Hey Everyone!
We’re happy to invite you to the latest episode of the Guide to Wellness Podcast, where our host Susannah Freeman, LAc, Clinic Director at Guide to Wellness and Great Turning Turning Healing Center, joins Acupuncturist Jack Schwem, LAc. Together we will delve into the ancient practice of acupuncture. We’ll demystify Acupuncture so you know what to expect and how to best use it as as part of your health and wellness tool kit!
In this episode, you’ll explore:
- Historical Insights: Acupuncture’s 3000-year history from ancient China to modern global acceptance.
- Modern Practices: Adaptation of tools and techniques including needles, trigger point therapy, massage, acupressure, gua sha, cupping and moxibustion.
- Professional Journeys: Susannah and Jack’s experience, backgrounds and training, highlighting personalized and holistic patient care.
- Collaborative Approach: Consulting with or referring out to our patients’ medical team, and working together with our own health coach and medical supervisor to deliver the best care we can for each individual.
- Diagnostic Methods: Subjective and objective methods to identify and treat both symptoms and root causes of health issues. How we blend classical meridian theory with modern neuroscience and biomedical advances to diagnose and treat our patients.
- Comprehensive Treatments: Integrating all the tools on a Licensed Acupuncturist’s tool belt to deliver high quality personalized treatments, including: postural reeducation, therapeutic exercises, Chinese herbal medicine, nutritional and lifestyle guidance.
- Effectiveness of Acupuncture: Promoting health, regeneration and relaxation, despite Western science’s incomplete explanation of the mechanism of acupuncture.
- Preventative Care: Addressing both symptoms and underlying causes for optimal health maintenance, injury prevention, immune health, wellbeing and vitality.
Discover the comprehensive and adaptable nature of acupuncture and how it can be tailored to meet your individual needs.
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