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, constipation, bloating (especially from SIBO), and even a colitis flare - to working on harnessing your hormones, like calming and correcting a painful menstrual cycle, alleviating PMS, decreasing fibroid flares and 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 90m 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. Offered by Nichole on Tuesdays and Thursdays only.
How does acupuncture work?
EASTERN PERSPECTIVE: The human body contains an energetically charged meridian system that is comprised of specific channels for various energies, which are linked with the body’s tissues, organs, and other pathways. Acupuncture involves the gentle insertion of thin needles (the size of a strand of hair) at specific points along the various meridians/channels creating stimulation and blood flow or “Qi”.
WESTERN PERSPECTIVE: The mechanism of action of acupuncture all boils down to physiology. When a needle enters the body, the body believes it is undergoing a micro-trauma, and therefore begins to mount an inflammatory response. During this response, the immune system sends red blood cells (to deliver iron and fresh nutrients to the cells, muscles and tissues), white blood cells (to fight potential invading microbes and/or combat infections) and fibroblasts (the building blocks of collagen to help plump up the skin and) to the needled area. Additionally, acupuncture is beneficial for musculoskeletal pain and tension by way of contractile fibers. When a muscle is injured, it involuntarily contracts to protect itself as a protective mechanism. When a needle is inserted into the contracted muscle, the contractile fibers will fire and contract one last time as a reflex and then the muscle has no choice but to relax and allow for the red and white blood cells and fibroblasts to come in, repair and rebuild as needed.