Why Try Acupuncture?

The human body's ability to heal itself is absolutely amazing.  We can recover and recoup in great strides on our own most of the time.  We don't realize how hard our bodies work everyday managing the organ systems, fighting off free-radical damage that can start potential malignancies or inflammation present in the cellular level that over the long-term can compromise the integrity of our health and well being.  But there are always those moments when we cannot go over that hill back to good health and wellness on our own.  There are many, many ways to help our bodies recoup after an illness or imbalance.  This imbalance can occur due to injury, personal health choices over many years and other times due to our personal constitution or the genes we were gifted with when we were born.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has been around for over two thousand years and has given us a tried and true ability to aid the body's natural healing response with herbal formulas and very thin needles placed on specific acupuncture points.  The needles are like beacons to guide the body's natural healing energy to focus itself on where the imbalance is present.  As a licensed acupuncturist, I recognize that I am only a guide to my patient's health.  The brunt of the work happens within themselves. Especially if we address any nutritional needs or food therapy concerns present.

But that is just the basic background for TCM and acupuncture.  Why try acupuncture is a little more personal.  Maybe you have tried everything and nothing has changed your situation.  Maybe you are tired of being in pain.  Maybe you have not made any breakthroughs with recurring anxiety and depression.  Or maybe you really want to go a natural route for balancing hormones and improve fertility.  Either way, it can assist many people for many different reasons and I invite you to trust your instinct on why you are thinking about acupuncture.  There is no pain involved in receiving acupuncture and one can easily focus on the herbal formulas and request that in place of both acupuncture and herbs.