Journal
Notes from Cara.
Short pieces on acupuncture, everyday care, and what to expect from a home visit. Browse by topic, or read from the top.
Getting through fall allergy season
Why symptoms flare when the leaves come down, and how acupuncture can be part of a calmer season.
Staying well through a Long Island winter
How Chinese medicine thinks about cold, and small habits that support you from December to March.
Headaches, and why acupuncture looks past the head
Tension, migraine, and sinus headaches each tell a different story. Treatment starts by listening to it.
Acupuncture and acupressure late in pregnancy
A gentle option many people consider when a due date has come and gone.
A quieter nervous system
What acupuncture can offer when anxiety runs in the background of every day.
Acupuncture and irritable bowel syndrome
Bloating, cramping, and unpredictable digestion respond to more than diet alone.
Plantar fasciitis, from a dancer's point of view
Heel pain that stabs with the first step of the morning, and how acupuncture and dry needling approach it.
Acupuncture for a busy mind
Restlessness, scattered focus, and ADHD are more common diagnoses than ever. Where acupuncture can help.
Nerves and needles
How acupuncture speaks to the nervous system, and why that matters for pain and recovery.
Recovering after surgery
Acupuncture as part of a recovery plan, and why home visits make particular sense in the weeks after an operation.
Autumn, the lungs, and letting go
What the Chinese medicine calendar says about this season, and how to live with it rather than against it.
Why acupuncture at home feels different
What changes when the treatment room is your own living room.