We Heart Acupuncture!
Love your heart?
Acupuncture supports healthy circulation
February is the American Heart Association’s Heath health awareness month. You might be shocked to learn that cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in America and the number one cause of death for American women. Heart disease can be an insidious disease. Don’t be fooled and believe that you have to be your parent’s age to suffer a heart attack, stroke or aneurysm. Young people can suffer from these too – and even young, healthy women – this article from Self Magazine shows you are never too young to have cardiovascular disease. Don’t wait! Take care of your heart now and include acupuncture in your health care routine.
What can you do to reduce your risk of heart disease now?
First, take the best possible care of your body. Avoid developing the risk factors of high stress, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, and obesity. And if you have these risk factors now, treat them. As a woman, you should also know the cardiovascular risks associated with oral contraceptives – their use can increase blood pressure and your risk of blood clots, especially if you smoke.
How do you avoid these risk factors? Eat well, exercise, quit smoking, lose weight and pay attention to your body. A tall order, to be sure, but most of all you must reduce stress. Thankfully, acupuncture is a fantastic way to de-stress your body.
Stress is really at the heart of the issue – from eating poorly, to working too long and under difficult conditions, or not exercising enough. The ups and downs of life also contribute to emotional stress. Over time this stress takes a toll on your body. With our busy lives it is to easy to tell yourself you will deal with it later.
Again, one of the best ways to de-stress your body is regular acupuncture treatment.
The goal of an acupuncture treatment is to re-balance the body. And after a treatment you will feel and look less stressed. You will notice less tension in your muscles, improved sleep, and a better immune system. Acupuncture works to subdue the sympathetic or “fight or flight” part of the nervous system which in our high-stress society tends to keep running, even when we don’t need it. If you love your body, give it the gift of being less stressed and incorporate acupuncture into your weekly, monthly or quarterly routine. Your heart will love it.
You are invited to a celebration of the heart!
Please join Monique Wheeler, L.Ac. and Dr. Sarah Weber
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
5:30 to 8 pm
at Total Balance Chiropractic.
We’ll have a heart healthy happy hour,
tips for de-stressing your heart
massage and auricular acupuncture.
Total Balance Chiropractic is located at
3259 N. Ashland Ave in Chicago.
Space is limited!
Please RSVP by February 17th to
773-348-6908 or email to Marketing@TotalBalanceChiro.com.
We can’t wait to see you there!
Insights into Chinese Medicine: The Heart
The pathway of the heart channel starts in the chest and travels down the medial side of the arm, ending on the radial side of the pinkie finger.
In Chinese Medicine, like western medicine, the heart governs the vessels and circulation. Through this circulation, blood nourishes the organs and limbs as well as the spirit (shen).
Chinese Medical theory says the heart governs the spirit (shen), plays a vital role in sleep, is reflected in the face, associated with the emotion of joy and the fire element.
The pericardium surrounds the heart and is the heart’s protector. The heart is the emperor of the body and just like an emperor it needs protection. How are you taking care of your heart today?