Spring Mountains Acupuncture

read moreIf you are experiencing disease, illness, fertility issues, PCOS, pain or stress and want relief; if you are having issues during pregnancy, digestive issues, depression, anxiety or have experienced trauma; if you want to feel good again; if you want to bring balance to your life: welcome! You can feel better and live in wellness in body, mind, and spirit. Wellness is more than the absence of pain or disease. It's the cultivation of a sense of wholeness in your life. Through acupuncture, nutrition advice and lifestyle counseling, we resolve body, mind and spirit issues that keep you stuck: we nourish your sense of wholeness.

read moreAcupuncture and Chinese Medicine works for everything (to varying degrees). It recognized, 2,500 years before the West did, that our emotions and lifestyle can profoundly influence our health and well-being. Chinese medicine is a complete system, based on an understanding of how the body, mind and spirit work. It had an integrated theory of disease that included both external pathogens and internal imbalances 2,500 years before the West did. Physical symptoms are often intimately related to how you are dealing with life emotionally.

read morePart of what makes my treatments different from other acupuncturists is that I spend time counseling my patients on nutrition, lifestyle, exercise, supplements, emotional balance and stress management to help create wellness. It makes no sense for you to come in to get treated for something that is being caused by lifestyle factors and expect to get better just from acupuncture. My patients report that the lifestyle counseling is one of the most valuable services that I provide because it puts them in charge of their well-being!

read moreDepression and anxiety are symptoms of a body/mind/spirit stuck in a fight or flight reaction, and unable to find a way out. Trauma often leads to depression and anxiety. Anxiety, depression and trauma affect everything in every way in your life: your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health. The worst part of it is that you feel like a stranger to yourself. Western medicine holds that anxiety and depression are chemical imbalances, and they often are. However, conventional medications don't correct the root causes of depression; they medicate the symptom (benzos for anxiety, SSRIs for serotonin imbalance).