In my practice, I use non-needle techniques to stimulate the acupuncture points in younger kids and I have found that this works just as well as using the needles on older kids and adults. I view the acupuncture point locations as being “hard-wired” into our body’s natural system of energy pathways already in place.

“More than 3 million adults and 150,000 children have used acupuncture for ailments like headaches, back and neck pain, anxiety and ADHD over the past year, according to the 2008 report published by the National Center for Health and Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health.”

In addition, my experience is that the younger the child, the more easily they seem to be able to assimilate the information and input being given to them as part of the treatment process. It is very gratifying to see these stories appearing in the media and to see respected institutions doing research and promoting these complementary and alternative modalities as options for parents and their kids.

You can read the full article here:
Kids Receive Acupuncture for Ailments When Medicine’s Not Enough

Or you can watch the video clip from the Good Morning America show here.

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