Draft a list of “things that scare the crap out of people,” and we’ll safely guess that needles are somewhere in the top ten, sandwiched between “encountering spiders” and “meeting the parents.” Yet ...

Volunteering to have a licensed practitioner stick needles in you for healing may sound out there, but acupuncture, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practice of penetrating the skin with tiny, ...

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Acupuncture is one modality within a much larger medical framework of TCM and related East Asian systems. In daily practice, ...

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In a new study, older adults who received acupuncture had less pain and better mobility than those who got medication or physical therapy. A new clinical trial in older adults finds that acupuncture ...

"You're just using your own body energy to heal yourself," said Leppke, who practices acupuncture most often in pets with ...

Acupuncture is a type of traditional Chinese medicine where a practitioner inserts needles into specific acupuncture points to promote the flow of energy. Some people use acupuncture for neck pain, ...

Which acupuncture pens are best for neck and shoulder pain? The practice of acupuncture dates as far back as the B.C. era. However, it has only recently become popular in Western civilization.

Roughly seven years ago, Kim Ross reached her breaking point. It was not long after her 26th birthday, and the native New Yorker was working long hours as a real estate development analyst when the ...

A Minnetonka vet said she helped two paralyzed dogs walk again through an alternative to Western vet medicine. Dr. Barb Leppke offers animal acupuncture at Shady Oak Veterinary Clinic, a practice that ...