by Cheryl Lee

Acupuncturist and TCM Doctor at HBN

I’m a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor and Acupuncturist who works in Calgary. I draw upon techniques and a methodology from a time-tested, 3000-year-old practice to bring your body back into balance with its health.

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Hello! I’m a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor and Acupuncturist working in Calgary. This is my blog where I discuss health topics from a Chinese medicine perspective.

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Is Sitting Causing Your Lower Back Pain?

sitting causing back pain

If you have a desk job or you find yourself sitting for a large part of the day, you might find yourself up against a case of back pain. At first it doesn’t make much sense—-if you haven’t been doing anything particularly straining how could your body be upset? But, the thing…

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Acupuncture for Headaches During Pregnancy (and More)

pregnancy headaches

Pregnancy can come with many challenges; as a result of all the changes that occur in your body, adverse symptoms like muscle pain, nausea, headaches, and stress can emerge. Acupuncture offers a drug-free approach to treatment for these symptoms along with many others conditions. With the help of your acupuncturist, you can…

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Finding Balance in Imbalance: Chronic Health Issues and Your Body

finding balance in imbalance

Living a healthy life requires balance. Often when we experience recurring symptoms of anxiety, insomnia, headaches, weaknesses or pain it is a result of an imbalance. Maybe it is a muscle we are pushing too far or physiological factors such as stress or tension that stem from pushing our work limits. Acupuncture…

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Headaches: How Chinese Medicine Diagnoses Them

acupuncture for headaches

  If you’ve got a bad headache that keeps coming back, chances are you’re on the prowl for a solution that will keep it away for good. Though pain medications can temporarily ease pain, they do not treat the underlying problem. Acupuncture offers a mode of treatment that is tailored to your…

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Regulating Your Menstrual Cycle with Acupuncture

dealing with menstrual cycle issues

Irregular, painful, short, long, heavy: if any of these words are ones you would use to describe your menstrual cycle, then a Chinese Medicine practitioner may be able to help. Most women think that a period is something that has to be ‘suffered’ through but, contrary to popular belief, a healthy menstrual…

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Chronic Cough Following a Cold or Flu

chronic cough feeling sick

  Cold and flu season often hits hard. It’s easy to fall into the habit of treating symptoms as they arise instead of working on prevention, or taking measures to rebuild our immune system after a fight with the cold or the flu. Traditional Chinese Medicine offers an approach that helps to…

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Post-Holidays Food Stagnation and How TCM / Acupuncture Can Help You Feel Better

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture for post-holiday food stagnation

During the holiday season, many of us overeat, get bloated, constipated, and are inundated with temptations from those cookies at work to that eggnog at the Christmas party. Luckily, acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine herbal therapy can increase blood circulation and encourage regular bowel movements. Read on if your New Year’s resolution…

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