Your visit

Thank you for making your appointment at Nourishing Life!

Below, you will find more information about what to expect during your visit, how to get to the clinic, the treatment plans and how to schedule your next appointments.

What to Expect

Please be on time for your appointment so that you may benefit fully.

Wear loose clothing that can easily be rolled up to your elbows and your knees.
Have something light to eat and do not come in on an empty stomach.
Please do not brush your tongue, as this is an important diagnostic piece for us.
Also, please avoid having stimulants (coffee or tea) before your appointment, since this will alter your pulse, which is another important diagnostic tool that we utilize.

Set aside enough time so that you are not rushing to and from your visit, we are trying to reset your system and establish a new pattern, by running around after your appointment or doing heavy physical labor you are more likely to experience a relapse into your old symptoms.

If at all possible schedule your appointment so that you can go for a relaxed walk, rest at home or take a nap after your treatment, this will help settle and reinforce the momentum from your appointment to reach your treatment goals.

Please make sure you have your forms filled out, we have a long health history questionnaire so please make sure you have ample time to fill it out, the questions here are specifically geared towards helping us get a clear picture of your overall health and helps us to specifically identify your typical “patterns”. Understanding your pattern allows us to effectively treat your main concern along with other underlying factors that contribute to your symptoms.

Please arrive a few minutes early and enjoy a cup of tea, it is a good idea to relax and settle in before we get started.

After reviewing your health history we will invite back into one of our treatment rooms.After listening to your concerns, we will perform a thorough examination, which includes feeling your pulse, looking at your tongue and checking acupuncture points.

We will then provide you with a Chinese medical diagnosis based on our findings, and from this select the appropriate points to help you feel better. Most people find acupuncture very relaxing and rest with the needles for 20-40 minutes.

Your appointment will last about an hour.

Getting to know you

Treatment Plans

At your first visit you will receive a treatment plan that is specifically catered for you and the condition being treated.

The frequency of treatments prescribed will depend on whether we are focusing on relief care, corrective care, or maintenance and wellness visits.

Here we will set goals that we expect to achieve within the course of your treatments.

Relief Care: 8-12 x month
Corrective Care: 4-8 x month
Maintenance/Wellness Care: 1-2 x month

Your provider may also give you homework in the form of physical exercises, relaxation techniques, or therapies like moxa to at home do on your own.

These ideas and suggestions are our expectations of you.

The success of your treatment plan is dependent upon your ability to commit to the prescribed course of treatments as well as following the instructions and implementing changes that your provider has suggested.

The frequency of treatments is entirely dependent on the condition and the overall health of the individual we are treating.

Most acute conditions require a shorter number of visits spaced closely together (ie. every day or every other day for 2-4 visits).
Chronic conditions usually require a longer course of treatments, 12-16 visits, scheduled at 2x per week (in rare cases 3-4x week if the severity of symptoms demands it.)

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Frequency of Treatments

Acupuncture is a process. It is very rare for any acupuncturist to be able to resolve a problem with one treatment.

In China, a typical treatment protocol for a chronic condition could be acupuncture every other day for three months!

Most of our patients don't need that much acupuncture but virtually every patient requires a course of treatments, rather than a single treatment, in order to benefit from acupuncture.

Our patients are such effective marketers because they have a first-hand experience of how well acupuncture works. All of our satisfied patients basically made a commitment to a course of treatments.

Commitment

Your Future Appointments

It is best if you can schedule out your course of treatments at your earliest convenience. Due to the rising demand of our services appointments can be difficult to come by, especially because we expect your visits to be spaced close together in a consistent manner as prescribed by your treatment plan.

Community Acupuncture appointments are very popular, these shifts can be fully booked a month out, so get in the habit of scheduling your visits with as much advanced notice as possible. We have established wait lists for all of our Community Clinic shifts, because due to the volume of patients we see and the tendency for cancellations, when an opening comes up we will email you if that appointment is during one of your wait-list times

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After months of physical therapy I chose acupuncture for my tennis elbox. It has reduced the pain, allowed me to sleep better, and now I am back to many of my favorite activities.
Oh, Thank You!

Valerie P.

I came in for anxiety and panic attacks. After three appointments the panic attacks are gone. The anxiety has lessened and I've learned some things that I can do at home to support my treatments. This has been the best thing I could have done for my issues. I wish I would have started a lot sooner. The staff is so efficient and kind and so knowledgeable. I'm in really good hands!

Kay

As a new resident to the area, I had not established a relationship with an acupuncture clinic. A sudden onset of acute sciatica had me hunting for immediate help. Nourishing Life got me in the same day and gave me at-home care instructions as well. Within four hours of my first appointment the pain was 100% gone. I'm a patient for life at this clinic!

Cassie R.

My son had an ongoing cough that kept him up at night for over two months. We came in to see Jen and within three days he had greatly improved. It's so wonderful to have this resource in our community, especially when there are no answers to be found elsewhere. Thank you!

Chiarra K.

Besides being an incredibly relaxing experience to recline for an hour in their community acupuncture room, the benefits of the acupuncture continue to improve my health and mood outside of the office. Having Lyme disease, I am very sensitive to my personal energy levels. I always leave feeling a great boost while also experiencing an increaded calmness that lasts at least a couple of days. Thank you!

Rebecca W.

Feeling improvement in many areas. Long term shoulder pain is gone. Better energy and stamina. Sleep is improved. Effects of Lyme disease are lessened.

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