PMDD is real, and acupuncture can help
PMDD (premenstrual dysphoria disorder) can be debilitating, and it’s often difficult to access effective treatment. Acupuncture can help.
Author: Stef Cordes & Lisa Baird
Healthcare providers support Safer Supply
Guelph now has a Safer Supply programs. People in Guelph are dying of overdose in record numbers. This Safer Supply program will save lives.
Lessons from Hospice: Total Pain and Community Acupuncture
According to Cicely Saunders’ concept of total pain, you cannot properly treat a person’s physical pain without addressing their other kinds of pain. In our experience at GCA we have also found that you can provide relief for one kind of pain by treating another kind of pain.
Lyme
We know it can be risky for someone to identify themselves as having chronic or late-stage Lyme disease. We believe our Lyme patients.
How often should I get acupuncture?
Sometimes people try acupuncture and are disappointed because it didn’t work for them. In many of these cases, they were only able to come in…
Stressed-out people get pregnant all the time
In case it’s reassuring: highly stressed-out people get pregnant all the time.
Foot pain
Foot pain is a common complaint in our clinic. We see a lot of people get significant relief from foot pain with acupuncture treatment.
How to Tell That Acupuncture Is Working Even Though You’re Still in Pain
We see many people in intense, long-term chronic pain. Some of these people get immediate and dramatic relief, but it’s much more common for regular treatment to slowly chip away at an issues that are chronic. And sometimes progress is less straightforward. How do you tell if acupuncture is working even though you’re still in pain? Here are some questions to ask yourself:
Jaw Problems
The temporomandibular joint (also known as the TMJ) is a hinge connecting the jaw to the skull. There’s one in front of each ear. They…
Acupuncture for Cravings?
Acupuncture is widely known as an effective support for quitting smoking. We see good results with using acupuncture to treat all kinds of cravings, including food cravings.