Acupuncture Portland, OR Blog

February 8, 2018

Here’s what’s we are seeing in our clinic In the last week, we have had 5 patients come into the clinic with major, debilitating panic attacks. That is highly unusual for our clinic.  So it has made me think about all the things that are happening that would affect such statistics.  Here are some of them. The stock market is […]

February 1, 2018

  If you have ever had a migraine headache, I’m sure you will agree that if you NEVER had another one,,,,,,, you’d be good! Do you know the mechanics of a Migraine? The Science of a Migraine According to scientists, the science of the migraine is not fully understood.   They do know that it is a result from a complex series […]

January 22, 2018

The Problem: Here’s a story about Al. The name is changed to protect our patients identity. This story is about how acupuncture works for allergies.   Al came to RiverWest Acupuncture as a new patient about 18 years ago.  His problem was seasonal allergies that would get so bad, it would induce asthma.   His MD would prescribe allergy medications and he […]

January 17, 2018

How does acupuncture help the flu virus? The flu this year is a doozy! Australia said it would be. At least those were the reports coming out of Australia. Different strains of influenza circulate each year. According to the CDC, this year, influenza A — specifically H3N2 — is the prevalent strain.   When this happens, we seem to see more […]

December 19, 2017

Why Does Winter Solstice Affect Us?  Learn to Embrace the Darkness Lately we’ve been exposed to night falling earlier and earlier. Some of us are waking up when it’s still dark or driving home when it’s still dark.  And some of us have the darkness at both the beginning and end of our work days.  That darkness can make us […]