As many of our followers know our awesome massage therapist, Tami Jordan, has been working super hard to finish her Acupuncture degree. Well, drum roll please……she is finished, Licensed and ready to wield the needle.
Tami Jordan, L.Ac., LMT, NCTMB
State of Texas Licensed Acupuncturist
Diplomate of Oriental Medicine NCCAOM (National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine)
2012 Graduate of American College of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine – Master of Oriental Medicine
What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture has been used as form of healing for over 3000 years. It is quickly gaining favor in the West as an effective compliment to traditional western medical treatments. An acupuncturists looks for imbalances in the body, discovers the root cause of the imbalance and works to correct that imbalance to improve health and well-being. We consider the environment, mental and emotional aspect of the person along with the physical body in our diagnosis and treatment of the patient.
Many people have heard of using acupuncture successfully in pain management as well as cases of infertility. The National Institutes of Health and The World Health Organization recognize acupuncture to be a complete medical system that can be used effectively in the treatment of:
Pain:
- Headaches
- Muscle pain
- Dental pain
Women’s health:
- Fertility
- Cycle irregularities
- Menopause
Digestive disorder:
- Vomiting/nausea
- Reflux
- Colitis
- Diarrhea
- Constipation
Sleep disorders
Addiction
Smoking cessation
Emotional disorders:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Stress
Asthma
Chronic Fatigue
Arthritis
Neurological problems:
- Bell’s Palsy/facial tics
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
