Acupuncture for Anxiety
Emotions are physical. They happen in our bodies. They are created by our bodies. They sometimes happen to our bodies.
Emotions are specific movements in the body, specific physiological cascades and relationships running from head to toe.
Anxiety is a knotting of movement. An acupuncturist finds the places in the body that are knotted, unties those knots in the muscle, blood and nerves. By regulates the turbulent movement of emotions, acupuncture helps the body relax so that the mind can settle.
What Does Acupuncture Do? Or, What’s the Point?
I have answered this many different ways over the years. It changes depending on who I am talking to, how I personally have been thinking about it, and the context of the discussion. My perspective on the question, “What does acupuncture do?”, after years of pretty dramatic transformations, has by now settled somewhat, so I will take another stab at an answer.
Natural Treatments for Seasonal Allergies
It’s warming up. With the thaw of spring, comes the pollen and dust that triggers seasonal allergies, sinus congestion and pressure headaches. Over-the-counter medications for allergies may help you survive the day, but they are not long-term fixes.
Acupuncture is highly effective for not only managing the symptoms of seasonal allergies, but also retraining the immune system to be less reactive so that the allergy itself fades away.
Acupuncture for Insomnia
There are many reasons why someone might not be sleeping. Acupuncture treats insomnia very effectively whether it is caused by stress, anxiety and worry, acid reflux, hot flashes, pain, frequent bathroom trips, or even those inexplicable nights when you are just staring at the ceiling.
Acupuncture for Migraines
Acupuncture can immediately get rid of a migraine headache. If the headache is present at the moment of the treatment, we actually focus our work on the feet. Very often, when someone has a migraine headache, their feet are tight and cold. By warming and relaxing the feet, blood descends out the head, and then the nervous system can settle. This combined with manual massage techniques on the arms, shoulders and neck, can clear up even a severe migraine headache.
This is the first step in healing from chronic migraines.
Second Clinic Location in Downtown Dartmouth
To mark the start of spring, I joined Kinesis Health Associates, a multidisplinary health clinic on Ochterloney Street in downtown Dartmouth, NS.
Taking appointments Tuesday 9-7 and Friday 9-5.
Flow and Counterflow: Health, Humans and Natural Environments
We are constantly interacting with the rhythms of our natural environment.
The cycles of day and night (circadian rhythm), the four seasons (circannual rhythm), and the monthly lunar phases are the three fundamental cycles for life on Earth. We know that creatures of all kinds, from birds to insects to mammals, change their behavior based on daily, monthly and seasonal cycles.
As for those weird animals called human beings, those cycles continue to affect our physical and mental physiology, even when we try so hard to fight against them.