Ross Acupuncture Oakland

Oakland Acupuncture

Is Acupuncture Good for Shoulder Pain?

To answer this question, I’m going to tell you the story of “Ted”. (Correct, not his real name. And spoiler alert, yes, acupuncture works very well for shoulder pain.) Ted came to me because he had injured his shoulder in a skiing accident three months prior. An MRI revealed he had rotator cuff tendinitis, and…

Autumn Health and Chinese Medicine

In Chinese Medicine, every season has it’s correspondences with organs and functions in the body, and Autumn is associated with the Lungs and Large Intestine. It is the season of letting go. The time to clear all you don’t need,  so as not to waste winter energy when we need to work deeply to build…

Understanding Dry Needling: An Alternative for Pain Relief

Dry Needling is a pain management therapy that is gaining traction in the orthopedic medicine world. Treatment of pain is a real challenge for Western Medicine, but the opioid epidemic in this country has made finding alternatives a priority.  This is where trigger point acupuncture, also called dry needling, comes into play.  The term “dry…

Roasted Vegetables

This is pretty much the same technique for all vegetables. Cut, cover in oil, put in the oven. It’s very important not to crowd the vegetables, meaning don’t let them touch each other. Otherwise, you steam the vegetables and they end up soft, instead of fabulously browning, and you don’t want to stop eating them.…

Curry Recipe from a CSA

This curry recipe was made one chilly evening when my sister called me on Facetime from her home in Sherman Oaks. She needed some inspiration to cook food from her CSA box. I guided her from my apartment in Oakland, and this is what happened. Ingredients Step-by-Step This curry recipe will taste even better the…