How To Summer, The Acupuncture Remedies Way
By Kim Finkelstein Ah, summer, the season of abundance. Summer is a special, magical time when most people allow themselves more time with friends and family. Many of us are enjoying the longer, light-filled days, and finding exciting endeavors, BBQ’s and beach time, and (hopefully) taking more time for fun. While summer can be wonderful […]
Covid Then and Now — Our New Normal
By Kim Schwartz-Finkelstein, L.Ac. Here we are, over two years into the Covid pandemic. It’s hard to believe that we’ve been on this roller coaster for this long. While we all explore our new normal with hope, there is trepidation as well. The next variant may always be just around the corner, and what will that […]
Insomnia and Acupuncture
Our first blog written by Jessica Liu, L.Ac. Enjoy! “Did you know that the lack of sleep causes cancer”or “Sleep deprivation leads to serious health problems”? Yes, yes, we have seen plenty of these headlines throughout the years. However, what are the solutions? Sleep more, obviously. But what if you just cannot turn off your […]
Lyme Disease and Acupuncture
Lyme disease is popping up more and more as a hot topic in the medical community. It is a highly debated and incompletely understood condition that seems to have been rearing its mercurial head with increased frequency of late. And though it is famously hard to identify for certain, more of our patients are walking […]
Endometriosis. How to identify and treat it with Acupuncture
Endometriosis is a relatively common disorder of the female reproductive system that is said to affect around 1 in 10 women. Unfortunately I am one of those women, and I have struggled with this often-debilitating disease for much of my adult life. Many people have heard of endometriosis, but don’t actually know what it is. […]
Menopause
If you are a woman, you know that at some point in your life you will experience menopause. It’s a time of normal hormonal changes that occurs in our bodies, yet most American women experience menopause as a challenging, symptomatic roller coaster and often resort to hormones and medications to ease symptoms. However, it doesn’t have to […]
Treating Neck and Back Pain with Acupuncture
Meet Alexandra. She’s our newest staff member, and already well esteemed by our patients. Each Acupuncturist brings their own uniqueness to Acupuncture RemediesTM. With Alexandra, she brings a wealth of know-how in trigger point Acupuncture treatment. For those who are unfamiliar, here is Alexandra’s explanation and her first blog with us. Welcome! Most of you […]
Skiing– Injuries, and How Acupuncture can help
Skiing is but one example of how TCM – Traditional Chinese Medicine- can keep all winter athletes in medal winning shape! The Olympic dreams of even the recreational skier have been made, and lost due to untimely injuries on the slopes. Without question skiing is a very popular winter sport. Coupled with all that schussing […]
Cold and Flu Season, how Acupuncture can help
Cold and Flu season is here. That can mean stuffy noses, sore throats, fevers, chills, aches, pains, you name it! Here at Acupuncture RemediesTM, we sometimes get calls from patients cancelling their appointments because they are sick, when in fact that is the exact opposite of what they should be doing. It’s not always known, […]
Acupuncture May Be The Antidote for Allergies
It’s that time of year. When the spring season brings back the abundance of blooms and the pollen count skyrockets, bringing back those incessant trips to the medicine aisle at the drugstore. From the runny nose, to itchy eyes, sinus ailments and nasty coughs, season allergies seem to really get the best of many of […]