What's New?

:: Tuesday February 27, 2007 ::

We have joined the staff of the Centra Health Center For
Pain Management at the Virginia Baptist Hospital (pictured
left), 3300 Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg, VA 24503.

We are available to see patients at the Pain Center on
Wednesday mornings. On other days, we are still in our
Old Forest Road office (see below).

Please call (434) 851-8533 to schedule an
appointment.

:: Sunday April 22, 2006 ::

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We've moved! We purchased a new office at 3712 Old Forest Road in Lynchburg, Virginia (pictured above). The new location is much larger than our old one and has excellent handicapped accessibility. Click here to read more.

:: Wednesday February 15, 2006 ::

Tai Chi (also known as T'ai Chi Ch'uan or Taijiquan) is a traditional Chinese form of exercise that can be practiced by all ages. Regular practice of Tai Chi has many health benefits, including improved balance, stress reduction, increased strength and flexibility, and lowering of high blood pressure. At higher levels of practice, Tai Chi is also a powerful martial art with self-defense application.

Our acupuncturist Matthew Miller teaches Tai Chi classes on Saturday mornings at the Mind Body Studio in Lynchburg, Virginia. Matthew lived in China for nine years where he learned Tai Chi from Master Chen Longxiang (pictured left), a fifth generation heir to the authentic Tai Chi lineage. Read more here...

:: Sunday January 22, 2005 ::

Don't miss our TESTIMONIALS section. You can read them here.

Large study confirms effectiveness of acupuncture for knee arthritis. A study was published in the Dec 21 2004 issue of the prestigious Annals of Internal Medicine. This was the largest and most rigorously designed study of acupuncture treatment to date. The study of 570 patients over 26 weeks found that acupuncture gave significant relief to pain and dysfunction caused by osteoarthritis of the knee, compared to a control group and a third group receiving "sham" acupuncture. Click here to read the abstract at Medline.

 

:: Sunday January 4, 2004 ::

Raynaud's Disease

Raynaud's Disease is a disorder that affects the blood vessels in the fingers, toes, ears, and nose. It is characterized by episodic attacks that cause the blood vessels to narrow, limiting blood circulation to affected areas. This causes numbness, coolness, discoloration of skin and sometimes pain.

The Chinese have used acupuncture to successfully treat Raynaud's Disease for thousands of years. A recent study done in Germany confirms that acupuncture can bring significant relief to patients with this disorder. You can read more about the study here. Also, read more about the use of acupuncture for other peripheral vascular disease here.

:: Tuesday July 22, 2003 ::

Acupuncture for Parkinson's Disease

At the East West Acupuncture clinic we have had success treating the symptoms of Parkinson's Disease. In one case, a single acupuncture treatment caused a drastic reduction in tremors which lasted for several weeks. We've added a summary of research trials on acupuncture treatment of Parkinson's Disease to our Illnesses section here.

:: Sunday June 15, 2003 ::

While most people still associate acupuncture with pain control, a brief glance at our Illnesses section will give you an idea of how wide its applications actually are. So far the Illnesses section is the largest and most complete area of this web site. There you can browse through a collection of recent scientific studies which have demonstrated acupuncture's effectiveness in the treatment of a variety of conditions.

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We are located in the Old Forest Office Park,
3712 Old Forest Road, Lynchburg, VA 24501.
Please call
(434) 851-8533
if you have any questions or if you would like to schedule an appointment.
Click here to read more about us and see a map and photos of our clinic.