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Acupuncture For Pain After Surgery
How long does post surgical pain last?Pain levels can continue for weeks to months after surgery. Depending on the type of surgery, the intensity of pain levels at 48 hours after your surgery can be a predictor of when you can return to normal activity. A recent study...
COVID19 Office Precautions
We are currently accepting new and existing patients during the COVID19 Pandemic. Schedule your appointment today!Our COVID19 Pandemic Commitments:At this practice we are committed to continuing to provide the best natural therapies for chronic disease and infertility...
Acupuncture for Chronic Illness
Chronic illness is on the rise in America. According to the National Health Council, about 133 million people have a chronic health condition lasting longer than 3 months. That is 133 million Americans that miss out on fun, family, and life because of their chronic...
Low Back Pain
Does Acupuncture Help Low Back Pain? If you suffer from low back pain, you are sadly in the majority. In fact, over 80% of all Americans complain about low back pain either short term or chronically. Low back pain impacts both men and women equally, with most surveyed...
COVID-19 and Chinese Herbal Medicine
From the COVID-19 outbreak there have been many unique behavioral responses. We have seen a rush to buy toilet paper, artificially empty grocery stores, and social distancing. While some of these responses have left long lines in the grocery, which was seemingly the...
Acupuncture For Infertility
Why Consider Acupuncture for Infertility?Acupuncture treatment can help both with couples struggling with infertility and patients going through a fertility program like IVF.There is a current rise in societal infertility, which correlates to an overall rise in...
Acupuncture For Neck Pain
Acupuncture For Neck Pain: Does it Help? Dealing with a pain in the neck? It is one of the most common complaints – sleeping wrong, sitting in front of a computer all day, straining your neck due to an awkward position. Acute neck pain usually resolves on its own and...
Functional Medicine
Wheat Ridge functional medicine practitioner Dr. Mark VanOtterloo delivers a short summary on functional medicine: genes and the environment. He explains why functional medicine integrates the wisdom found in traditional medical with modern medicine. This also...
Acupuncture For Urinary Incontinence Treatment: Why It Works
In my clinical acupuncture practice, I’ve had several clients come to me looking for a natural urinary incontinence treatment. Sometimes it is a problem on its own, while other times, it is tied to other conditions, such as MS, Parkinson’s, diabetes, bladder...
Acupuncture for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Looking for More Relief for Your Trigeminal Neuralgia? Those who suffer with facial nerve pain, or Trigeminal Neuralgia, often seek more or additional pain relief methods when they don’t like the side effects of their medication, or their medications are...