Losing Weight with Acupuncture
Comments (0) Start Your New Year off Right! Lose Weight & Keep it Off
Reduce Cravings
Improve Energy
Alleviate Joint Pain
Reduce Muscle Fatigue
Regulate Blood Sugar Levels
Jump Start Your Metabolism
Regulate Hormone Function
Detoxify the System
Reduce Stress
It is that time of year again…for making those promises to ourselves that we have been putting off through the busy holidays. One of the most common New Years Resolutions is to lose weight, and it is also the least kept. Why? The culprit may be coming from a constitutional level. There are many factors that can cause excessive weight gain and an inability to lose weight such as undetected food allergies, stress, anxiety, depression, unstable glucose levels, or inflammatory responses such as arthritis, chronic fatigue or fibromyalgia. Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal medicine offer time-tested remedies to help strengthen your individual system at the root level so that you can lose weight efficiently, and keep it off for good. Reducing cravings, improving energy, alleviating joint pain and muscle fatigue, regulating metabolism and reducing stress are just some of the added benefits of incorporating acupuncture and herbal formulas into your weight loss resolution.
Knee and other joint pain is a common complaint for many people. The symptom itself can come from a variety of reasons, including inflammation, injury, arthritis, bone spurs, tendinitis, among others. Knowing the appropriate western diagnosis can help to increase the efficacy of alternative therapies like acupuncture. From a Chinese medicine perspective we can determine the appropriate pattern disharmony and affected meridians based on the nature and location of particular pain. Western medical diagnosis can give insight as to internal patterns of disharmony, adding another layer of specificity. After the jump are some ways that acupuncture and herbal medicine can be of help when rehabilitating from joint pain, and also some things you can try at home.
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