I started seeing Emily at Acupuncture Northwest for a variety of issues - among them too much worrying, insomnia, and hip pain. I have found that acupuncture has reduced all of these symptons without any side effects. If you take pain pills or sleeping pills, it seems like there's always some ""blowback"" to worry about. I guess that doesn't happen with acupuncture because it's all about restoring balance.\r
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Emily is also really knowledgeable and it's interesting to learn about Chinese medicine from her.\r
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Also, toward the end of the school year, my 7-year-old son started pulling his hair out - so much so he was developing a bald spot and getting teased about it at school. Emily said, ""Hey, I can help with that,"" and so I brought my son in. \r
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He wasn't so into the idea of needles, so Emily used acupressure and gave us a routine at home to do every night too. We saw her for several weeks in a row and the effect was amazing. Did he stop pulling out his hair the first week? Yes? Did he backslide? Hardly at all. And now, five or six months later, his hair looks almost normal and he sees Emily a couple times a month.\r
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My son looks forward to his acupressure sessions with Emily and when he leaves, he's always laughing and relaxed - back to himself. The hair pulling is over, at least for now, and if it were to recur, I would bump our appointments back up to once a week....but so far, he's doing really well and I am eternally grateful to Emily and Acupuncture Northwest.
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