Jennifer Ryan, LAc offers Eastern medical treatments designed to heal your body, enhance your mind, and enrich your soul. Experience the therapeutic benefits of acupuncture and Chinese medicine to alleviate your pain and achieve your ultimate health and wellness goals.
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Chronic and acute pain afflicts over 100 million Americans every year. Patients come to see Jennifer to receive treatment to reduce their pain including traumatic injury, arthritis, headaches, migraines, menstrual pain, and nerve pain. In Chinese medicine, pain is seen as a condition where the energy of the body ‘Qi’ has become stagnated or stuck, or an area of the body where the Qi flow has become diminished.
Jennifer incorporates acupuncture, gua sha and herbal therapy, paired with dietary and lifestyle advice to reduce and manage your pain.
Chinese medicine enables you to experience treatment methods that relieve many health problems while promoting a comprehensive look at healthcare. The U.S. Army has been incorporating acupuncture and alternative medicine very effectively in recent years, which has led to a reduction in the use of pain medication.
Jennifer offers comprehensive pain management treatments designed to alleviate your symptoms and give you relief. Schedule your appointment and relax while you have your treatment in one of her rooms that have been designed to give you peace of mind.
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Acute pain is typically caused by injury, trauma, painful medical procedures, or illness. It also serves as an indication that there is a threat to your body or you have a disease. Acute pain typically lasts for a short period of time, then disappears when you have been treated successfully for the underlying cause or you have healed.
Chronic pain is pain that has lasted three months or more and continues beyond the usual recovery period after an injury or trauma. Chronic pain may also occur with a chronic health condition such as arthritis.
Jennifer offers a customized and specialized treatment plan so you can achieve relief from pain. That’s why she continually seeks out the most up-to-date knowledge available on Eastern medical practices.
Her gua sha treatment works by increasing the blood flow to different areas of your body. The increased blood flow is known as microcirculation and has been scientifically proven to release your body’s natural pain killers and block pain pathways. Gua sha improves range of motion by helping to break up adhesions, knots and scar tissue. The process creates relief, stimulates anti-inflammation and boosts your immune system.
Areas that Jennifer can treat include:
After your treatment you will experience a marked increase in surface circulation of your blood leaving you feeling a decrease in pain and an overall sensation of well-being. Jennifer believes she can offer predictable results from gua sha that will leave you feeling relaxed and revived.
In Chinese medicine, acupuncture is typically the most used practice to treat discomfort. Jennifer uses the process of inserting ultrafine needles into specific points in your body to balance the flow of your energy or life force, known as Qi. The practice can re-balance your energy flow.
In Western medicine, practitioners view acupuncture points (i.e., trigger points) as places to stimulate nerves, muscles, and connective tissue. There is also an association that placing pressure on these points can help stimulate natural painkillers in your body, or endorphins.
Acupuncture has proven helpful with managing chronic pain in various areas of the body, which include:
By using acupuncture, Jennifer can enable your body to release its own endogenous opiods to block the pain pathways in your brain. Typically, the process leaves her patients feeling deeply relaxed during and after an acupuncture treatment.
Cupping has been used for hundreds of years to ease back pain, neck pain, and headaches. The history of cupping in ancient China dates back to 281 A.D. It was a Taoist practice and was used in the courts of Imperial China.
Jennifer is highly skilled at providing cupping to relieve conditions that cause pain. She has treated patients with a variety of chronic and acute conditions to give them long-lasting relief.
These include:
She uses a special technique that includes herbal liniments and oil to help the cups glide along the meridians, minimizing bruising and discomfort and maximizing patients results.
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