Phoenix Acupuncture | Acupuncture For Anxiety
Anxiety can be an occasional nuisance, or it can be completely debilitating. Chronic anxiety is condition that affects more than 40 million American adults. If you have reached this page because you are experiencing high levels of anxiety, it is important to recognize that you are not alone. Anxiety is a treatable condition if you have an understanding doctor paired with the right treatment for anxiety.
Holistic Medicine, or Naturopathic Medicine, treats anxiety at its root cause. This can greatly reduce - or eliminate - anxiety altogether. Acupuncture for Anxiety has been shown to reduce anxiety levels and the side effects of chronic anxiety in our patients. Always verify the education, training, and credentials of your acupuncturist. Acupuncturists should hold a current LAc (Licensed Acupuncturist) from a fully accredited school. This will ensure they have received 3 -4 years of rigorous education and training required to provide knowledgeable, safe, and effective acupuncture.
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety can exist on its own, or it can be a manifestation of other conditions, such as:
What Are the Symptoms of Anxiety?
First of all, it is important to note that everyone experiences moments of anxiety. Life stress can trigger temporary anxiety. This type of anxiety will fluctuate with ebb and flow of major life events or trauma. However, if anxiety is disrupting your career, social, marital, family, or day-to-day life, you may want to speak with a doctor about your symptoms and available treatments. Consider contacting a licensed Phoenix Acupuncturist or Phoenix Nauturopathic Doctor, who will take the time to speak with you and determine a course of holistic treatments to relieve symptoms of anxiety, with the least amount of invasive procedures and treatments.
Some of the symptoms of Anxiety include:
How Does Phoenix Acupuncture for Anxiety Work?
Acupuncture for anxiety, or acupuncture for stress, works with the body’s energy to restore balance and relaxation. When your body is under stress, there is a physiologic reaction called “The Fight or Flight” response. It is hardwired into our brains and designed to help us produce the chemicals we need to run away from a dangerous situation, or to fight an immediate danger. However, when that response becomes chronic, such as with a continuous state of anxiety, unhealthy bio-chemical and energetic patterns become hardwired into habitual neural pathways. This is where you react to minimal amounts of stressors with anxiety and fight or flight chemical. Each time your body reacts by releasing “Fight or Flight” chemicals through your blood stream, the neural pathway become deeper and more engrained.
Acupuncture can be used to help balance this response and bring the body’s chemical and energetic rhythms back into balance. Reseting the energy can help reset the habitual neural pathways as well. Acupuncture for anxiety also helps to rejuvenate the immune system and restore relaxation, both of which are disrupted by the constant presence of anxiety.
Contact Us at Southwest Integrative Medicine. We look forward to discussing how acupuncture for anxiety can benefit you.
Holistic Medicine, or Naturopathic Medicine, treats anxiety at its root cause. This can greatly reduce - or eliminate - anxiety altogether. Acupuncture for Anxiety has been shown to reduce anxiety levels and the side effects of chronic anxiety in our patients. Always verify the education, training, and credentials of your acupuncturist. Acupuncturists should hold a current LAc (Licensed Acupuncturist) from a fully accredited school. This will ensure they have received 3 -4 years of rigorous education and training required to provide knowledgeable, safe, and effective acupuncture.
What is Anxiety?
Anxiety can exist on its own, or it can be a manifestation of other conditions, such as:
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Social Phobia, or Social Anxiety
- Specific Phobias
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
What Are the Symptoms of Anxiety?
First of all, it is important to note that everyone experiences moments of anxiety. Life stress can trigger temporary anxiety. This type of anxiety will fluctuate with ebb and flow of major life events or trauma. However, if anxiety is disrupting your career, social, marital, family, or day-to-day life, you may want to speak with a doctor about your symptoms and available treatments. Consider contacting a licensed Phoenix Acupuncturist or Phoenix Nauturopathic Doctor, who will take the time to speak with you and determine a course of holistic treatments to relieve symptoms of anxiety, with the least amount of invasive procedures and treatments.
Some of the symptoms of Anxiety include:
- Elevated heart rate
- Hyperventilation
- Difficulty breathing
- A sensation of pressure in the chest and lung area
- Inability to focus
- Insomnia
- A constant mind-loop of indiscriminate or focused worries
- Irritable digestive tracts and/or diarrhea
- Irritability
- Muscle tension
- Sweating
- Fatigue
How Does Phoenix Acupuncture for Anxiety Work?
Acupuncture for anxiety, or acupuncture for stress, works with the body’s energy to restore balance and relaxation. When your body is under stress, there is a physiologic reaction called “The Fight or Flight” response. It is hardwired into our brains and designed to help us produce the chemicals we need to run away from a dangerous situation, or to fight an immediate danger. However, when that response becomes chronic, such as with a continuous state of anxiety, unhealthy bio-chemical and energetic patterns become hardwired into habitual neural pathways. This is where you react to minimal amounts of stressors with anxiety and fight or flight chemical. Each time your body reacts by releasing “Fight or Flight” chemicals through your blood stream, the neural pathway become deeper and more engrained.
Acupuncture can be used to help balance this response and bring the body’s chemical and energetic rhythms back into balance. Reseting the energy can help reset the habitual neural pathways as well. Acupuncture for anxiety also helps to rejuvenate the immune system and restore relaxation, both of which are disrupted by the constant presence of anxiety.
Contact Us at Southwest Integrative Medicine. We look forward to discussing how acupuncture for anxiety can benefit you.
Southwest Integrative Medicine
4045 E Bell Road Ste 107
Phoenix AZ 85032
480 451 5407
4045 E Bell Road Ste 107
Phoenix AZ 85032
480 451 5407