Resources & Insights

Find the support you need with a variety of resources to empower your healing journey.

A wide-awake woman lying in bed at 3:17 AM, illustrating the hyperarousal and frustration of chronic insomnia.

The Insomnia Epidemic: A Neurological Perspective on Sleep Restoration

Chronic insomnia is a state of nervous system hyperarousal. Learn how acupuncture helps to restores sleep architecture.

A woman in a Scottsdale home setting experiencing symptoms of brain fog and mental fatigue, illustrating the neurological effects of chronic systemic inflammation.

Can Chronic Inflammation Affect Mood, Motivation, and Mental Clarity?

Chronic systemic inflammation can trigger neuroinflammation, disrupting neurotransmitters that drive mood & focus. By downregulating the inflammatory response acupuncture helps clear "brain fog".

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Body

Why High Performers Struggle to Relax: The Physiological Cost of the “On” Switch

Successful, driven & perpetually exhausted? Discover why the high-performer nervous system struggles to downshift & how acupuncture can help.

acupuncture

Why You Should ONLY Get Acupuncture From a Licensed Acupuncturist

Learn why 3,000 hours of dedicated training is essential for patient safety, differential diagnosis, and systemic healing.

A practitioner placing acupuncture needles on the face of a deeply relaxed patient to relieve stress at a Scottsdale acupuncture clinic.

Body

How Acupuncture Shifts You from Fight or Flight to Rest and Relax

Constantly stressed or burned out? Learn how acupuncture helps your body shift out of chronic stress mode.

Practitioner examining a patient's foot prior to peripheral neuropathy treatment at a Scottsdale acupuncture clinic.

Body

Understanding Nerve Pain: How Acupuncture Offers Relief

Struggling with nerve pain from shingles, Bell's palsy, or peripheral neuropathy? Try acupuncture!

Close-up of a patient receiving an electroacupuncture treatment on their shoulder at a Scottsdale acupuncture clinic.

Resources

Electroacupuncture: Effective Pain Relief for Chronic Conditions

Discover how electroacupuncture is changing chronic pain treatment at Above and Beyond Acupuncture in Scottsdale, AZ.

Table displaying a variety of Traditional Chinese Medicine tools, including sterilized acupuncture needles, mortar and pestles, and an acupuncture model with marked acupuncture points. Related to the Resource blog post, 'The History of Acupuncture in America in the 1970s'.

Acupuncture Benefits

The History of Acupuncture in America in the 1970s

The History of Acupuncture in America: How It Became a Popular Healing Practice Acupuncture: An Ancient Healing Modality ...

An acupuncture model for education displaying the pressure points and meridian points on the human body, featured in the blog post, 'Five Best Books on the Art of Acupuncture'.

Alternative Medicine

Five Best Books on the Art of Acupuncture

The Top 5 Books About Acupuncture: A Comprehensive Guide The uncanny and oftentimes misunderstood art of acupuncture frightens ...

Sterilized needles for acupuncture treatments resting on a bamboo mat.

Acupuncture Benefits

How Many Acupuncture Treatments?

How Many Acupuncture Treatments Will I Need? One of the more common questions patients ask us at Above ...