Flourish Integrative Health - Acupuncture Clinic in Santa Rosa
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Acupuncture

Providing Quality Acupuncture to Santa Rosa and Sonoma County

As you may already know, acupuncture is a gentle treatment rooted in Traditional Chinese medicine that involves inserting needles at specific acupuncture points, where health is understood in terms of the flow of qi along meridians.

Using fine acupuncture needles, thin, single-use, disposable needles, your acupuncturist stimulates these points to produce well-documented, observable effects: increasing circulation, reducing inflammation, releasing endorphins, influencing brain chemistry, and working the fascia, or connective tissue.

This stimulation also activates sensory nerves that signal the central nervous system.

But how does this actually make you feel?

Most patients report feeling more relaxed and balanced, and many use acupuncture for non-drug relief to treat pain, stress, and digestive issues.

And while every kind of medicine carries some risk of side effects, acupuncture is generally safe with a trained practitioner using sterile needles; patients rarely notice more than occasional soreness or bruising at the site of the needles, while improper acupuncture can raise the risk of infection through poor sterilization practices or improper technique.

Schedule Your Free 15-minute Consultation or Initial Acupuncture Appointment

We proudly serve Sonoma County, including Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Rohnert Park, Windsor, Forestville, Petaluma, Calistoga, Sonoma, and St. Helena.

Acupuncture Treatment and Traditional Chinese Medicine

When you come in for an acupuncture treatment, you get so much more than a standalone procedure; depending on your needs, your appointments with Flourish can be part of a broader healthcare plan, including personalized wellness guidance and other supportive methods.

Depending on your needs, your appointments with Flourish can include a personalized wellness plan, lifestyle and nutritional guidance, herbal medicine and supplement recommendations, cupping, bodywork, gua sha, and even ear acupuncture or moxibustion, plus the ongoing support of a dedicated provider who knows you and your case inside and out.

Our acupuncture practitioners blend Eastern and Western medicine in practice, and as part of alternative medicine, acupuncture is commonly used alongside conventional care as a complementary treatment rather than a substitute.

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What Does Acupuncture Treat?

This is such a frequent question, of course. Traditional Chinese and East Asian medicine, acupuncture, herbs, lifestyle and nutritional changes, and specific bodywork are a whole system of medicine, so in many ways the answer is… everything! That said, some issues respond especially well, from neck pain and other chronic pain to stress, sleep, fibromyalgia, women’s health concerns including PMS symptoms, nausea after surgical anesthesia or chemotherapy, and other concerns commonly treated based on your symptoms, patterns of disharmony, and the specific diseases, muscles, and systems involved. The benefits vary by person and condition, and care is often part of a broader treatment plan.
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I Want to Know More...

f you’d like to know whether acupuncture is the right treatment for you, we’d suggest scheduling a free 15-minute consult with one of our acupuncturists to help determine whether acupuncture is appropriate for you and what a typical plan might look like, or emailing us your questions.

A course of care commonly involves 6 to 8 treatments, and an acupuncture session often lasts 30 to 90 minutes.

Choose a practitioner with proper certification and training. Consult your doctor before starting care, especially if you have serious spinal diseases. Or, if you still have questions, visit our FAQ page.