Acupuncture Services
Acupuncture and its related practices work wonders to harmonize the body and bring the nervous system back into balance. Once the nervous system is aligned, symptoms like pain, digestive upset, and mood imbalances can be addressed, resolved, and kept at bay. When acupuncture is combined with naturopathic and nutritional therapies, the body is set up for success and total alignment.
Acupuncture is a cornerstone of our practice at Team DLW, often leveraged in conjunction with naturopathic treatments and nutritional modifications. Acupuncture has many benefits, from, balancing your moods, managing stress levels, alleviating digestive distress like IBS & bloating (especially from SIBO), to pain relief & muscle recovery; to harnessing your hormones, like calming & correcting a painful menstrual cycle, alleviating PMS, decreasing fibroid flares & easing the transition of perimenopause.
This healing modality can be just as effective as acupuncture for a variety of musculoskeletal maladies. Applying a reverse suction action on specific areas of the body (shoulders, neck, back, IT band, glutes, knees + calves, to name a few) helps to increase circulation, improve lymphatic flow, increase range of motion and decrease pain all to help facilitate the healing and recovery process. Cupping is also incredibly relaxing and almost always guarantees a mellow mood and a great night’s sleep.
Moxibustion
Moxa is a powerful therapeutic herb that is heated over specific body parts to help bring the body’s Qi back into alignment. The heat from this herb can be placed on the body as well as attached to acupuncture needles to directly heat the skin over the targeted organs/ meridians during your session. Moxa is especially helpful for painful periods, clotting, areas of trauma/ blunt force injury (to improve circulation), and overall burnout and exhaustion.
Acupuncture for fertility is another amazing natural approved for conception, and all DLW practitioners are well-versed in pre-/peri/post-natal acupuncture. From conception to water retention, sleep, and mood stability, we’ve got you covered on your fertility journey.
Cosmetic/ Facial Acupuncture
This luxurious 75m treatment combines traditional acupuncture with an emphasis on increasing circulation to the face/neck region, building up collagen, plumping the skin, promoting lymphatic drainage, and evening, tightening and brightening the skin tone.
What Is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a centuries-old healing modality that uses single-use, hair-thin needles inserted into specific points along the body's energetic channels (meridians) in aims of restoring balance to your overall functioning. The practice originated in China and is over 3,000 years old, making it one of the oldest continuously practiced healing modalities in the world. At Dr. Lana Wellness, acupuncture is offered in our NYC location as part of a whole-body, root-cause centered approach to care. Each session is built around your unique presentation, and does not follow a one-size-fits-all protocol.
How Does Acupuncture Work?
Acupuncture aims to restore balance by bringing your body back into homeostasis using specific acupuncture points (acu-points) while honoring age-old theories following the specific channels or meridians that run throughout the body like little rivers. Many of these channels follow nerve pathways and fascial lines, which can make it a bit easier to understand or digest when trying to grasp this age-old concept. During an acupuncture session, points are meticulously selected for each patient to support the movement and free-flow of “Qi” or life force energy. Through modern research, we know that acupuncture increases the activity of the parasympathetic nervous system (rest,digest, sex, sleep, heal), and helps the body release natural pain relieving chemicals known as endorphins, along with Norepinephrine, and Serotonin. The release of these neurochemicals helps to reduce inflammation, and bring more fresh, nutrient-rich, oxygenated blood flow to targeted areas.
Conditions We Address With Acupuncture:
Acupuncture is the most well-known and studied for combating physical pain. Still, it can also address internal diseases such as gastrointestinal disorders, vascular conditions, neurological disorders, cardiovascular disease, psychological disorders, respiratory disorders, and even improve longevity.
Sports Injuries
Headaches
Infertility & Hormone Imbalance
Skin Issues
Tendonitis and Carpal Tunnel Arthritis
Cardiovascular Disease
Digestive Disorders
Respiratory Disorders
Commonly Asked Questions:
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Every acupuncture session begins with a detailed intake, where you’ll discuss your current symptoms, goals and details with your practitioner. This intake may also include tongue and pulse diagnosis, which gives your provider even more insight into what is going on internally, both from a physical as well as an emotional standpoint . These diagnostic tools help acupuncturists identify the underlying imbalances that may be driving, and even perpetuating your symptoms. After your intake, you’ll then get comfortable on the treatment table, and your acupuncturist will begin placing needles at specific points to help bring the body back into balance and support its own innate healing response. Each appointment is personalized and may be paired with electro-acupuncture, cupping, moxibustion, or gua sha depending on your current presentation and goals.
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Short answer, no, acupuncture does now, and should not, hurt. Acupuncture needles are hair-thin, and solid throughout the entire needle. In fact, they are far thinner than the needles used for injections or blood draws, and the fact that they do NOT have a hole in which fluid either goes into the body (injections) or is drawn out of the body (blood draws), makes the insertion that much more painless, due to lack of surface area being penetrated . Most patients feel little to nothing upon insertion; describing a brief pinch if anything at all. A dull ache, heaviness, or mild tingling at the insertion site (known as “De Qi”) is totally normal and is actually a sign the point’’s energetics “Qi” has been activated. All needles are single-use and sterile, each packet of needles is opened fresh for each patient at every visit.After the first few needle insertions, most people find sessions to be deeply relaxing and many patients actually fall asleep during their treatment.
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The number of sessions needed depends on the individual. A person with a chronic condition may need one to two sessions a week over several months. An acute problem typically improves after 8 to 12 sessions. Many patients come for bimonthly or monthly maintenance to stay symptom-free after initial weekly check-ups.
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Please view the pricing page.