Renew Acupuncture

In laboratory tests with rodents, the team used the suction method to deliver a SARS-CoV-2 DNA vaccine, which generated a strong immune response about 100 times stronger than an injected vaccine alone. Fascinating!!

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Free holiday hustle challenge! Stay fit and motivated over the holidays!

Free holiday hustle challenge! Stay fit and motivated over the holidays!

Caffeine and acupuncture don't mix!

Weight-lifting has been life changing for me!

Q: How does acupuncture work? A: Acupuncture has been shown to affect every bodily system in some way. The most thoroughly researched aspects are the powerful pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory effects.... Scientist Dr Han Jisheng conducted hundreds of studies on the naturally occurring opioids which are produced by the human body in response to acupuncture (such as -endorphins and enkephalins). Endogenous opioids, that is opioids which the body produces naturally, are more powerful in relieving pain than opioid medications such as morphine. In fact, -endorphin is four times more powerful than morphine dose-for-dose. While endogenous opioids help to explain how acupuncture works in acute pain, actions on chronic pain involve lasting modulation of the nervous system. In a landmark study by UK researchers including the late Prof Hugh MacPherson, it was found that, after acupuncture treatment for chronic pain conditions, 85-90% of the pain relief experienced at the end of the treatment course persisted 12 months later. The anti-inflammatory effects of acupuncture have been found to involve numerous signalling pathways, inflammatory mediators and receptors. Our team’s research on allergic rhinitis showed a dramatic decrease in the pro-inflammatory cytokine Substance P and suggested that acupuncture was reducing the expression and sensitivity of the receptor (TRPV1) which causes signs and symptoms like sneezing, runny nose, itching and blocked nose. Such cytokines are involved in many inflammatory conditions, so being able to regulate their activity is an important goal.

Take this to the hip joint: if you sit for long periods of time throughout your day (YEP, I’M TALKING TO ALL THE DESK WORKERS OUT THERE!!!), you most definitely have tightness in the iliopsoas muscle, the muscle that connect the trunk to the legs. When this muscle is restricted and shortened like it is in a chair or bent over on a bike (for all my Peleton junkies) you teach your pelvis to maintain a tipped forward position which puts excess strain on the low back and over time, weakens your glutes and your abs aka the lower cross syndrome in Osteopathy.

Free holiday hustle challenge! Stay fit and motivated over the holidays!

Headaches or neck pain? Treat yourself with some acupressure!

Easy qi gong exercise for your lungs.

As of today, I will be closing the office for at least the next week, if not longer. I have faith in humanity and that our scientists will find a solution to this virus. Social distancing is the best thing we can all do right now and will help us return to normalcy as quickly as possible. I look forward to seeing you all on the other side of this. Stay safe everyone! - Brittany

Animals Acupuncture

Acupuncture for migraines

Great write up on my cosmetic acupuncture instructor!

How acupuncture neuro-modulates pain!

Those not so harmless steroid injections...

Last minute #kneepain treatment before the #philadelphiamarathon this weekend! Good luck to all the runners! Treatment: Motor points of #TFL, #GluteMedius, #bicepfemoris and #popliteus muscles with electric stimulation