Make Your Own Electrolyte Sports Drink (Highlands Denver Acupuncture) Who needs Gatorade when you can make your own electrolyte drink at home? Maintaining our electrolyte balance is very important for our bodies, but is pounding expensive sports drinks like Gatorade really necessary at all? Unless you are an avid athlete performing hours of training several times a week, then these drinks are really not for you. For the average person who exercises moderately, plain filtere

Candida Treatment with Acupuncture What is Candida? Candida, Candida Albicans, or simply intestinal yeast, are terms that have been thrown around more and more lately, and many patients have come to me with questions about what it is and whether or not they may have it.  So I thought I would try to provide a little clarity about this very important health concern, and to encourage you try Candida treatment with acupuncture. Candida is a fungus that is typically found in every

NAET Allergy Elimination in Denver Eliminate your environment, food, and pet allergies with NAET and Acupuncture! What is an allergy An allergy is any adverse reaction to something that may not cause sensitivity to most other people.  In the Western world, an allergy is caused by an overacting immune system. From a holistic approach, NAET views an allergy as the brain’s perceived notion of a substance as a threat to the body’s well-being. What does that mean? Let’s break it d

Acupuncture for Prenatal Care in Denver Your Doctor isn’t your only option for prenatal/postnatal care Expecting a child is both an exciting and terrifying time in pregnant woman’s life. With all of the changes to the body, emotions, and to the mind, it’s extremely important that pregnant women take extra care of themselves during this time of change and vulnerability. It’s important not only for the baby, but for the mother as well. So what options does a woman have for pren

Treating Sports Injuries with Acupuncture in Denver Summertime in Colorado means one thing to our athletic population: sports activity.  From mountain biking, road cycling, mountain climbing, hiking, running, water sports and more, we do it all. At times, our summertime fun comes at a price as we injure our bodies doing what we love. Did you know that there is a natural alternative to treating pain and injury?  Of course, any serious injury should first be treated at the ER a

Hormone Balance with Acupuncture (Denver) Hormone creams and HRT are not your only options… You Can Balance Your Hormones Naturally With Chinese Medicine ! Our bodies’ hormones exist in a delicate balance with one another, and correcting imbalances can be a tricky thing to achieve.  In order to understand what exactly we are dealing with, let’s take a closer look at our endocrine system, the bodies’ messaging system.   Then we will further examine how Chinese Medicine can hel

Treating Headaches with Acupuncture in Denver Headaches are such a prevalent chronic pain in our society.  Let’s take a look at what causes them, and how they can be treated drug-free What Is A Headache? There are four types of headache: vascular, muscle contraction (tension), traction, and inflammatory. Vascular headaches migraines in particular, are the most common. Symptoms of a migraine include severe pain on one or both sides of the head, an upset stomach, and possibly d