What the deal with Cupping?
What’s the deal with Cupping? ❤️
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Gua sha (aka, scraping), and cupping are common modalities to help treat pain.
These are both ways of encouraging circulation to an affected area and to stimulate movement. If gua sha and cupping are used during your acupuncture treatment, they are included at no additional charge. It is even safe for kids! From sniffles to hyperactivity, there is a specialized treatment perfect for your kiddo AND FOR YOU.
. . . +++ Did you know you can also book a cupping treatment at @rootandstem as well?
We’ve found it is one of the MOST EFFECTIVE ways to help you feel *SO GOOD* quickly especially with those particular chronic places we can experience pain like the shoulders, lowback, the calves glutes + more!
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Message us to learn more OR email us : info@oaklandrootandstem.com
#cupping #cuppingworks #rootandstem#functionalmedicine #oaklandproud#oaklandlove #easternmedicine#lowbackpain #shoulderpain #chronicpain#inflammationrelief #guasha#cuppingtherapy #cuppingmassage#hyperactivity #allergyrelief
Finding Balance
B A L A N C E ☯️🌓 Yesterday marked one of two days in a year where the light and dark parts of the day are equal. And now the light will inch by inch keep on getting longer than the dark until the end of June and the Summer Solstice 🌞
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It’s a great time to get outdoors and enjoy even just a little bit of play! Yes, adults I am talking to you. 💗 ***5 Minutes a Day*** Play could be enjoying a book under a tree, it could be walking in the grass, or talking a long walk home or an extra stroll around your neighborhood or at work on your lunch break. I know we all tend to be overscheduled. BUT, get out today. This week, even 5 minutes helps. It will improve your mood and energy tremendously. And then you can get back at what is on your list after that …
#springequinox #longerdays #adultplaytime #getoutside #5minsaday #functionalmedicine #natureinspires #naturerelaxes #natureheals #oaklandlove #rootandstem #naturemedicine
Welcome Our Newest Acupuncturist Brooke McClelland!
We’re so excited to welcome the newest member to our team Brooke McClelland! She’ll officially start taking clients April 1st and will be offering treatments at our second location within Oakland’s Harborside Wellness Center.
Brooke is a California Board Licensed Acupuncturist and holds a Masters in Oriental Medicine from the Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College of Berkeley. A long-time gardener and lover of nature, Brooke treasures that Chinese Medicine evolved from the Daoists’ careful observation of the natural world and the human body. She has experience treating a variety of issues including hormonal imbalances and musculoskeletal pain. She enjoys helping patients create abundant health for themselves with greater immunity, vitality, fertility, and stamina.
#acupuncture #vitality #wellness#functionalmedicine #rootandstem#harborside #chinesemedicine#naturewithin #oaklandproud
Ready to rejuvenate for Spring?
Ready to feel more rejuvenated and refreshed from the inside out for Spring? 🌱💗
* Get acupuncture and Eastern medicine treatments to help you regain VITALITY💫
* Learn how to eat clean in a way THAT fits your lifestyle + budget
* Gain new insights on your own unique makeup (are you deficient in some essential vitamins and do you have excess in others?) through Comprehensive Lab Analysis
* Learn how to adjust your diet or lifestyle accordingly to feel YOUR BEST
* Sleep better, look better and THRIVE 🌟
-Empower Yourself Around Health -
6 Weeks to Glow, A New Kind of Wellness Program
with Dr. Jessica Parker + @lyssandra_nativepalms of Native Palms Nutrition
Message us to learn more OR email us : info@oaklandrootandstem.com
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#rootandstem #6weekstoglow #springdetox#springcleanse #springreset#functionalmedicine #acupuncture#acupunctureworks #nutrition #cleanse#detox #wellnessprogram #sixweekstoglow
Healthy Carbs, Lean Protein & Healthy Fats!
Finding your balance is so important ☯️ ❤️wisdom from our fav nutritionist @lyssandra_nativepalms ・・・
healthy carbs 🍠+ lean protein 🥚 + healthy fats 🥑
BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS - either TOO HIGH 🔺or TOO LOW 🔻-- This can leave us feeling tired, hungry, weak, shaky, lightheaded, and anxious. As a result, we crave sugar and carbohydrates, thinking they will pick us back up
Make sure your meals and snacks are well-balanced with all three macronutrients for sustained energy throughout the day. Adding fermented veggies to strengthen your digestion will vastly improve energy, skin, immunity, and mood ☺️
#rootandstem#sixweekstoglow #healthyeating #spring#healthyeating #springreset #nutrition #digestionhealth
Spring Vibes on a Sunny Day!
Sending you all some 🌟Spring 🌟vibes on a sunny Friday! ❤️
15 minutes of exposure to the sun will do you SO much good. Have you soaked it in yet today?
#nature #vitamind #springiscoming #springequinox #moodlifter
How to get healthier hair!
