Portland Acupuncture & Nutrition: Reduce Inflammation with Real Food
As a Portland acupuncturist and practitioner of functional nutrition, I start at the root — the very most basic part of controlling inflammation — your diet. Rule Number One to reduce inflammation is to Eat Real Food. I won’t tell you that it is easy, but it is...
5 Ways that Acupuncture will Stop your Headaches
Acupuncture can stop headaches. In fact, 90% of the time if a patient currently has a headache when they come see me at my downtown Portland acupuncture practice, their headache will be gone by the time they leave. This isn’t magic, and it isn’t just the relaxation of...
Acupuncture for Menopause: Naturally Managing Menopausal Night Sweats
Looking for Acupuncture for Menopause Symptoms? You are likely reading this blog post because you are desperately seeking some kind of answers for your hot flashes, night sweats, and other menopausal symptoms and are hoping that acupuncture can help. As a Portland...
Natural Allergy Relief in 3 Steps
Smell that spring Portland air. Did you sneeze just thinking about that? Are your eyes watering at the mere suggestion? Did you reach for your Benadryl? Many popular allergy medications (including Benadryl) are now being implicated in memory loss and possible onset of...
Understanding Postpartum Depression
Recently, Drew Barrymore and Hayden Panettiere have been in the news because of postpartum depression. Panettiere entered treatment for her PPD, and Barrymore opened up about hers for People magazine. It is something that women often do not talk about. When...
Acupuncture for Runners in Portland, Oregon
You are a runner, and you want to be able to Keep. On. Running. You don’t have the patience to be sidelined by injury — not when running is your therapist, your trainer, your sleeping pill, and your superpower all tied into one. The thought of giving up running or...
How Acupuncture + IVF can Improve your Chances of Pregnancy
Acupuncture has been linked to greater pregnancy rates in patients who undergo IVF. As a Portland Acupuncturist specializing in fertility I have assisted many women before and during the IVF process. I have seen the benefits of combining these two therapies. IVF can...
What to Do when Pregnancy Sucks
How Having a Terrible Pregnancy Made Me a Better Acupuncturist Some women have a pregnant glow. You hear about it. You read about it. TV makes you think that is the norm. I even had it with my first pregnancy — I thought I was a life-creating goddess. Then came...
Fertility Acupuncture for PCOS
PCOS is a common health concern. In fact, estimates suggest that somewhere around 10% of US women have PCOS. There are typical physical concerns that go along with PCOS that include: excess hair growth on face and or body, irregular menses, obesity and/or metabolic...
Insomnia Relief
12:48. 2:32. 3:26. Don’t look at the clock. Don’t look at the clock. Here it is, the middle of the night, and once again, you can’t sleep. You have been lying on the edge of sleep all night. Never really falling asleep, tossing and turning, your brain running...
DIY Pain Relief
Pain from injuries or overuse are one of the main reasons people seek an acupuncturist. It is also the most common reason doctors refer patients to my Portland acupuncture practice. Acupuncture is well-documented to relieve pain, and works as a stand-alone treatment...
Miscarriage, Grief, Healing
Healing after an early-term miscarriage can be lonely. Miscarriage is a difficult topic for most people to talk about. Culturally we are truly stunted in our ability to talk about any kind of death or grief. When the grief surrounds the loss of a pregnancy, people...
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I came to Erin at Solstice Natural Health about 5 months ago. Having had successful treatments before, I thought I knew what to expect. I was wrong, she is so much more than a Acupuncturist! A born healer! We spend quite a bit of the time talking. She has a naturally friendly and calming bedside manner. She REALLY listens! After experiencing the routine eye roll and dismissive attitudes I experienced from my Family Practitioners, it has been overwhelmingly welcome change to have someone respectfully listen and give credit to, knowing my own body. Erin’s supportive care has done wonders for my ongoing pain, GI issues, and the unfortunate hormonal imbalance from being peri menopausal. I have been under her care for a few months now and cannot explain in words alone, the help she has been to me. Highly recommend! I haven’t seen this much improvement in my over all health with ANY western approach. I feel more balanced. I have more energy, I have less migraines and overall less pain! I have given up my pain meds and am living a more active and healthier life. If it wasn’t for Erin, I would still be anxious, depressed, on pain meds and still in pain!
This review is WAY overdue! I have a two month old baby and started seeing Erin when I was 12 weeks pregnant. At the time I was suffering from some awful morning sickness and went to her out of desperation. To be honest, I wasn’t confident that her treatments would give me much, if any, relief but let me tell you after the first appointment I was feeling so much better! I had my good days/weeks and bad but I saw Erin religiously throughout my entire pregnancy. She was able to help with everything from morning sickness, to heartburn, back and hip pain, and anxiety! Not to mention she is incredibly caring and easy to talk to. You can tell that she is very knowledgeable and genuinely cares about people. At the end of my pregnancy, my little babe was 5 days late and (at my wits end) with the threat of drug induction, I went to Erin for acupuncture induction. I am certain that her treatment helped me go into labor which happened the very next day! She’s highly recommended!!