San Pedro Healing Arts Medical Clinic

Acupuncture can help with insomnia. Anyone who has ever had a restless night in bed, spent hours looking at the clock or counting sheep, can legitimately complain of insomnia. Sometimes it happens for obvious reasons, and other times we're at a loss to explain why. According to the theory of acupuncture and Oriental medicine, an imbalance of the heart organ often plays a role when it comes to disturbances and interruptions of our sleep. It might sound strange to link the hea...Continue reading

As the song title says, it’s the most wonderful time of the year! I hope your holiday celebrations bring plenty of warmth and togetherness with family and friends. Wishing all our friends and family a joyous holiday filled with peace, love and prosperity. Best wishes for a happy and healthy new year. From everyone on my team to you and yours, Happy Holidays! We will be closed Tuesday & Wednesday 24th and 25th for Christmas and 31st and 1st of January for New Years.

Happy Thanks Giving, this is the time of year when we can express our Gratitude. We wish to let you know how incredibly thankful we are that our jobs allow us to help our patients achieve their goals. Happy Thanks Giving from all of us at San Pedro Healing Arts Medical Clinic. We will be closed Thursday & Friday for Thank Giving.

Nearly everyone suffers from back pain at some point. One treatment option is chiropractic care, which includes spinal manipulation (also called manual manipulation). A review of research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found that spinal manipulation can help relieve pain and improve function in people with acute low-back pain, one of the most common types of back pain. https://www.dukehealth.org//should-you-see-chiropractor-ba

Did you know that acupuncture can supplement your mental health treatment? "The Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) states that 'evidence for the use of acupuncture . . . to treat anxiety disorders is becoming stronger.' Reuters health reported on a study from the University of York in the UK. The study recruited 755 people with moderate to severe depression. Seventy percent of the patients had been on anti-depressants and continued on them throughout the st...udy. The study concluded that both acupuncture and counseling (or both) had a strongly positive effect on depression, lowering the depression scale from an average of 16 out of 27 at the start of the study, to 9 for acupuncture and 11 for counseling at its conclusion. The benefits lasted 3 months after treatment had concluded." https://www.psychologytoday.com//acupuncture-stress-and-de