by urban-acupuncture | Jul 10, 2022 | Holistic Health
Gut Health
Gut health refers to the health of your digestive system. While gut health seems to be a minor aspect of your health, it actually has a very important role to play in your overall health and wellness. If your gut health is good, then you can expect to be healthy and fit.
Bio-individuality is a key concept that states there is one common approach to wellness. It varies from one individual to another. This is why holistic health practitioners are offering bio-individuality wellness programs that are tailored to meet individual requirements. These programs help in improving gut health and overall wellness.
The importance of gut health
The health of our gut plays a more important role in our overall health than we realize. The gut is where digestion takes place. It is the place where nutrients from the food are broken down and absorbed into the body. Our health and wellness depends on the effective working of the digestive system.
Digestion is aided by the bacteria and other microorganisms that reside in our gut. These probiotic or good microbes help in strengthening our digestive system. They also play a very important role. They keep the bad bacteria at bay and prevent infections and illnesses. When gut health is good, it ensures overall wellness keeping you healthy and fit.
This is why wellness coaches and holistic health practitioners give a lot of importance to gut health. They focus on helping people follow a balanced diet that provides them the nutrition they need. They also focus on good gut health for overall wellbeing of the individual.
Such a program would focus on areas like:
- Choosing a diet that suits the requirements of your health.
- Ensuring hormonal balance in the body, which is essential for wellness.
- Improving gut health, thereby enhancing immunity.
- Effective stress management.
- Improving sleep, so the body gets optimal rest.
- Removing toxins from the body to ensure good health.
- Ensuring effective work-life balance for a better life.
- Getting the benefit of a support network for wellness improvement.
Bio-individuality wellness programs for holistic health
A bio-individuality wellness program would focus on understanding your health needs. The wellness practitioner would assess your health situation to understand your problems and the specific needs of your body. This varies from one person to another and there cannot be a one-size fits all approach to holistic health.
Such a bio-individuality approach ensures that a wellness program can be designed keeping in mind your specific needs. The program would focus of helping you get the nutrition you need for better gut health and overall wellness. A program like Health Trail would help in harnessing the healing ability of the body, so optimal health is achieved.
Get the benefit of bio-individuality wellness programs
Get in touch with a certified health coach in Columbus, Clintonville, Ohio today. The practitioner will tell all about the wellness program that can help improve your gut health and overall wellness. Join a program that suits your health needs and take a positive step towards wellness.
Contact Urban Acupuncture Center in Columbus, OH For More Information
For more information about how acupuncture, massage therapy and other alternative healing treatments can help you, please contact the Urban Acupuncture Center Board Certified Licensed Acupuncturist’s team at Indianola Ave, Columbus, Ohio (Clintonville) (614) 725-2488 or click here. Taking new patients in and around greater Columbus, Ohio.
by urban-acupuncture | Jul 5, 2022 | Acupuncture, Cupping Therapy, Holistic Health, Massage
Stress Treatments
People from all over the world have been suffering from high-stress levels over the past few years. Men and women tend to handle stress differently. A person suffering from chronic stress suffers from different types of health issues, irrespective of their gender. These include obesity, heart disease, and mental health disorders. Here are some of the popular therapies available for stress treatment in men and women. So, check them out!
Herbal therapy
The elementary principle of herbal therapy is that the imbalance in a body makes it exposed to internal or external pathogenic influences. The goal of herbal therapy is to address the body’s imbalances, which result in blockages, which make the tissues undernourished in our bodies or dysfunctions in our organ systems. Herbs help to restore the imbalances to help the body better equipped in managing influences, such as stress and diseases.
Massage therapy
There are some small preparations to take care of before a massage session. Typically, the person should not eat anything immediately before the massaging session and should be clean.
A massage therapist usually conducts a session after you book an appointment. They also let you know the kind of preparedness required for an appointment. Some key benefits of massage therapy are as follows:
- Reducing physical or emotional stress and lowering anxiety
- Fostering feelings of well-being
- Improvement in mental awareness
- Increasing awareness of the connection between mind and body
- Alleviating overall stress and points of stress while inducing relaxation
Cupping therapy
Cupping therapy is an effective and simple therapeutic technique that can be used either exclusively or with massage or acupuncture therapies. You can consider cupping as the reverse of massage. Instead of applying pressure to your muscles, the therapist creates suction for pulling the muscles, connective tissues, and skin upward. There is a tight sensation you may feel around the cup. However, the sensation is generally soothing and relaxing. Some merits of cupping therapy are as follows:
- Lowers stress
- Relieve inflammation
- Treat headaches and chronic pain
Acupuncture for Stress and Anxiety
Acupuncture points can help energy flow smoothly, and alleviate stress and anxiety altogether. It works to ease stress by releasing endorphins, which are natural pain-killing chemicals in the brain. Additionally, acupuncture improves the circulation of blood throughout the body, which oxygenates the tissues and cycles out cortisol and other unwanted chemicals. The calming nature of acupuncture also plays a factor in decreasing stress. The experience of acupuncture is quite relaxing. Once the needles are in the affected areas, you are able to lie quietly on a comfortable table with low lighting and soft music in the background. This helps lower your blood pressure, decrease your heart rate and relaxes your muscles.
