Acupuncture Portland, OR Blog

February 19, 2015

For those of you that happen to be struggling with getting over a cold or flu, it might come as a surprise that acupuncture can have curative effects on your symptoms.  And there has been a long history of treating the common cold with Acupuncture.  It gets especially tricky this time of year because of the weather we’ve had over the […]

February 13, 2015

February;  The month of love and Valentine’s Day. It’s easy to pawn it off as being soft, mushy, and over commercialized.  But I want to stop and reflect on love.  We are highly emotional beings.   And love can motivate us in unknown ways.  Acupuncture and emotions are like a hand in a glove. Super Bowl Ads Dripped with Emotion I took notice of the ads this […]

February 5, 2015

The Super Bowl game last weekend marked the end of football season, and some of you might still be stinging from that Seahawks loss. But did you know that even NFL players use Acupuncture for sports injuries? In 2010, both ESPN and Business Insider covered the story of an acupuncturist by the name of Lisa Ripi.  Lisa treats over forty different […]

January 29, 2015

At RiverWest Acupuncture, we know there are countless ways to help people.  One of those ways is to offer a Community Acupuncture location.   Our team of Portland acupuncture professionals consistently strive to bring you new programs and offerings that enhance your physical and emotional wellness. Why we offer a Community Acupuncture location. We recognize acupuncture treatments may come with […]

January 22, 2015

Acupuncture and Nutrition: Foundation of Preventing Disease Our current Western Medicine health care model doesn’t put much emphasis on preventative medicine.  I don’t find that it puts much emphasis on getting to the root of problems.  And it certainly has not adopted a policy around using nutrition to cure patient’s ailments.  In my clinic, acupuncture and nutrition account for a major portion of how […]