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Sports Acupuncture (Contemporary Acupuncture)
Sports Acupuncture often uses electric stimulation, or “e-stim” in order to re-train dysfunctional muscles and nerves in order to help you to feel better and get back to doing what you love! Clinical studies show electric stimulation to be effective in treating a variety of conditions, but is most often used for pain, muscle spasms, and/or neurological issues. The frequency and level of the pulsations varies based on the patient and the condition being treated.
Needles are strategically placed into the belly of a muscle or along a nerve pathway and connected to an e-stim machine. This will cause a twitch in the muscle as it begins to fire with the help of the machine. After a session of sports acupuncture, the once-inhibited muscles will be in good working order again. As with any behavior modification, muscles will need some reminding over the next few visits, but soon will get the hang of it and fire properly on their own, allowing you to resume your activity without pain and improved ability!
This enhanced method of acupuncture is safe for most people; however, it is not used on patients with pacemakers, a history of seizures or epilepsy, or pregnant patients.
Sports Acupuncture is a more contemporary, or western medical acupuncture treatment. It is based on current understanding of anatomy and physiology and needle placement is often determined by which muscles, nerves, or organs are found to be problematic through patient evaluation, palpation, muscle or orthopedic testing. At Stacey Simone Acupuncture, we strive to blend both the traditional and more modern approaches of acupuncture in order to heal the body.
Acupuncture (Traditional Acupuncture)
Acupuncture has been very well studied in both eastern and western literature. The scientifically proven benefits of acupuncture are used to treat a variety of conditions.
Acupuncture is just one facet of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which is a system of healing that originated in China thousands of years ago. From a traditional standpoint, the goal of acupuncture is to restore the free-flowing movement of our body’s energy (Qi, pronounced chee); for when there is blocked energy, there is illness, and when energy is flowing smoothly, there is wellness. Acupuncture encourages the body to promote natural healing and improve function by inserting drug-free, sterile needles at various points along the body in order to create a balance within the body. These points are found along what Traditional Chinese Medicine refers to as channels, or meridians. Simply put, channels are pathways that travel along the body from head to toe. Which point(s) along which channels will be selected for a treatment is determined by the signs and symptoms that each individual patient presents with. A detailed intake form and discussion at the initial visit, help us to determine where any imbalances may lie and make the necessary corrections in order to create balance within the body. Acupuncture is used to prevent as well as to treat illness.
From a more contemporary, or western medical acupuncture perspective, acupuncture is based on current understanding of anatomy and physiology and needle placement is often determined by which muscles, nerves, or organs are found to be problematic through patient evaluation, palpation, muscle or orthopedic testing. At Stacey Simone Acupuncture, we strive to blend both the traditional and more modern approaches of acupuncture in order to heal the body.
NAET (Allergies)
NAET is an allergy elimination technique designed to resolve a body’s negative response to allergens from foods, environment, chemicals
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NAET stands for Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Technique, a method of treating allergies discovered in 1983 by Dr. Devi Nambudripad. NAET is a non-invasive, drug-free, natural solution to eliminating allergies of all types. NAET blends testing and treatment procedures from several medical disciplines including: western medicine, acupuncture/acupressure, chiropractic, nutrition, and kinesiology.
Allergies are said to create a disruption along the body’s energy pathways, or meridians.
NAET, utilizing neuromuscular sensitivity testing (NST), will identify the allergen(s) that are causing a patient’s symptoms and look to reverse the way the body responds to those items; thus, creating a healthier individual. The type and intensity of the allergy will dictate how many treatments are necessary to re-establish balance within the body.
Basic essential nutrients are treated during the first few visits. After completing these basic treatments, your NAET practitioner will conduct further testing to identify if there are additional allergens causing your particular symptoms. Often times, illness is the result of an allergic reaction to foods, chemicals, environmental agents, materials, vaccinations and/or immunizations.
NAET can desensitize the body’s allergic response to these items as well as help the body to absorb vital nutrients properly and in doing so, allow the body to free itself of illness.
Electric-Acupuncture
Electric stimulation, or “e-stim” is the application of a pulsating electrical current to acupuncture needles as a means of applying constant stimulation to the acupuncture point(s).
Clinical studies show e-stim to be effective in treating a variety of conditions, but is most often used for pain, muscle spasms, and neurological issues. The frequency and intensity of the pulsations varies based on the patient and the condition being treated.
This enhanced method of acupuncture is safe for most people; however, it is not used on patients with pacemakers, a history of seizures or epilepsy, or pregnant patients.
Cupping Therapy
By utilizing suction cups to help stimulate blood flow, cupping therapy aims to release metabolic waste trapped in muscle fibers as a result of an injury or overuse that can be causing pain. Cupping is used to relax muscle spasm, break up bruising, and can also be used to assist the body in combating illness such as flu and common cold.
Gua-sha
Gua-sha is the practice of using a tool to apply pressure and scrape the skin to relieve pain and tension. This action occasionally causes light bruising, which often appears as purple or red spots known as petechiae or sha. The name gua sha — pronounced gwahshah — comes from the Chinese word for scraping.
Herbal Therapy
Chinese herbal formulas are used to foster balance within a patient’s body in order to improve overall well-being. They can be used to help resolve existing symptoms or preventatively in order to avoid future imbalances. Chinese patent herbal formulas are made from organic ingredients that work in harmony with acupuncture to produce the desired effects in a person’s body. These ingredients are primarily of plant origin and may include roots, bark, seed, flowers and leaves. Each ingredient has a specific function. Ingredients are blended together to create ancient Chinese formulas that have been used for thousands of years. Patent herbs are pre-set formulas that come in capsule, tablet, or powder form.
Sound Therapy
Sound can have a powerful effect on our emotions and well-being. Sound therapists believe that we are all made up of different energy frequencies. They use sound frequencies to interact with these, thus attempting to rebalance the body’s energy. Stacey Simone Acupuncture utilizes a sound therapy system called HUSO and tuning forks to replicate different frequencies in order to help heal various conditions. Sound therapy is especially effective for post-concussion symptoms, insomnia and anxiety.
Essential Oils
Have you ever peeled a lemon or orange and felt instantly refreshed or uplifted from the scent, or relaxed after smelling fresh lavender? Well then then you’ve already experienced essential oils!
An essential oil is a group of chemical constituents that are volatile (can evaporate and be distilled), oil soluble (they will dissolve in oils), and are found in all or part of one of many different aromatic plants. These constituents are created by plants for immune defense, pollinator attraction, damaged tissue healing, and other metabolic purposes within the plant.
Because our sense of smell is closely tied to the memory, emotional and stress-response centers of our brain, the aromas of many essential oils can have a profound effect on these areas of our lives. This use of essential oils is known as aromatherapy.
Besides the aromatic constituents, a single essential oil can be a complex of hundreds of chemical constituents, including various esters, alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, phenols, oxides, etc. Many of these chemical constituents have demonstrated properties in scientific research ranging from antibacterial/antiviral/antifungal, to antioxidant, to stress relieving, to anti-inflammatory. Because of all these properties, essential oils have recently begun to be applied topically or even taken internally to help support the body’s natural health mechanisms in countless ways.