Chinese medicine is often called holistic medicine, meaning it looks at a person as a whole, not just a part. It sees the different organ systems in a dynamic relationship with each other that must be in balance to be in health. Because it focuses on the overall health of an individual, it can treat a wide variety of conditions. Below you’ll find the areas Kendra specializes in treating.
Pain
Chinese medicine sees the body as a living landscape, where blood and vital energy (qi) are the rivers and streams that flow between the valleys of muscle, tendon and bone. A common mantra in Chinese medicine says “If there is free flow there is no pain, if there is blockage there is pain.”
One of the ways acupuncture helps remove pain is removing blockage of the channels of circulation. Acupuncture relaxes muscles and tendons, breaks up adhesions and allows joints, muscles and tendons to work in healthy movement and coordination. A wide variety of pain conditions can be alleviated with acupuncture and tuina (Chinese medical massage)
- Low back pain / sciatic pain
- Rotator cuff injury / frozen shoulder
- Neck pain
- Migraines
Motor vehicle accidents
Besides causing injury to the different tissues of the body (muscle, tendon, bones and organs), motor vehicle accidents can cause neurological patterns of tension that are difficult to release. Acupuncture and massage can help release the “armoring” that is part of the body’s in-built reaction to trauma, as well as speed up healing of damaged muscles and tendons.
Allergies / Immune conditions
Many allergy/immune conditions have a strong connection with the health of your digestive lining. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal formulas can help heal your digestion and help regulate your body’s immune (over)reactions. Many people find reduction and management of symptoms from the following conditions:
- Seasonal allergies
- Food allergies
- SLE (Lupus)
- Chronic Fatigue syndrome
- Fibromyalgia
- Sjogren’s syndrome
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Hashimoto’s thyroiditis / Grave’s disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
Neuromuscular Disorders
Acupuncture is well known in China to improve recovery post stroke. Herbal medicine and acupuncture combined can help reduce severity and slow progression of Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor.
- Paralysis and spasm post stroke
- Parkinsons
- Bell’s Palsy
- Essential tremor
Emotional Health
Acupuncture can help reduce severity of symptoms associated with depression and anxiety, and is widely used as an adjunct therapy for PTSD.