Are you looking for any of these stress management therapies or a relaxing massage? Contact Urban Acupuncture Center now!
Contact Urban Acupuncture Center in Columbus, OH For More Information
For more information about how acupuncture, massage therapy and other alternative healing treatments can help you, please contact the Urban Acupuncture Center Board Certified Licensed Acupuncturist’s team at Indianola Ave, Clintonville (614) 725-2488 | Main St, Westerville (614) 426-4406 or click here. Taking new patients in and around greater Columbus, Ohio.
by urban-acupuncture | Jul 1, 2022 | Acupuncture, Massage Therapy
Natural Pain Control After Surgery
Massages are gaining tremendous popularity as a widely used means for post-operative pain treatment means in several hospitals. There may be pain from the operation itself, placement of thoracostomy tubes, or fractured sternum or ribs. What is of great concern is that severe post-surgery pain can restrict movement and respiration during recovery, leading to complications after the operations. A pertinent example of this is deep vein thrombosis.
Post-operation
Massages are a necessary treatment option after surgery. An individual may have to undergo an operation for different reasons. These include common surgery types, such as removing lymph nodes when a person is suffering from cancer or even cosmetic surgery.
After surgery, people may go through excessive pain, scarring, and inflammation. Blockage or damage to the lymphatic system may increase pain and swelling. A massage can aid a patient after the operation by encouraging the process of healing, decomposing scar tissue, and stimulating their lymphatic system.
Massage types
Check out some of these popular massage types one can opt for after consulting a specialist for greater efficacy:
- Sports massage
The massage deploys techniques that are similar to deep tissue and Swedish. Yet, they are especially embraced to handle the impact of athletic performance and the requirements of athletes based on their recovery from injury, performing, and training.
- Deep tissue massage
It is a massage used for releasing chronic forms of muscular tension by using direct friction, pressure, or slow strokes across the muscle grains. The massage is applied to muscles’ deeper layers and with greater pressure as compared to Swedish. That is the reason the massage is referred to as deep tissue massage. It is highly effective when there is chronic muscular tension.
- Neuromuscular massage
It is a type of deep massage which is performed on individual muscles. The massage is mainly used for releasing trigger points and also for increasing blood flow. Neuromuscular massage is also used for reducing pain.
Post-Op Acupuncture – Heal Faster with Less Pain
Acupuncture is a great alternative to traditional painkillers after surgery, and it can even help cut your recovery time in half. Acupuncture and alternative medicine has been used for thousands of years, so it’s no secret it’s an excellent natural option to relieve the pain that comes with surgery.
Healing from surgery can be a long process. Utilizing acupuncture in your recovery can help cut your recovery time in half with most people accelerating healing times by 50-70%.
There are many benefits of using acupuncture after surgery, all of which aid in helping you heal faster and ultimately feel better. Acupuncture is well documented to:
- Inhibit inflammation
- Promote microcirculation
- Alter the perception of pain by inhibiting pain signals
- Encourage endorphin release
- Decrease post-surgery stress
- Boost your immune system
- Minimize drug side-effects
- Reduce internal and external scarring
Looking for a reliable service provider for your post-operative pain treatment? Contact Urban Acupuncture Center for the massage or acupuncture that is most suitable for your condition.
Contact Urban Acupuncture Center in Columbus, OH For More Information
For more information about how acupuncture, massage therapy and other alternative healing treatments can help you, please contact the Urban Acupuncture Center Board Certified Licensed Acupuncturist’s team at Indianola Ave, Clintonville (614) 725-2488 | Main St, Westerville (614) 426-4406 or click here. Taking new patients in and around greater Columbus, Ohio.
by urban-acupuncture | Jun 5, 2022 | Acupuncture Columbus
Microcurrent Therapy
For many people, microcurrent therapy is one of the most useful non-surgical methodologies to make their faces young. The treatment is believed to produce dramatic outcomes. The therapy is incredibly relaxing, and many clients go off to sleep while undergoing the treatment.
