles where I do. This is the first article in a series, that will explore some of the points used during an acupuncture session. These are some of the best, and most Continue Reading
Egg Quality: The 3 Month Rule
Acupuncture for three months or more before fertility treatments can make a difference in egg quality. Acupuncture is know as an ideal companion treatment for an IVF transfer. This is getting a treatment before and after the transfer of an embryo into the uterus. But perhaps lesser known, but equally important is the effects that acupuncture can Continue Reading
Acupuncture for Morning Sickness
If the usual morning sickness remedies haven't worked consider trying acupuncture. Morning sickness can start as food aversions, and queasiness to rapidly becoming debilitating. For struggling fertility patients who finally conceive , severe morning sickness may seem like the suffering will never end. Usually starting around week 6-7 of Continue Reading
How does acupuncture on your foot help your headache?
Patients always ask "why are you putting needles in my foot if my pain is on my head?" They also ask that when treating infertility. "What do those needles on my legs have to do my with my ovaries or uterus?" Trust me it does, but why you ask? Acupuncture employs a number of different needling methods. One of the most puzzling things to patients Continue Reading
Conceive with Acupuncture- How early should you start trying acupuncture?
Time and time again patients wish they discovered, and tried acupuncture to help them conceive, and have a healthy pregnancy much sooner then they did. By the time many people decide to google acupuncture and pregnancy, they may have already been struggling for years to conceive, had multiple miscarriages, and had an IVF cycle or two that didn't Continue Reading
Pain During Pregnancy of the Low Back and Pelvis
I recently had a case of pelvic/lower back pain during pregnancy at my San Diego office that had me wanting to write a post. This woman was having a difficult pregnancy, so even fairly late term she was coming in for acupuncture. The pain was making sitting and working very difficult, as well as walking. She needed to keep walking to help manage Continue Reading
San Diego Acupuncture Video: How to track your basal body temperature
Tracking the female basal body temperature has long been used as a natural method of family planning, but it is also very handy to do when you are trying to conceive. Along with ovulation predictor kits that let you know when your fertile time is coming, tracking your basal body temperature, (or BBT which it will be referred to from this point Continue Reading