by urban-acupuncture | Mar 1, 2020 | Acupuncture
Alternative Flu Treatment
The flu (short for influenza) is a potentially serious illness caused by the influenza virus. Although the flu is commonly confused with “the common cold”, a “cold” is caused by a bacterial infection; a cold may come on slowly and is not severe or dangerous (although colds are certainly unpleasant). The flu, on the other hand, usually comes on quite suddenly and if left untreated with anti-viral medications, can lead to dangerous, and even fatal, complications.
The most common symptoms of the flu can include:
- Fever
- Feeling feverish or experiencing chills
- Cough
- Congestion/runny and/or stuffy nose
- Sore throat
- Headaches
- Fatigue/exhaustion
- Body or muscle aches
The Best Defense against the Flu is a Great Offence
The old saying is “the best defense is a great offense”, and when it comes to the flu, the old saying really is true. The best way to handle the flu is to avoid it altogether! And the best way to prevent ourselves from getting sick is to ensure that the body is healthy and well-balanced in order to be better able to fight invading, illness-causing viruses. Studies have shown that a regular regime of acupuncture treatments before and during flu season can help prevent illness by boosting your immune system for up to three days, stimulating hormonal homeostasis (balance), and reducing fatigue and stress that can undermine the body’s ability to self-heal.
If you do begin to feel sick and think you might be developing the flu despite regular acupuncture treatments (after all, nothing works 100% when it comes to preventing the flu), it’s important to take proactive steps immediately! When performed before flu symptoms have really set in (usually within the first 24 hours), acupuncture has been shown to potentially mitigate and even shorten active symptoms. For example, acupuncture can help relieve sinus pressure, nasal congestion, and sinus headaches, relieve the discomfort of a sore throat, reduce body aches, and help speed up the process of killing harmful toxins and viruses.
However, for the health and safety of our practitioners and other patients (some of whom may be immuno-compromised), we ask that you do not come for acupuncture treatment if you have a fever and/or an active cough. Once flu symptoms set in, we encourage you to visit your primary care physician quickly for anti-viral medications, especially if symptoms persist or become serious.
Acupuncture Boosts the Efficacy of Flu Treatment
Several recent studies support the idea that an acupuncture treatment at the onset of flu symptoms, when combined with anti-viral medications such as Tamiflu, can help decrease the severity and the duration of flu symptoms. These studies, performed at Taizhou Municipal Hospital and Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, indicated that when administered within the first 24 hours of symptom onset, in conjunction with antivirals administered within the same time frame, can improve the ability of the body to identify and target the influenza virus, increase serum interferon levels, and most critically, reduce the occurrence of flu-related fatalities.
Acupuncture can’t cure the flu, unfortunately. However, acupuncture can play a vital role in keeping your body healthy by promoting your body’s own self-healing mechanisms, which can help prevent you from getting the flu to begin with. And if you think you might have the flu: don’t delay! An acupuncture treatment before the full onset of symptoms can help you feel better, and feel better faster!
For more information about how acupuncture, massage therapy and other 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 | Feb 10, 2020 | Acupuncture Columbus
A Coaching Circle to Build Community, Connection, Accountability & Your Self Awareness. You’ll Feel More Confident & Sure of What’s Next.
Soul Sessions: The Coaching Circle – About this Event
- Are you yearning for change, and not sure how to get there?
- Do you value getting to know yourself better?
- Are you seeking accountability, connection and fun?
- Would you like to learn the 3 leadership skills that will transform the way you live, love and lead?
Soul Sessions: The Coaching Circle, hosted by Life Coach, Sarah T. Moore, is a fully curated, intimate experience in circle with like-minded folks committed to being more. You will explore your fears and desires, feel more confident about using your voice, and walk away feeling more free in your skin so you can live, lead and love with more clarity.
Everyone I work with, and who attends this experience, wants the following:
- To take up space without questioning if you belong.
- To ask, What do I think?, not, What do they think?
- To say yes and no without explaining yourself.
