Conditions Treated

Here at Cortez Family Acupuncture, our focus is on healing injuries, reducing chronic pain, and mitigating chronic health issues by balancing the structure of the musculoskeletal system and retraining the mind-body system to eliminate habitual stress responses. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine are modalities with a broad therapeutic reach, so the list below is neither exclusive nor exhaustive. Please contact us if you would like to discuss treatment possibilities for a condition that is not included here.

Pain

  • Musculoskeletal pain, tendonitis

  • Injuries in the neck, back, arms, legs, knees, shoulders, hands, feet, face, and head

  • Arthritis:  osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis

  • Nerve pain, sciatica, post-herpetic neuralgia (shingles pain), trigeminal neuralgia, carpal tunnel syndrome

  • Headaches:  tension headaches, sinus headaches, migraines, cluster headaches, spinal headaches, concussion

  • Head and facial pain: sinus pain, earache, temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJ), trigeminal neuralgia

  • Numbness:  neuropathy (diabetic and others), pinched nerves, post-stroke numbness and hemiplegia, Raynaud's disease, injury to nerves and spinal cord

  • Post-surgical pain and weakness

  • Healing support after fracture, trauma, or serious injury

  • Spasms, dystonia, dysphonia, tremors, twitches, tics

  • Management of multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy

  • Fibromyalgia

  • Gastrointestinal and bowel disorders: irritable bowel syndrome, chronic stomachache, gallbladder pain

  • Hypothyroid fatigue, muscle pain, and weakness

  • Pain due to growths and tumors (not a treatment for cancer)

  • Pregnancy discomfort and postpartum pain

  • Pain due to stress, trauma, or insomnia

  • Pain of unknown origin

Neurological & psycho-emotional issues

  • Stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder

  • Insomnia

  • Frustration, anger, sadness, fear, phobia,  excessive worry

  • Obsessive compulsive disorder, tics

  • Creative blocks and life transitions

  • ADD/ADHD

  • Addictive behavior

  • Resting tremor

  • Stroke and traumatic brain injury

Immune issues

  • Allergies, common cold, flu, sinusitis

  • Urinary tract infection

  • Acute infection and inflammation

  • Chronic infection

  • Asthma

Other issues

  • Chronic fatigue

  • Tinnitus

  • Chronic urinary incontinence, overactive bladder

  • Erectile dysfunction

  • Infertility

  • Painful and/or irregular periods, PMS, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)

  • Constipation, IBS, and other large-intestine issues

  • GERD, acid reflux, heartburn