Depression and Anxiety

 

Discover Natural Treatments for Your Depression and Anxiety

Award-winning KAC Clinic’s Dr. Shin combines chiropractic care and oriental medicine for a whole-person approach.

Why You Should Try Acupuncture for Depression or Anxiety

When a body’s qi is out of balance, the body’s health and wellbeing are out of balance as well. Your body includes your brain! Acupuncture can help balance your body and improve your depression and anxiety symptoms.

  • It’s effective. Evidence keeps growing in the medical community that acupuncture improves symptoms for people with depression and anxiety.

  • It’s all-natural. Many people are looking for alternatives to medication. Medication can be expensive and come with potential serious side effects.

  • It has minimal physical side effects. Some common side effects include redness or tenderness that lasts a few hours. There are no common negative mental side effects.

  • It can help your mind and body. Acupuncture is used to create balance in your whole body. For example, it may improve include circulation, hormones, and stiffness in your joints.

Why You Can Benefit Even More Adding Chiropractic Care

A spinal adjustment helps circulation, the nervous system and the lymphatic system.

If your spine isn’t properly aligned, you may not even be getting proper blood flow to your brain. Diminished blood flow means your mind isn’t working at it’s best.

Getting needed chiropractic adjustments combined with acupuncture will help balance your whole body.

Diet and Herbal Supplements May Play a Part in Healing

There’s a reason doctors do a blood test on depression patients. They want to know if your symptoms are because you are low on a certain vitamin or nutrient. This may be because of your diet, or your environment.

 

Recommendations from Dr. Shin for herbal supplements and dietary changes can help you naturally.

Important Steps in Your Mental Health Journey

  1. Find a therapist. Remember that psychiatrists are the only type of therapist that can diagnose you with a mental health disorder. They're also the only one who can prescribe medication for depression or anxiety.

  2. Start new mental health habits. Discuss your habits and coping strategies with a medical professional or therapist. Small changes make a big difference.

  3. Edit your diet. The more balanced your nutrition is, and the more balanced a range of bodily functions are. Speaking with a dietician or someone trained in nutrition, like Dr. Shin, can help.

  4. Exercise. Serotonin from exercise can boost mental health. A regular fitness routine also helps improve your body’s overall health, too.

  5. Find a need, and then give to it. There’s something about giving to others that helps us connect and feel alive. Find a place you can tutor, volunteer, or even make extra time to call your grandmother. Giving does good within us, and for other people.

  6. See an oriental medicine doctor. They can prescribe herbal treatments and do acupuncture treatments that help to balance the flow of energy in your body. This can help your mind be more stable, also.

  7. Consider chiropractic adjustment. Believe it or not, sometimes spinal adjustment can help with circulation to the brain. That improved circulation can help you have clearer thoughts, and a clearer mind is a happier one.

If you need to, start medication. It’s important to discuss your options with your doctor, based on your particular situation. Medication may be the best option for your situation, and they’ll help you decide.