- To dance like no-one is watching when everyone is.
This experience is about growing you into more of who you are. You will connect with other amazing people and follow and support each other’s experiences. While each session will be carefully laid out, there will be plenty of time to share freely, get feedback, and receive 1:1 coaching from Sarah.
The Deets
When: March – May 2020, one evening a month for 3 months.
The Wednesday’s are as follows:
- Wednesday, March 4th 6:30pm – 9:30pm
- Wednesday, April 1st 6:30pm – 9:30pm
- Wednesday, May 6th 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Where: Urban Acupuncture Center | 4392 Indianola Ave, Columbus, OH
How Many People: This program is open to a maximum of 25 people.
Price: One-time payment of $97 for all three sessions.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Coaching Approach
While I work with men and women, I consider myself a Women’s Leadership Coach. I believe every woman is special, and, oftentimes, our struggles aren’t unique. My job, as your coach, is to help you become a more effective leader in every aspect of your life. I want to help you solve immediate problems that illuminate greater areas of development so you can self-coach yourself to success long after our time together is over. Every question I ask, every moment I’m listening, every request I have of you, is to help you become more than you are right now, not to make you something you’re not. You are the expert on you, and I’m the expert in coaching techniques. The work starts with me being a leader in my own life which means I take radical responsibility and practice honesty in a way most people don’t. I also take a holistic approach to leadership meaning everything in our life affects our leadership at work. To compartmentalize is an outdated model. There are many techniques to become more effective and nothing beats incredible intuition, speaking, leading and coaching thousands of women, and a deep desire to see that happen.
FAQ’s
- What if I can’t make all 3 sessions?
We really encourage you to sign up with the intention of making all 3 sessions. Each session will build on each other and your presence will be sorely missed by the other people who have come to value your presence and participation.
- I’m a little nervous because I’ve never done anything like this before. What can I expect?
It’s normal to be nervous when you’re trying something new. Know that this will be a safe space where you will be encouraged to grow and get out of your comfort zone, but only in ways that make sense to you. You will never be pushed to do or say something you’re uncomfortable with. You can totally take this at your own pace. Expect a ton of fun, insights, intimacy, and connection.
- Can I arrive a little late/ or just participate in 1 or 2 hours each session?
No. You will want to arrive a little before 6:30 and stay for the whole experience each time. It’s not the kind of thing you dip in and dip out of.
Sarah Moore, founder of Moore Soul Sessions, is a Certified Professional Life Coach based out of Philadelphia. With a focus on honest, authentic, and deep connection, Sarah works to connect with her clients on a level that allows them to rediscover themselves and realize their full potential.
I have spent 11+ years coaching women at every level of an organization from Senior Executives to Emerging Leaders, from start-ups to global brands. Previous clients include Facebook, LinkedIn and Salesforce. My varied background in industries such as retail, newspaper, and oil and gas, and extensive years living abroad, all have one thing in common; every decision was born out of passion and purpose. With that in mind, the bottom line is, I’m coaching people to know what they want, have the courage to say it, and pursue it. I want you to feel even more confident than you do now, to speak up with your loved ones, in meetings and board rooms, to communicate effectively across all levels of your organization, and to be at peace with who you are.
Accreditation:
- Certified Professional LIfe Coach- MA, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP
- M.A. Comparative Literature and Culture
- Associate Certified Coach
- Certified Professional Coach
- Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner
- B.A. (Hons) Hispanic Studies and Linguistics
by urban-acupuncture | Feb 5, 2020 | Massage Therapy
Sports Massage
Swimming, biking, yoga, weight lifting, Zumba or spin class, running, or even a walk outside: medical experts all agree that regular exercise is an important element of staying healthy! Yet regardless of how you choose to stay fit—competing in local road races, joining an adult sports team, or hitting the gym a few times a week—maintaining a regular exercise routine can easily be undermined by physical fatigue, soreness and pain, and even injury.
