Cupping in the News Why is everyone getting so excited about the circular marks on Olympians' bodies? No, they didn't get attacked by an octopus, they are all using the Chinese Medicine cupping therapy. Benefits of Cupping: - draw toxins out - bring more blood flow and oxygen to the area to improve and speed up healing - relieve muscle tension and pain - improve healing from injuries - break up phlegm in the chest Ask about cupping next time you come in for … [Read more...] about Cupping Therapy for Pain or Tension – Brookline Acupuncture
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Needham & Brookline Acupuncture: Can Acupuncture Help Your Anxiety?
Can Acupuncture Help My Anxiety? Acupuncture is a mind-body medicine. When treating a person, we do not separate physical and mental symptoms, but rather, we look at how they are connected and address them both during our treatments. From a Chinese Medicine perspective, many physical symptoms have their roots in emotional and spiritual imbalances. Oftentimes, when someone comes in with a “purely” physical complaint, we can find emotional factors involved that are either an underlying … [Read more...] about Needham & Brookline Acupuncture: Can Acupuncture Help Your Anxiety?
Brookline & Needham Acupuncture: Acupuncture to treat Anxiety
On my intake forms, I ask patients to rate their stress levels on a scale of 0-10. 0 being no stress at all, and 10 being the worst stress conceivable. As you can imagine, virtually no one ever puts 0. I would say more than 80% of my patients put 5 or higher (usually higher . . . around 7-8). With conditions such as anxiety, insomnia, and high blood pressure, it is clear that stress plays a major role. However, based on patients' reporting of their stress levels on my intake forms, … [Read more...] about Brookline & Needham Acupuncture: Acupuncture to treat Anxiety