Acupuncture and Women’s Health
Women have unique health concerns. As a female-owned practice, we understand!
And yet, living as a woman doesn’t have to be one long pathology.
For every stage of a woman’s life–from menstruation to fertility, gestation to post-partum, peri-menopause and post-menopause– acupuncture can play a role in helping you live life at your best.
Here you will find effective solutions for painful menstrual cramps, emotional support for PMS, hormonal imbalances such as PCOS, female infertility, and peri-menopause or post-menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, brain fog and sleep problems.
Success Story
— Shannon B. Google Review
Acupuncture and Hormonal Balance
Do you struggle with monthly menstrual symptoms such as PMS, painful periods, heavy bleeding, and fluctuating emotions? Acupuncture can help! Don’t suffer needlessly with premenstrual syndrome, painful cramps, and moodiness.
In addition, imbalances related to an intersection of hormones and processes like inflammation and insulin resistance, such as PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome), endometriosis, and the depression and anxiety that occurs in PMDD (Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder), can all respond to acupuncture treatment.
PMS Success Story
“My main reason for going was horrible PMS symptoms bordering on PMDD. Irritable moods, rage, high anxiety, cramps, back pain, tight muscles, depressed mood the week before I was due to get my period. I received instant relief of my symptoms. If your PMS seems out of control… feel better now!”
— Andrea K. Google Review
Menopause and Acupuncture
Peri-menopausal and post-menopausal women often experience the extreme discomfort of hot flashes and night sweats, plus irritability, brain fog, fatigue, insomnia and even anxiety. We have a high success with eliminating these symptoms using a multi-layered acupuncture approach, helping you sail through menopause. Our treatments can complement standard care such as HRT, or can help women who do not succeed with, are not candidtates for, or do not opt for, HRT.
In fact, acupuncture can play a unique role in promoting the help of cancer survivors who have had a radical hysterectomy or oophorectomy (ovary removal) and may be taking an aromatase inhibitor. The combined effect of these interventions will create menopause, but due to hormone-sensitive cancer risk these women cannot receive HRT. However, they can receive acupuncture, which has tremendous power in helping control symptoms like hot flashes, sweating, anxiety, joint pain, brain fog and insomnia.
Acupuncture for Infertility
The fertility journey is often filled with twists and turns from preconception to your much-anticipated healthy delivery. Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years to support women’s health and enhance a couple’s chances of a successful pregnancy when they are dealing with infertility.
Whether you are trying to conceive naturally or with ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology), we offer acupuncture treatments to enhance your chances of success. We have helped many women go through the process of IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) and IUI (Intrauterine Insemination) and can support you throughout your pregnancy.
After conception, while you are understandably minimizing your use of medication, we are happy to play a role in helping your pregnancy stay more comfortable for symptoms like morning sickness, carpal tunnel syndrome, low back pain, pre-eclampsia, allergies, and insomnia. Then we gladly offer postpartum support as you recover your health during the “fourth trimester,” helping women with concerns such as postpartum depression, fatigue, mastitis, and stress!
Whether you’re trying to conceive naturally or you’ve already begun your IUI or IVF cycle, we are here for you. With proven acupuncture and electro-medicine techniques to balance hormones naturally or to assist your reproductive endocrinology team, we would love to help you with your newly growing family. And please bring your partner to be treated too! Acupuncture can assist with increased sperm count, sperm morphology and motility.
Acupuncture and Fertility
Acupuncture Increases Fertility Success by:
- Increasing uterine and ovarian blood flow
- Nourishing the uterine lining
- Regulating menstrual cycles
- Improving ovarian/follicular function
- Reducing side effects of fertility medications
- Reducing anxiety and stress
- Regulating thyroid, pituitary, and hypothalamus function
- Improving egg quality
- Balancing the reproductive hormones
- Increasing sperm count, morphology, and motility
What Women’s Health Conditions Can Acupuncture Treat?
- PMS, PMDD
- Hot Flashes, Night Sweats
- Hysterectomy & Oophorectomy-induced symptoms
- Aromatase inhibitor-induced symptoms
- Ovulation Pain (Middleschmerz)
- Menstrual Cramps
- Infertility
- Thyroid Conditions
- Irregular cycle
- Hormonal Balance
- PCOS
- Endometriosis
- Uterine Fibroids
- Heavy menstrual bleeding
- Amenorrhea
How Many Treatments Will I Need?
During your consultation, we will discuss your symptoms and health history. You will receive a customized treatment plan with just the right combination of acupuncture therapy and treatment frequency that works best for your unique symptoms. You may receive treatment on your first visit.
How Soon Will I See Results
For menstrual symptoms, relief will likely start within the first two cycles with more frequent treatments during the first month. We have found that three consecutive months of treatment fully regulates your cycle. Frequency decreases each month until you are on a monthly maintenance schedule to keep your hormones balanced. Menopausal symptoms usually require eight to twelve weeks of care then monthly maintenance. Fertility treatment frequency is highly individualized depending on age, health, and cause of infertility, or if Assisted Reproductive Technology is already being utilized.