In fact, staying healthy and fit often requires more than just exercise: proper nutrition, active recovery, injury avoidance, and rest are all equally important. And incorporating sports massage therapy, along with good eating and sleep habits, into your exercise routine can help as well. Sports massage is an excellent way to minimize pain and discomfort from DOMS (delayed-onset muscle soreness), relax and rejuvenate overworked muscles, increase flexibility and mobility, reduce recovery times between workouts, and even prevent injury.
Sports Massage: What Is It?
Sports massage is a type of massage therapy designed to facilitate relaxing and rehabilitating recovery in those muscles and soft tissues that have been stressed by an active, athletic lifestyle. Depending on the needs of each unique patient, sports massage usually involves a variety of massage techniques and concentrates on specific muscle groups. And don’t let the word “relaxing” confuse you: sports massage is not designed to for full-body relaxation like other massage techniques: when performed properly, a sports massage can get a bit uncomfortable as it works out tightness, inelasticity, and lack of flexibility in active muscle groups!
Just as each patient is unique, each sports massage is just as unique. Based on his/her assessment of your specific massage requirements, your licensed massage therapist will develop a customized massage plan designed to target exactly those muscle groups and areas of soft tissue damage that require it. Your specific sports massage therapy may involve techniques such as:
- Trigger point massage: involves repeatedly manipulating trigger points (or knots) within muscles with patterns of isolated pressure and release
- Myofascial release: involves relaxing and stretching the fascia, or the connective tissue around the bones, muscles, and tendons
- Muscle energy: actively contracting the largest muscular groupings can stretch, relax, and strengthen tight, inflexible muscles
- Soft tissue release: passive, active, and/or weight-bearing techniques can stretch out and relax stiffness and tightness in the tendons, fascia, and muscle
Sports Massage: Benefits
In general terms, the biggest benefit of sports massage is enhanced athletic performance. More specifically, sports massage offers a number of benefits that, when taken together, add up to help you maintain your exercise routine and recover faster between workouts. Sports massage can:
- Help relieve muscle tension, discomfort, and pain
- Promote faster post-workout recovery time to decrease time between workouts
- Improve healing for existing injuries and prevent common overuse injuries
- Improve muscle elasticity flexibility, elasticity, and range of motion
- Improve blood flow for increased muscle growth and endurance performance
- Reduce blood pressure and heart rate
And the benefits of sports massage aren’t just physical! Studies have shown that sports massage can have added psychological benefits, including lowered anxiety, improved outlook and mood, and better quality of sleep. So to support your physical fitness, your mental health, and your health and overall well-being, schedule your sports massage today!
For more information about how acupuncture, massage therapy and other 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 | Feb 1, 2020 | Acupuncture Columbus
Can Acupuncture Treat Skin Conditions?*
The skin is the body’s largest organ, serving both to protect us from the environment around us and to provide clues to what we can’t see underneath. In other words, the health of our skin can often be a reflection of our overall health and thus, skin disorders, whether chronic or acute, may be symptomatic of an underlying imbalance in the body. This holistic approach underpins the success of acupuncture in treating many difficult skin conditions. By identifying and focusing on the root cause of the problem, acupuncture can treat the visible symptom: an uncomfortable, itchy, unpleasant skin problem.
Acupuncture works by addressing systemic imbalances and weakness deep within the body. When treating skin conditions, acupuncture stimulates specific points along the body in order to simultaneously activate both the immune system and the endocrine systems. This simple action increases blood flow to key systems throughout the body and regulates proper hormonal balances. Put more simply, acupuncture stimulates and strengthens the body’s own natural defenses, enabling it to more effectively heal itself!
As with any medical approach, the first step is to identify the root of the problem. The acupuncturist will conduct a thorough evaluation, looking at and feeling your skin and tongue while asking many wide-ranging questions about your skin condition, your overall health, and your diet, exercise, and lifestyle routines. Once a course of treatment has been developed—every treatment is uniquely developed to address the specific needs of each individual patient—the acupuncturist will place sterile, high-grade needles at key points around the body to activate specific acupuncture points. In some cases, heat may be directly or, more commonly, indirectly applied to the acupuncture points for increased stimulation (moxibustion therapy).
