Acupuncture & Women's Health
A woman's body goes through many natural stages throughout a lifetime, between menstruation, ovulation, pregnancies, & menopause that’s a lot of hormonal changes to go through. Acupuncture can be a great support system for many women’s health conditions at any age or stage of life.
Irregular Menstruation
Acupuncture can help regulate hormones and blood flow, which helps create a regular cycle. It can also help alleviate cramping or pain, heavy flow, and help boost your energy. The best part you can get acupuncture at any time before, during, or after your cycle.
Infertility
Infertility can be a hard and emotional process. Acupuncture can support infertility by getting your hormones & body balanced and ready for baby, along with reducing stress and anxieties. Traditional Chinese Medicine has many modalities to help infertility in addition to needles. We will also incorporate food therapy, Electrical stimulation, and herbs to treatments if applicable.
Pregnancy & Postpartum Support
Pregnancy is a time of constant change and growing a little one is a lot of work. Acupuncture is a great support throughout pregnancy and postpartum, it’s a natural way to help with nausea, body pain, mood, and can even help get labor started. After baby is born is great for depression, pain, mastitis and lactation issues.
Perimenopause & Menopause Support
Traditional Chinese Medicine and acupuncture can help smooth out all the symptoms that come with this transition. Fatigue, hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia, vaginal dryness, headaches, low libido, and stress are a few common symptoms; if you just have one or all; acupuncture can help!
Mood- Anxiety, Depression, Stress
Depression and anxiety is very common, and can feel overwhelming and draining at times, acupuncture can help boost your mood and ease anxiety by balancing hormones. Some medications have great results and but can leave your brain feeling foggy or “out of it”. For severe depression, the combination of western and eastern medicine work beautifully, acupuncture can help decrease the side effects of antidepressants such as, foggy brain, low energy, constipation, nausea, and insomnia.