The Pin Cushion Blog

Has your practitioner given you a moxa stick, but you're not sure what to do? Here are some instructions to get you started on the path ...

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is founded on the theory that qi is the vital energetic life force that runs throughout our body. When w...

What (not) to do for acute soft tissue injuries (Part 1 of 2) You're walking to your front door, up your front walk: you turn to...

Qigong Classes at The Pin Cushion! What is qigong? The term qìgōng (氣功), as it is used today, is a term popularized in China during th...

A guest post from Bruce Peters! Living in the Pacific Northwest, it’s common to become deficient in vitamin D, often called the ‘Sunsh...

We get a lot of great questions from our patients, but the fast pace of community style acupuncture means we often don't have time to an...

I'm geeky and nerdy and my writing voice tends to be verbose, so I'll do my best to keep this real. When most people find out that...