Category: Pain
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Not All Pain is the Same
What Your Body is Trying To Tell You When it Hurts Being in pain is not unlike being hangry (hungry + angry) — you’re not in the mood to reason and you just want it to stop. While that’s understandable. there’s a lot to unpack when it comes to pain. And the more you know,…
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Chinese Herbs: Fact and Fiction
If your acupuncturist has ever prescribed a Chinese herbal formula, you probably wondered about the unfamiliar ingredient names, not to mention the interesting smell and taste. Although patients often don’t know the ingredients of their pharmaceutical prescriptions, it’s natural to be curious about foreign words and flavors. If you’re new to herbal medicine, your only…
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Acupuncture: Your Ally Against Shingles Pain
Anyone who has ever experienced the pain of shingles, or the herpes zoster virus, can attest to the excruciating pain of the condition. The most common cause of chronic nerve pain, shingles affects one out of every three people in the United States. In fact, more than one million cases are diagnosed every year. …
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No Need to Suffer: Why You Don’t Need to Live with Chronic Pain
If you have a chronic health problem, whether it’s pain or a digestive issue, you’ve most likely made the rounds from your primary care M.D., specialist physician and physical therapist. You might have tried supplements or stretches. Somewhere along the way a friend suggested acupuncture. As is often the case, acupuncture may be a…
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Rain or Shine: How the Weather Affects Your Health
If you live in North or South Carolina, you know the recent weather has been influencing our lives in a major way. In Chinese Medicine terms, weather has a strong effect on our physiology as well. Whether it’s a passing system or the general climate, the air out there will affect a number of bodily…
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New Location!
Come check us out at our new location! Heritage Acupuncture & Wellness moved into a new office last month, and it’s working out great! We now share offices with Dr. David Leidich, D.C., who is planning some exciting new treatments we’ll announce in the future. The new office is located at 14 Consultant Place, Ste.…
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Considering Acupuncture? Read these Myths and Myth-Busters
Acupuncture has recently received a lot of attention as an excellent alternative to prescription painkillers, especially with the Veteran Administration’s successful use of Chinese medicine to combat dependence on opioid drugs. Is acupuncture right for you? Even though preventative and holistic therapies are becoming more mainstream, people still have a lot of questions…