Posts in General Health
Case Study - Relief for long-term Migraine Sufferer

If you’re a chronic sufferer, acupuncture for migraines can provide an excellent alternative to complement your medical treatments. Acupuncture is a well-known component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). TCM has been practiced for thousands of years and includes the use of herbal medicines and mind-body practices.

Yin Studio offers acupuncture for migraines to help patients find their own balance between lifestyle adjustments, medical therapies and alternative treatments. If you have been struggling with migraines and headaches, acupuncture may provide an excellent supplement to the existing medical therapies you have tried.

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Five Common Summer Complaints That Acupuncture Can Relieve

Summer is finally in full swing—which means cute sandals and sunglasses, beach vacations, and ridiculously scorching weather. If you're feeling the heat, literally, you’re not alone.

Hot temperatures can mess with your body in all sorts of sneaky ways, and that isn’t just the threat of sunburn or sweating through your outfit on the way to work. Here are five common ways that hot, humid weather takes a toll on your health and how acupuncture can assist to relieve them.

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Creating the Space for a Baby

Are you always in a rush? Do you miss breakfast or grab something to eat on the move? Maybe you go from one activity to the next without taking a break? Do you eat lunch at your desk? Or get home late from work and feel so exhausted that you don’t have enough energy to cook, exercise or socialise?

This kind of busy energy can put your body into a state of chronic stress. You’re not in full flight or flight, but you’re not relaxed either. It feels like you’re always on. Always in stress mode. There’s always tension in your body. You might have stiff shoulders, headaches or period pains. These are all signs that you’re too busy.

This kind of busy energy means that you constantly produce stress hormones, which disrupt your sex hormones and can stop you from getting pregnant.

If you want to change this pattern, look at how you can slow down and create space.

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Boost Your Mood with Food

Feeling blue—or maybe just a little blah? Your diet could be partly to blame. New research shows getting the right nutrients over time can improve your mood, tame stress, ease anxiety and even help fight depression. Now that's something to smile about.

Talk about food for thought. Growing research shows that simply making changes in what you eat can significantly boost mood and improve symptoms of anxiety and depression.

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