Everyone wants to look perfect, and they’re usually hurting their bodies trying to lose weight.    Diets where you only eat meat. Diets where you only eat once a day are very popular. GLP-1 Medications.    Starving yourself is not the answer…   Your body is designed to need calories and protein to move about and live! If you don’t eat enough, your body will find those calories in your tissue. This puts you at risk of hernias, organ damage, or wasting your muscles instead of f

Healing means tending to any problem in your body until it’s better.   Acupuncture helps encourage the body heal, even when it’s struggling to do so on its own.    Yesterday I had a new patient in her 80’s who came to me with many pains in her body and lots of challenges. I worked on her and noted a small swollen area in the low back and sacrum. It’s very common for people to have swelling there –  some people develop this when they are young and accumulate a lot of swelling 

Are you crying a lot? Struggling to sleep? Maybe you find yourself snapping at people a lot or doom scrolling on your phone and avoiding the news .    If this is happening to you, but you can’t take anything off your plate to reduce stress, it’s time to introduce stress management techniques. These can be added into your existing schedule to help you feel better and protect your health.   Functional Medicine and Stress Management Your thoughts and your emotions affect your ph

Acupuncture treats the patient by addressing the whole body. When the body is out of balance, pain and illness can arise. Acupuncture works by returning the body back to its natural balance and energy flow to eliminate pain and to improve overall health. There are more than 2,000 acupuncture points on the body. When these specific points are stimulated through small acupuncture needles, it can help relieve pain by improving the body’s nervous system, which can jumpstart the p