Acupuncture

Pulse Balancing Acupuncture and Dry Needling

Chinese medicine offers a unique and insightful alternative to examining how the body is functioning, by assessing the relationship between the body's various systems. Disease does not happen overnight, but instead develops over decades. When the imbalances in your body cross a threshold, you develop symptoms - the body's red flag attempt to signal that something is wrong.

Lisa uses a powerful technique called pulse diagnosis to evaluate how the patient's internal systems are working relative to each other. Her focus is on balancing and supporting the body's many systems so that they can successfully strengthen and heal.

 During an acupuncture treatment the pulses are checked routinely to see how the treatment is working. Ideally every needle placed will shift the body closer to balance. Checking the body's pulses helps ensure that needles are placed at just the right points for optimal effectiveness, ensuring that each acupuncture treatment supports deep healing.

Pulse balancing is a highly effective strategy for identifying and treating the root cause of an illness. This unique approach to acupuncture tends to produce better long-term health outcomes than strategies that just address symptoms.

"Pulse balancing, though a lost art in Chinese medicine, is extremely effective and an essential tool for treating the root of dis-ease.  I follow feedback from the body as I am treating and then make adjustments as needed.  If I just chased symptoms, I would not be meeting the ultimate goal of health.  Often a physical symptom is rooted in an emotional imbalance, and I seek to correct both." Lisa explains.

Benefits of Acupuncture

Acupuncture offers an integral approach that affects the body, mind and spirit. It can be used to treat a variety of health concerns. Many people who have experienced acupuncture report that they:

• Experience significant improvement or complete disappearance of symptoms

• Have increased energy, vitality and stamina

• Spend less money on chronic health conditions

• Do not get sick as often and recover more quickly

• Have more control over their emotions, resulting in better relationships

• Learn how to live a healthier lifestyle

What Acupuncture Can Treat

Acupuncture is an ancient healthcare system honed in China over thousands of years. It is an effective method of treatment for a wide range of healthcare issues.

The NIH (National Institutes of Health) states, “one of the advantages of acupuncture is that the incidence of adverse effects is substantially lower than that of many drugs or other accepted medical procedures used for the same condition. The evidence supporting these therapies is often not better than that for acupuncture.”

Acupuncture is recognized by the NIH and World Health Organization to be effective in the treatment of over 43 various health conditions.  Listed are just a few of the most common:

• Addiction – alcohol, drugs, smoking, overeating

• Anxiety and depression

• Arthritis

• Asthma

• Allergies

• Carpal tunnel syndrome

• Chronic fatigue

• Common cold and flu

• Digestive issues, constipation, diarrhea, IBS

• Dizziness, nausea, vomiting

• Emotional problems

• Eye problems

• Fatigue

• Fibromyalgia

• Headaches and migraines

• Infertility, PMS, menopause

• Insomnia/sleep disturbances

• Morning Sickness

• Nasal problems and chronic sinus infections

• Pain – chronic or acute

• Sports Injuries

• Stress

• Urinary dysfunction and UTIs