Improving Winter Sleep with Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture

Improving Winter Sleep with Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture

In the Pacific Northwest, winter means fewer hours of daylight and longer stretches of darkness. While cozy nights and winter rains have their charm, the lack of sunlight can disrupt our natural sleep patterns and contribute to insomnia. This is where Chinese medicine and acupuncture can help.

Winslett Carr, LAc discusses approaches, treatments, and herbal formulas designed to offer sleep support this season.

Decoding Decongestants: Finding the Right Over-The-Counter Relief

Decoding Decongestants: Finding the Right Over-The-Counter Relief

Sinus congestion can often linger this time of year, especially after recovering from everything from the common cold to RSV. However, for a lot of folks, it’s unclear which over-the-counter remedies actually work. 

Winslett Carr, LAc walks us through some safe, effective, and reliable Chinese Medicine formulas for congestion relief.

Harmonizing Digestion in the Holiday Season

Harmonizing Digestion in the Holiday Season

The holiday season is here again and for many this time of year, annual festivities are accompanied by rich meals or appetizers at parties, indulgent holiday desserts, possibly imbibing a bit more than typical, and burning the midnight oil to avoid FOMO.

Whatever your plans this holiday season, Winslett Carr, LAc, MAcOM offers some simple practices that can help you harmonize your mind and body, balance indulgent celebrations, and recover quickly from the festivities.

For the Gardeners: How to Stretch Before & After Your Day Outside

For the Gardeners: How to Stretch Before & After Your Day Outside

In addition to being one of our amazing LMTs, Molly-Grace Rea also operates a cut flower CSA out of her farm-home in Sherwood, OR so she’s no stranger to the work of tending a robustly growing garden throughout the summer. And if you’re a gardener yourself, you know we don’t use the word WORK lightly!

Though gardening is so rewarding and often gets us into the beneficial flow state (or, “in the zone” as some say), the day-in and day-out care for our chlorophylled kin can start to take a toll on our bodies if we’re not caring for ourselves as much as we care for our plants. Using her training and experience as a bodyworker, athlete, and professional gardener, Molly offers up some stretches that can help carry us through our gardens prolific summer months.

Mental & Emotional Health and Healing: TCM's Holistic Approach

Mental & Emotional Health and Healing: TCM's Holistic Approach

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), there is no separation between physical and mental health and well-being. Body pain or other symptoms we may tend to associate with our physical state, such as digestive issues, often indicate stagnancies or deficiencies that can further manifest as mental or emotional challenges. Erin Cranford, LAc, explains in more detail the connections between body and mind & recommends complimentary practices and books for your healing journey.

Consistency & Results: How a steady schedule of care really helped

Consistency & Results: How a steady schedule of care really helped

As someone with an injury, chronic pain, and other daily challenges, Allison (she/they), our Practice Manager here at Turning Pointe, shares some of the exciting, tangible impacts she’s experienced from coming to the clinic as a patient herself over the past few months.