Stress Management

Both adults and children experience stress. Anything that disrupts the smooth flow of energy within a person's body can be considered stress. Stress constrains the emotions and taxes the adrenal system.

Prolonged emotional constraint can lead to headaches, inability to focus, irritability, muscle pain, sleep disturbances, digestive disorders, anxiety, and depression.

Prolonged taxation of the adrenal system can lead to immune system deficiencies, fatigue, and burnout. When people live with stress every day, they can become accustomed to enduring its negative effects. Acupuncture can help ameliorate the effects of physical or emotional stress by stimulating the release of endorphins, the body's natural relaxants. When a person relaxes, the smooth flow of their energy is restored, and their body's natural ability to heal itself is allowed to work freely.

When people receive acupuncture they often experience very deep relaxation. Many of our patients fall fast asleep during a treatment.

Benefits of deep relaxation include: a sense of restfulness and well-being that can help people heal, and feel better, faster.