The therapy has a natural effect as it clones the electric current in the body, which is accountable for the involuntary muscles, such as heartbeat, breathing, etc. Human bodies are not averse to this therapy as it is familiar with the process. The result of this therapy is smoothing and immediate tightening of the skin. The skin is also rehydrated and reduces the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines.
It sculpts, tightens, and lifts the facial skin, and you can see instant results with no downtime. The therapy thus lifts sagging muscles and smooths wrinkles on your face. It is also effective in reducing acne problems and is similar to yoga for the face.
Does everyone feel the same way after undergoing the therapy?
Not everyone is the same. While some people may feel nothing, others may experience a tingling sensation. Many feel a lot of circulation or warmth on their faces and feel sleepy and relaxed afterward. They simply enjoy this power nap while undergoing the therapy.
Know the advantages of Microcurrent therapy
- Increase in blood circulation
- Reduction in wrinkles and fine lines on the face
- Reduced acne or clearer skin
- The enhanced muscle tone of the neck and face
- Detoxification/lymphatic drainage
- Lift of eyebrows and jowls
- Treatment for sun damage
- Energizing endocrine system
- Firmer, smoother skin
- Skin pigmentation can be reduced
- Enhanced product penetration
- Improvement in facial elasticity
- Revitalized and hydrated skin
So, are there any side effects?
Many people say that they did not experience any kind of side effects after undergoing the therapy, and they are not wrong. The truth is there is no real side effect of this treatment. However, some people can feel slightly different after they have gone through the therapy. It alters muscle tissue, improves circulation by eliminating stored waste products, smoothens scar tissues, and improves cellular metabolism. There are very rare side effects, such as drowsiness, fatigue, and nausea.
Avail of our microcurrent therapy services at the Urban Acupuncture Centre clinics located in Columbus, Clintonville, Westerville, Ohio. Contact us today!
Contact Urban Acupuncture Center in Columbus, OH For More Information
For more information about how acupuncture, massage therapy and other alternative healing treatments can help you, please contact the Urban Acupuncture Center Board Certified Licensed Acupuncturist’s team at Indianola Ave, Clintonville (614) 725-2488 | Main St, Westerville (614) 426-4406 or click here. Taking new patients in and around greater Columbus, Ohio.
by urban-acupuncture | Jun 1, 2022 | Acupuncture
Dry Needling
Trigger points or knotted muscles may lead to constant pain. Not only this, if you touch a trigger point, it leads to pain in other areas of the body. Till the time such trigger points exist, these keep activating your nerves, which, in turn, transmit pain messages to the brain. The ongoing stimulation makes your nerve again more sensitive leading to more pains on trigger points.
If you want to come out of the cycle of pain on the trigger points, you may opt for a therapy called dry needling. Continue reading this article to know more about trigger points and the advantages of dry needling.
Basics of trigger points
A trigger point happens to be a tiny area of knotted muscle fibers. Such knots form if the muscle contracts but does not relax afterward. Not only does a trigger point creates a hard, painful knot, but the ongoing contraction of the muscle also pinches a person’s blood vessels and nerves. Let us now see the causes of a trigger point. The knots frequently form because of any of the following reasons:
- Chronic stress
- Tense muscles
- Poor posture
- Direct injury
- Lifting heavy objects or weights
- Repetitive movements of muscles
Merits of dry needling
- Speed up your recovery
You could have had surgery or succumbed to an injury. Moving the body is a highly recommended means to foster healing and accelerate your recovery process. The primary treatment for recovery in such scenarios is physical therapy. At the same time, including dry needling in your physical therapy sessions speeds up the recovery process.
- Get fast relief from your pain
Many people relate a trigger point with a knotted muscle in their upper back, neck, and shoulder. However, a similar problem may pop up in other parts of your body too. As soon as there is relaxation in the knot and improvement in blood flow, the pain reduces. Several patients claim that they have experienced an improvement in their pain after just one session of dry needling. However, some people have also insisted that they had to go through multiple sessions to get the same benefit.
Contact Urban Acupuncture Center in Columbus, OH For More Information
For more information about how acupuncture, massage therapy and other alternative healing treatments can help you, please contact the Urban Acupuncture Center Board Certified Licensed Acupuncturist’s team at Indianola Ave, Clintonville (614) 725-2488 | Main St, Westerville (614) 426-4406 or click here. Taking new patients in and around greater Columbus, Ohio.
