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Anxiety? Panic Attacks? Acupuncture is Effective and Without All the Side Effects.

 Anxiety and panic disorders are on the rise here in the US as reported by the NIMH and the CDCP. It is estimated that at least 6% of adults and children experience severe and moderate forms of anxiety every week. Symptoms can include, nervousness, restlessness, increased heart rate, uncontrolled circumstantial sweating, fatigue, difficulty sleeping, constant sense of impending doom as reported by the Mayo Clinic. The main treatments in Western Medicine are therapy and medications.  Most medications, though very effective, can come with some intimidating and life affecting side-effects.  Acupuncture, however, is fast becoming a more popular route to treatment anxiety and with no side effects.  Acupuncture helps balance neurotransmitters, especially the mood regulators, dopamine and serotonin. It helps create a strong mind and body connection, allowing for better resilience, confidence, and self-awareness.  It reduces stress hormones, by mitigating cortisol relea...
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Frequency Rules of Thumb for Acupuncture

 How Often Should You Get Acupuncture? The answer is, it depends. The frequency of acupuncture visits depends on your health, the condition you want help with and how your body responds to treatment.  A common treatment plan is one or two sessions a week for 6 to 8 weeks. For Chronic Issues: You might need more long-term treatment, sometimes more frequent than once a week.  You might need to continue with acupuncture treatments every month to prevent flare ups of symptom recurrence. For Acute Issues: You will need more frequent sessions in the beginning, and then those will taper off as your chronic symptoms get better. You might need additional follow-up treatments as needed depending on whether or not you are no longer re-injuring or the cause has not been identified and so repeated.  How Do We Determine the Frequency? I look at how you are responding to the treatment, consider the usual course for the condition being treated and work with your schedule to come up ...
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Meet Me! Your Ginger Acupunk.

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A Northwest native, I grew up in Washington and currently live in Seattle.  I am raising a family of three Smooth Collies, named Aiden, Teagan and Finn with my husband of 25+ years. I discovered acupuncture 25 years ago after finishing my first career in non-profit, taking a year long sabbatical traveling the world with my husband.  I discovered the benefits of the medicine on my own after many years of not finding any relief from traditional Western medicine and other modalities. That was when I decided I wanted to help others find this amazing but often misunderstood form of medicine. I am a nationally accredited acupuncturist and herbalist.  I love what I do and want my patients to reach their health goals; and part of that usually includes helping patients get back to doing the things that make them happy in life (i.e. being more active, gardening, art, travel, etc). I specialize and have a good proven track record in treating the following: Pain, Injury and performan...
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