If you are suffering from a medically diagnosed psychological disorder, or if you are just feeling overwhelmed with anxiety or depression, acupuncture is one of the safest and most effective therapies you can turn to. Bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, PTSD are a few of the diagnoses one is likely to receive when visiting a psychiatrist or family physician. Standard treatments usually involve talk therapy and a variety of medications, which are usually physically dependent substances.

Frank Caruso, L.Ac., has treated a variety of mental health issues. In fact, he works closely with mental health professionals. If your condition is severe, it is best if you are also seeing a psychiatrist or mental health professional while receiving acupuncture.

Typical western medication for vertigo include, but are not limited to, benzodiazepines, meclizine, promethazine, and scopolamine. However, these medications are often accompanied by undesirable and even dangerously addictive side effects. That is to say, these medications may do little to fix the underlying problem. Ineffective intervention may cause the problem to linger for months, if not years. In Chinese medicine, vertigo and dizziness has a root cause of either Excess or Deficiency. Only a trained practitioner of Chinese medicine can make this determination and apply the appropriate treatment. Frank Caruso, L.Ac. has successfully helped many patients recover from this oftentimes debilitating condition.

The application of specifically designed glass or plastic cups to an injured area pressurizes the local tissue and vasculature. Therefore, this forces blood into and out of the damaged tissue and promotes rapid healing. Whatever the diagnosis may be, chronic or acute, the application of cupping, especially when combined with acupuncture, can be safer and more effective than cortisone, physical therapy and pain medications combined.

A word about cortisone: The unsuspecting patient should know that when injected into a joint, cortisone can damage the structural integrity of the local tissue. Additionally, it can set up a condition for joint instability, muscle weakness, more injury, and inevitably, chronic arthritis.

Cupping therapy can be used on knees, shoulders, hips, and backs. So, give us a call. Set up your first appointment to receive one of the most time tested therapies in the world.

When delivered by a trained acupuncture professional, one Licensed by the State Medical Board of Ohio and the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), you can be sure you are utilizing one of the best complimentary therapies available. Learn more about Your Acupuncturist.