Houston Acupuncture Services

Acne and the Houston Summer Heat: How Acupuncture Can Help Do you know what’s bad for acne? If you said heat and humidity, you likely know where we’re going with this. Houston’s summers are legendary for both heat and humidity, so when the sun’s up, the acne flare-ups are up as well. Millions of Houstonians […]

Just 30 years ago, you could count the number of practicing acupuncturists in Houston on two hands. Times have changed, though, and acupuncture is now well-entrenched in Houston – a notable development, as the Bayou City is known for its advanced medical resources and facilities. Today, with dozens of practicing acupuncturists, Houston is one of

More than 10 percent of U.S. couples experience infertility to some extent. That’s millions of people with fertility problems – a number that sounds extremely high until you consider all the ways that fertility can be disrupted. Medical conditions, hormonal issues, excess stress, weight issues, lifestyle choices, age – all have a bearing on fertility.

Acupuncture is particularly well suited to treat sports injuries and is effective for a large variety of them. Muscle strains, overtraining, tendinopathies – acupuncture can help with these injuries and support longer term recovery. How acupuncture does that, exactly, is still being researched. There are, however, several benefits associated with treatment, as well as an

How Acupuncture Can Help People Lose Weight for the Summer The weather is warming up, and before long, it will be time to hit the beaches and the pools. That means it’s time to shed that extra winter weight, for your waistline and for your health. It’s no secret that excess weight is a risk

Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain condition that affects about two percent of the U.S. adult population. The condition is characterized by occasional flareups which cause symptoms to worsen, and periods during which symptoms may seem to disappear. As a systemic condition, the root causes of fibromyalgia are difficult to pinpoint and vary from patient to

According to a 2016 CDC study, about 20 percent of Americans live with a chronic pain disorder. Almost 10 percent have a “high impact” pain condition that limits their quality of life. Unsurprisingly, older Americans are more likely to experience regular pain. Whether it’s a bad back, sore neck, migraines, or another pain disorder, acupuncture

Chinese medicine practitioners frequently prescribe herbal teas to their patients for medicinal reasons. There’s a long history of teas for medicinal reasons, and cultures around the world utilize medicinal tea to some extent. For some patients, though, their first tea experience is with the medicinal tea their doctor prescribes. If this is the case for

Opioids have been used as a pain treatment for thousands of years. In the U.S., opioids were used to treat soldiers fighting in the Civil War, and many of those soldiers went on to develop a dependency on the drug. Today, another opioid crisis is underway – one that dates back to the late 90s.

Acupuncture and Eastern Medicine Support Breast Cancer Treatments Researchers are looking at acupuncture and its potential benefits from every possible angle. While much more research is needed, acupuncture already shows real results with a variety of medical conditions. Let’s take a look at how acupuncture can help some women diagnosed with breast cancer. Specifically, how