The World Health Organization* recommends acupuncture and herbal medicine for the following conditions:

Pain Management: for acute and chronic pain

Post Trauma Rehabilitation including whiplash and other acute and chronic injuries

Muscular Skeletal Problems: Inflammatory problems, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, sciatica, low back pain, osteoarthritis

Autoimmune Diseases: Fibromyalgia, and Chronic Fatigue

Neurological Disorders: migraines, TMJ, trigeminal neuralgia, bells palsy, certain eye disorders

Respiratory Disorders: asthma, allergic rhinitis, cough, common cold

Gastrointestinal Disorders: reflux, nausea, vomiting, gas, GERDS, IBS, constipation, diarrhea, ulcers, poor digestion

Gynecological Problems: painful, irregular or no menses, menopausal symptoms, infertility, PMS symptoms

Nervous Disorders: anxiety, PTSD, mild depression, insomnia, panic attacks, irritability

Addiction Therapy: Smoking Cessation, Drug Detox

*Courtesy of the American Society of Acupuncture. This list is not all-inclusive.

National Institute of Health Conference (NIH) found Acupuncture: 

• Effective for adult post-operative and chemotherapy nausea and vomiting;

•  A reasonable option for post-operative myofascial and low back pain;

• Has substantially lower incidence of adverse effects than many drugs or accepted medical procedures used for the same conditions.

• The data in support of acupuncture are as strong as for many accepted Western medical therapies.

Clinical Research (NIH) demonstrates that Acupuncture:

Stimulates bone re-growth

Regulates blood pressure

Increases red and white blood cell count

Stimulates production of pain modulating endorphins and enkephalins

At Healing Springs Acupuncture & Herbs Tom is successful in many other dis-orders as well.

Headache, hand and foot pain, Neck Pain, Sciatica and Diabetes to name just a few.