Your health shows not just in your digestion, but in your skin, hair, mood & more! 🧜🏽♀️🥥 wisdom from Lyssandra Guerra our partner at Native Palms Nutrition ⬇️
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hair loss, hair regrowth, brittle hair, damaged hair, oily hair... HAIR! ... are you undergoing major stress, malnourishment, gut and hormone imbalance... maybe you're eating pretty dang healthy but things aren't changing...
Your hair is made of protein, so eating the right types of protein with the essential building blocks can help your mane become stronger and therefore grow...types of clean protein include organic pasture raised poultry, grass-fed beef, wild caught oily fish, some cheeses, non-gmo'd tofu and quinoa. Protein is just a one of many nutrients your body needs for not only your hair but also your other systems... GET TO KNOW WHAT YOU (!!!) NEED...
We can help you evaluate your eating habits to see what may be lacking - and give you a whole health boost in our 6 Weeks to Glow program for Spring 🌱✨💗 ping us or learn more under services here! . . .
#sixweekstoglow #healthboost#rootandstem #healthyskin #healthyhair #betterdigestion #fertility #cleanse#healthreboot #springcleanse #detox #acupuncture #functionalmedicine #labwork
The future looks bright!
Thank you to the amazing residents at SF General for having me last week! It was so great to connect and we had such a lovely conversation about integrative medicine. The future of medicine is looking bright! .
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#residentlife #doctorsofinstagram#acupuncture #oaklandacupuncture#functionalmedicine #healthcare #wellness#easternmedicine #futuredoctors
<3 for Marya!
Thank you for the ❤️ Misha!
We also think Marya is pretty great ✨ #community #acupuncture #rootandstem#oaklandacupuncture
Facial Acupuncture Special
There are so many powerful natural (and non surgical) ways to help you look and feel your best! 💗📍😊
Facial Acupuncture can help with fine lines, wrinkles, bags under your eyes, puffiness, dropping eyelids, double chin, large pores, dry skin and acne! The list goes on and on...
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We’ve got a special that is ending soon — Facial Acupuncture "Galentine’s day" offer ends March 14th!
Save 20% off 6 pack of sessions 💗💗💗
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Book by messaging us jessica@oaklandrootandstem.com or here.
#rootandstem #acupuncture#facialacupuncture #finelines#reducewrinkles #clearskin #noacne#minimizepores #naturalfacecare#nonsurgical #acupuncutureworks
What happens when we can't let go of old patterns?
Some wisdom on getting better 😴with our fav nutritionist + partner on our ✨6 Weeks to Glow health & wellness program Lyssandra Guerra of Native Palms Nutrition.
”Many of my clients have been coming in with digestive upset, lack of sleep, that good ole monkey mind and lack of vitality in general ... life seems to be moving quicker than ever before... new projects, new ideas, more work... plus the constant messages in the media toil with our mind... leaving them/us with overwhelm and escapism...
we are resilient beings but the inability to LET THINGS GO is much more challenging than we think and moving with the flow of life, just seems like a hard concept to grasp... WHAT HAPPENS when we cannot let go of stuck behaviors, patterns, and thoughts? ... your entire system, especially, your digestive system becomes compromised ... many answers lie underneath it when tapped into...
by working with the whole system -- your nutrition, your body, and your mind, your whole energy field will lighten and a clearer path will exist
Let me help you... let's get you HERE & NOW.”
Spring is Coming!
Whenever the cherry blossoms come out, I get so excited for Spring. 💗🌱🍒
I’ve even noticed my energy perk up and my motivation to exercise increase. ✨
I have to remind myself “Don’t jump into Spring just yet!” We are very much still in the Winter cycle, and it is important to keep mellow and not over do it. We are starting to enter that Liver time of year that gets so antsy with the weather. .
The Liver is the adolescent energy of the 5 Elements, and is so easily frustrated in early spring. It just wants to get moving! But really we need to keep it slow. Eat soups and broths, get to bed as early as possible, no boot camp ;) and really continue with the tail end of hibernation mode. Don’t worry, Spring will come! 🌷🌸
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#springiscoming#healthtips #functionalmedicine#rootandstem #winterwisdom#liveseasonally
What Can Acupuncture Treat?
What can Acupuncture treat? 📍💗This is the short list!
#acupuncture #rootandstem#functionalmedicine #oaklandacupuncture#acupunctureworks #postsurgery#emotionalhealth #digestionhealth #fertility#fertilitysupport #respiratorysupport#womenshealth #menshealth #liverdisease#autoimmunedisorders#cardiovascularhealth #hearthealth#weightmanagement #weightloss +++ so many more!
