Acupuncture Can Help With PTSD Donate to Veterans Acupuncture Center of Colorado. VACC is a non-profit acupuncture clinic that provides treatments to veterans and their families on a low-cost basis. PTSD is a physiological disorder that can result from being exposed to a traumatic event. The disorder results in several different symptoms. Re-experiencing. Some PTSD
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Energy Drinks: Giving you Wings or Drug Addiction? Energy drinks. Most of us have had one on occasion or know someone who has. Chances are also pretty good that you know someone who consumes them on a regular basis. A college student, busy mom, an executive pulling 60-80 hour work weeks, our military staying up
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TAKE THE STRESS OUT OF THE HOLIDAYS The holidays are a big part of the fall and winter months. This is often a time to reconnect with family and loved ones, to attend social events, and celebrate your beliefs. Unfortunately, it can also be a time of extra commitments, nonstop activity, and pressure to get
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SAY HI INSIDE This simple meditation suggests that you “smile” to all of your internal organs and glands. It is a way of saying “thank you” to your body for working 24 hours, 7 days a week! Focusing your attention and smiling in this way can calm the autonomic nervous system, revitalize the internal organs,
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ACUPUNCTURE…ALTERNATIVE WHAT? You have probably heard acupuncture referred to at some point as “alternative medicine.” The term itself consists of two very off-base implications. First, it implies that acupuncture is a runner-up or a contingency plan to turn to when medicine inevitably falls short, or should one choose not to utilize medicine in the first
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TUNE IN TO HEALTH! Remember the days of rabbit ear antennas on your television sets? If you were lucky enough to find the exact seating position in your living room to optimize your body’s own magnetic field and the tilt of the earth’s axis, these beauties could tune in your favorite show with the crystal
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ARE YOU HITTING THE SNOOZE? The chirping of the alarm barely rouses you enough to pry one arm out from under the blanket. Your hand automatically navigates its way to the bedside nightstand and inches its way to the alarm clock, a move ingrained by years of repetition. Despite your best intentions of arising on
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As a combat Veteran, a current member of the Armed Forces, and a licensed acupuncturist, I do not take my lines of work or my responsibilities lightly. I feel that part of this responsibility entails passing along knowledge that I have gained and empowering people with the ability to take care of themselves. The reason
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