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
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
Is Acupuncture Painful? – San Diego Acupuncture Video
Many clients at my San Diego acupuncture clinic tell me they have recommended acupuncture to their friends and family members, but they won't try it, because they believe acupuncture (needles specifically) will hurt. Because of this fear, many people who can use acupuncture are afraid to try it, when actually an acupuncture treatment is not a Continue Reading
Acupuncture San Diego: Preparing for IVF with Acupuncture-What you need to know
If your like a lot of people who see me at my San Diego office, you are seeking acupuncture to assist with the success of your IVF cyle. Perhaps you just heard about fertility acupuncture, and are wondering if it is too late at this point, or it can still help. Here is how acupuncture can benefit you: Fortunately. acupuncture can help at a number Continue Reading
San Diego Acupuncture: Monthly Acupuncture Treatments
While not ideal for acute situations, such as sudden back pain, or for a new patient, a monthly, routine acupuncture treatment has a myriad of health benefits. I have a number of patients who come in to my San Diego Clinic for monthly treatments for many years now. Why is monthly acupuncture so beneficial? After seeing a patient on a weekly basis, Continue Reading
San Diego Acupuncture: Can Acupuncture Help With Stress and Insomnia?
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