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What’s Our Medical Director Been Up To?

By Laura | Published February 23, 2023

Have you heard? Our Medical Director, Laura Parks, M.Ac., L.Ac. went back to school and will be graduating at the end of April 2023 with her Doctorate in Acupuncture. 13 years after graduating with her Masters degree in Acupuncture, we’ll be calling “Dr. Laura” to the clinic with all her new wisdom on how to help patients.

Here’s what she

Posted in Acupuncture, Acupuncture Studies, Acupuncure, Arthritis, Autoimmune Disease, Chinese Medicine, Digestive Disorders, Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Headaches/Migraines, Health, Immune System, infertility, Men's Health, Menopause, Migraines & Headaches, Neuropathy, Pain, Post-Herpetic Neuralgia, Shingles, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Women's Health | Also tagged acupuncture, allergies, arthritis, autoimmune, back pain, chronic pain, diet, digestion, fertility, fibromyalgia, headaches, immune system, infertility, migraines, neuropathy, stress, tcm, unexplained infertility, women's health Comments Off

Acupuncture for Sports Injuries

By admin | Published November 21, 2022

Whether you are a professional, college, or high school athlete (or maybe just a weekend warrior), you know that injuries can happen when you least expect it. Sometimes, it’s a traumatic injury because your body was pushed beyond its limit and sometimes, the injury comes from simple overuse. And every athlete wants to get back on the field, court,

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Acupuncture as an Alternative to Opioids

By admin | Published October 17, 2022

According to the National Center for Drug Abuse Statistics, almost 50,000 people die every year from opioid overdoses, more than 10 million misuse opioids in a given year, and opioids are a factor in 72% of overdose deaths. You hear about the opioid crisis on the nightly news frequently but what can be done to help people deal with

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Did You Know… Acupuncture Helps Arthritis

By Laura | Published August 15, 2022

In the United States, 24% of all adults, or 58.5 million people, have arthritis. It is a leading cause of work disability, with annual costs for medical care and lost earnings of $303.5 billion. The most common form of arthritis is osteoarthritis.

For over 12 years, our medical director Laura Parks has been successfully treating arthritis in many forms, from

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Acupuncture & Insomnia

By Laura | Published April 27, 2022

Often, patients begin to notice insomnia creeping in at the change of the seasons, especially as we move into springtime. With the added sunlight and the sun setting later in the day, our bodies and minds feel invigorated after a long and arduous winter. For some, the mind “just won’t turn off at bedtime,” for others, the thoughts from the

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