Another Look at Genetic Testing
I’ve always been a bit skeptical of the now easy access to genetic testing. 👩🔬
I’m really not sure I want something in writing telling me that I could I have a higher chance of getting Alzheimer’s, or whatever the case may be. I understand how this information could be so helpful for some, but there is a new study indicating that just knowing what you MIGHT be predisposed to, the information can alter your risk making it more likely to exhibit the changes consistent with disease!!
🤭😱 Yikes! I kind of think that looking at functional medicine labs and combining it with Eastern Medicine it is the opposite of this. 💗
When we look through this lens, we are actually focusing on which organ systems are working their best!
✨We look for the details in your labs that show the areas of your body that are working and how we can best support it to work even better. .
Mindset Matters
*Mindset Matters* 🧠
I’ve been thinking a lot about this amazing study from 2007 that looked at how mindset plays an important role in the outcomes of exercise and health. ❤️
The study looked at 84 female room attendants from a variety of hotels. “Those in the informed condition were told that the work they do (cleaning hotel rooms) is good exercise and satisfies the Surgeon General's recommendations for an active lifestyle. Examples of how their work was exercise were provided. .
Subjects in the control group were not given this information. Although actual behavior did not change, 4 weeks after the intervention, the informed group perceived themselves to be getting significantly more exercise than before. As a result, compared with the control group, they showed a decrease in weight, blood pressure, body fat, waist-to-hip ratio, and body mass index. ❗️❗️❗️
These results support the hypothesis that exercise affects health in part or in whole via the placebo effect.” 💗
Say whaaat?? I just love this! Mindset matters! .
Cholesterol is SO good for you!
Cholesterol is so good for you! ❤️🥚
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Essential for serotonin production, sex hormones, Vitamin D, digestive fluids, (the list goes on) and there is an important reason why we are changing the way we think about fat and cholesterol. ✨
Functional medicine looks at a healthy cholesterol range of about 180-220. These numbers are really important as the standard range is 100-199. ✨
Low cholesterol (under 180) is associated with an increase in cardiovascular incidents, increase in liver cancer, increase in lung disease, increase in depression and suicides, and an increase in addictive behavior. 😕
Not sure if any of you remember the 90’s commercials, but “eggs...give em’ a break!” lol — we are changing and learning! .
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#functionalmedicine #rootandstem#themoreyouknow #hormonebalance#goodcholesterol #vitamind #healthyfood#seratonin
We stand with teachers!
“You can’t feed the minds of our students by starving their schools”.
We stand with Oakland teachers!
Bitter herbs for Winter Health!
I’ve been really into bitters lately. 🌱🌿🍃
I love adding a dash of liquid bitters to my bubbly water, especially with a meal. 🥣
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Bitter receptors have been found on dozens of tissues in the body, well beyond the digestive tract. Thousands of new studies have been instigated with this realization and we are further looking into the importance of bitter compounds. .
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The current findings show that bitters are necessary in the diet in order to maintain health and homeostasis. Anthropologically speaking, bitter compounds (alkaloids) are often poisonous in nature. If an early human ate something poisonous then digestive enzymes, HCI, and immune activation were initiated to make sure we didn't die. Modern humans in America at least, have completely rid our society of bitter tastes. Evolutionary speaking, we are missing bitter compounds that we can leverage to tonify our digestive tract and support our immunity. .
So add some bitter leafy greens & bitters into your bubbly & support your digestion!
#bitters #darkgreens #bittergreens#rootandstem #immunestrength#functionalmedicine
Helping Nausea : Peppermint vs. Ginger
Morning sickness: ginger vs peppermint
I have a lot of people ask me about treating that stubborn nausea in early pregnancy.
Morning sickness (while it rarely hits just in the morning) can often be difficult to tackle and cause a lot of unpleasantness. Many of us think ginger as the key ingredient for relief, but for some it can make it worse! 😦
I find that we are often split into two types when it comes to morning sickness: ginger-y that crave fruit like oranges, or peppermint-y that crave saltines.
Sometimes it takes a bit of investigating as to which tastes and craving help the nausea, but figuring out which direction to go in can help ease the tummy aches. I also really do believe that morning sickness is our body’s design to get us to slow back when we are in those early and vital stages of baby making. It is hard for many of us to do, but so important to remember.
#functionalmedicine #rootandstem#pregnancy #morningsickness #nausea
Self care is not Selfish!
I just want to send a reminder to everyone that Self Care is NOT Selfish. ❤️
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It’s ok to put ourselves first to make sure that our needs are being met. .
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Just like how you are instructed to put on your oxygen mask first 😷in the event of an airplane emergency, the same goes for self care. 🙏🏽
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If you are too busy taking care of everyone else and not taking care of yourself, you will soon find that you aren’t helpful to anyone. Humans are meant to serve and help others, but in order to be of service to others we need to make sure we have the energy and strength needed for our optimal health. 🤦🏻♀️
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#rootandstem #selfcare #balance#oxygenmaskfirst #functionalmedicine #acupuncture