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Get your questions answered about services offered or your specific issues or conditions and get clarification on how we can help or possible next steps. This can be a virtual video appointment or a phone call if preferred. 15 minutes to get a sense our practitioner and see if we are a good fit. We look forward to meeting you!
Acupuncture
Acupuncture involves the insertion of sterile, extremely thin needles into the body to facilitate healing and is based in both ancient Chinese medicine and validated by current research. A full history and exam will proceed all first time acupuncture treatments to be able to create and individualized treatment plan for each client.
An acupuncture treatment is usually very relaxing and CAN include other modalities such as acupressure, ear seeds, fire cupping, moxibustion, gua sha, essential oils, Tui Na (Chinese massage), heat, castor oil hot packs, guided meditation and lifestyle recommendations as seen appropriate by the practitioner. The benefits of acupuncture can include improved digestion, sleep, a sense of relaxation, decreased anxiety and depression, decrease pain, improved bodily functions such as metabolism, fertility, balanced hormones and in increase in a sense of well being and empowerment.
Integrative Lactation Consultation
A lactation consultation includes the observance of infant feeding at breast/chest and guidance given to improve comfort of the positioning to benefit the nursing parent and the infant, to improve latch and, therefore, milk transfer. The infant is often weighed before and after a feeding at the breast/chest to calculate how much milk has been transferred. A lactation consultation can address issues including: milk supply, breast pain and sore nipples, trouble latching, finding a comfortable nursing position, refusal to feed, poor infant weight gain, falling asleep at the breast/chest, problems pumping human milk, engorgement, clogged milk ducts, mastitis, infant oral restrictions, bottle feeding.
Some unique offerings as an integrative lactation consultant is infant acupressure instruction for parents for a number of issues from gassiness, to colds! Having added tools at our disposal such as acupuncture and herbal medicine to help with milk supply and other issues around lactation provide a perfect compliment to holistically support families to meet their infant feeding goals.
Herbal Consultation
An herbal consultation will include a full history of the chief complaint and exam. This consultation will be a discussion around symptoms (that may seem unrelated to the chief complaint) and allow for an individualized herbal treatment plan and prescription to be created for and explained to client.
Pelvic Steaming
Pelvic steaming aka Yoni steaming or vaginal steaming is a relaxing session during which you will sit comfortably over a warm, specially tailored, therapeutic herbal tea or smoke allowing the steam, or smoke, to rise up and permeate the genitals and entire pelvic area. A specific steaming intake form is required to be able to tailor the herbs and treatment plan for the individual's constitution, imbalances and goal. Steaming is a gentle and effective modality to address many gynecological challenges such as painful periods, irregular cycles, infertility, postpartum recovery, infections and more.
Virtual Consulation
Virtual consultations can last 30 minutes to 1 hour and can cover treatment plan formation for the use of acupressure, dietary, herbal and lifestyle guidance. Acupressure for self or for the use on a loved one, including a child or baby! These can also be for follow ups of the treatment plan. Virtual lactation follow-ups are facilitated in this virtual appointments.
Integrative Postpartum Home Visits
Home visits can include acupuncture treatments, cupping or moxabustion, lactation consultations and pelvic steaming sessions. Please call to book these sessions.
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