Acupuncture Can Make 2016 Your Healthiest Year Yet

Written by Stefanie Miska

As we come out on the other side of the holiday season, many of us have resolved to begin fresh by letting go of habits that no longer serve us or by adding ones that do.

Whether it be to spend more time physically moving the body, joining a new sports team, to begin meditating or sitting in stillness for five minutes each morning; this is a time where each of us reflects back on the past year and focuses on how we can improve and move forward in this coming twelve months.

Here are a few ways acupuncture can help:

Reduce stress – Often the holidays and returning to work afterwards can be stressful. Acupuncture has been proven to lower stress and help the body get out of the perpetual sympathetic (fight or flight) state. Many people report a Zen like experience during and after an acupuncture treatment, by attending regularly you can help prolong this feeling.

Aid digestion – Are you feeling bloated, distended, and gassy? Perhaps you over ate at Christmas dinner or over indulged on all the rum and egg nog? Acupuncture can help regulate the digestive organs by reducing bloating and moving any stagnation causing pain or distention.

Strengthen immune system – We are still in cold and flu season; whether you have been lucky enough to avoid this year’s bout or have been fighting off a lingering sore throat, acupuncture will help build the body’s natural resistance to disease. Acupuncture and Chinese medicinal herbs can benefit you whether it be the acute stage of a debilitating flu or you are feeling tired and run down since you were last sick.

Decrease pain – Do you suffer from chronic pain or have you been putting in extra hours at the gym this week? Acupuncture improves circulation and the release of pain relieving endorphins, which can benefit long term issues in addition to tight and sore muscles from sudden overuse. Often when we have pain we seek treatment locally to relieve the obvious tension, acupuncture will help relieve the localized discomfort, and in addition, by observing the body as a holistic being, your TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) practitioner will address the root of the problem.

By incorporating regular acupuncture treatments into your new year’s resolution you will also see the benefits of more energy and better sleep.

Diversified Health is happy to welcome Stefanie Miska, a registered practitioner of Acupuncture & TCM (meaning she incorporates acupuncture, cupping, and herbal medicine into her treatments) to the clinic. She looks forward to helping you make 2016 your best year yet!

Call 250 382 0018 to book an appointment on Wednesday or Sunday with Stefanie. Here’s to you!