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2023 Year of the Yin Water Rabbit

By Jean Donati Acupuncture | Published January 22, 2023

2023 is the Year of the Rabbit

The Rabbit year is yin: meditative and internal. The contemplative (Yin) year of the Rabbit follows active (Yang) year of the Tiger. This is the time to create peace, calm and rest after the Yang Tiger year of 2022. The rabbit ‘s personality traits are friendliness, diplomacy, sensitivity and adaptability. The

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Happy Winter Solstice–Water Element

By Jean Donati Acupuncture | Published December 21, 2022

We are now in the midst of Winter. The season is cold, dark, and quiet. Winter is for us, as for all of nature, a time on internal work: meditation, containment, concentration, and storing our energy. We use this season for rest, and for the replenishing of our reserves, gathering strength for the year ahead. Like the seed that

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Acupuncture for Chronic Back Pain

By admin | Published December 5, 2022

A Harris Poll released earlier this year found that approximately three out of ten U.S. adults currently suffer from chronic low back pain. To put it another way, that’s an estimated 72.3 million people! Common treatments usually include prescription medications which bring their own complications and side effects into the picture. If you are looking for a drug-free

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Treating Sciatica Pain with Acupuncture

By admin | Published August 1, 2022

Anyone who has suffered from sciatic nerve pain can tell you it can be a very debilitating condition. It is typically caused by an impingement of the sciatic nerve in the lower back but the pain is actually felt radiating down the leg and in the buttock. There are several potential causes of sciatic pain including:

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Acupuncture Treatment of Pain

By Jean Donati Acupuncture | Published June 14, 2022

When Are you going to treat my pain??? 6/14/22

Over the past few days, I have had several patients ask me …”I am coming in for neck pain or back pain or shoulder pain…where are you going to put the needles”? Or if I have been seeing the patient I am asked “when are you going to treat my

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