What Skin Conditions Can Acupuncture Treat?
Acupuncture has been used successful to treat a wide variety of different skin conditions*, both acute and chronic, including:
- Acne
- Rosacea
- Psoriasis
- Perioral Dermatitis
- Herpes (zoster [shingles] and simplex)
- Eczema (including pomphlyx)
- Lichen Planus
- Viral Warts
- Chronic Hives
- and more
Whether acute or chronic, we understand that many patients have been suffering from the discomfort and embarrassment of problematic skin for a long time and want instant relief. It’s important to note that acupuncture is not magic! Addressing the underlying imbalances at the root of many of these difficult skin problems can take time, persistence, and patience. Moreover, acupuncture may be only one part of a comprehensive, holistic treatment approach.
The goal of acupuncture is to enable the body to heal itself by ensuring inner strength and wellness. Improving stress management, improving sleep problems, and addressing digestive issues can help promote overall wellness, thus contributing to a successful resolution of a difficult skin condition. Changes in diet, exercise, and other lifestyle habits may play a vital role in your treatment plan, as may Chinese herbal medicine and also, in some cases, modern medicine like prescription medications and/or topical ointments.
For more information about how acupuncture and other 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.
*Disclaimer: Results may vary and cannot be guaranteed. Before starting treatment, including acupuncture, for any skin condition, patients should see a dermatologist and/or a primary care physician.
by urban-acupuncture | Jan 13, 2020 | Community
An energizing evening, where you will walk away with an insight into how coaching & deep self inquiry can transform your life & health.
Soul Sessions Date And Time:
Wed, February 12, 2020 | 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Location:
About this Event
- Have you ever wanted to compliment a stranger and didn’t, because you felt a bit scared?
- Have you ever wanted to speak up in a meeting, and didn’t, because you were worried what people would think? Or, worse, did you speak up and then replay it, over and over, in your head?
- Do you feel anxious, stressed, and have a tendency to overthink?
- Have you ever pretended everything is ok in your relationship rather than saying how you really feel?
We all yearn for more confidence to express ourselves lovingly and honestly. When we do, we feel an ease and a freedom that transforms the way we live.
Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the un-lived life within us.
Our bodies have a tendency to reveal our un-lived life. It might be surprising to hear that your thoughts inform your physical health. What we think about often manifests in physical symptoms. Since you’re already a believer in taking care of your body, we want to help you take care of your mind, too.
Sarah will teach you two life changing skills that will transform every area of your life, that will close the gap between the life you’re living and your un-lived life within. You will reflect, grow, positively impact your health, have fun, and build connection and community.
Can’t wait to see you there.
REGISTER NOW
Sarah Moore, founder of Moore Soul Sessions, is a Certified Professional Life Coach based out of Philadelphia. With a focus on honest, authentic, and deep connection, Sarah works to connect with her clients on a level that allows them to rediscover themselves and realize their full potential.
I have spent 11+ years coaching women at every level of an organization from Senior Executives to Emerging Leaders, from start-ups to global brands. Previous clients include Facebook, LinkedIn and Salesforce. My varied background in industries such as retail, newspaper, and oil and gas, and extensive years living abroad, all have one thing in common; every decision was born out of passion and purpose. With that in mind, the bottom line is, I’m coaching people to know what they want, have the courage to say it, and pursue it. I want you to feel even more confident than you do now, to speak up with your loved ones, in meetings and board rooms, to communicate effectively across all levels of your organization, and to be at peace with who you are.
Accreditation:
- Certified Professional LIfe Coach- MA, ACC, CPC, ELI-MP
- M.A. Comparative Literature and Culture
- Associate Certified Coach
- Certified Professional Coach
- Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner
- B.A. (Hons) Hispanic Studies and Linguistics
