Traditional Chinese Medicine | Maximum Health Wellness Centre

Acupuncture works best with a series of treatments. Each treatment builds on the previous. Ideally, your improvement will advance in a steady fashion. However, should you experience a set-back in relief before your next scheduled appointment, we will see you sooner. This ensures progress.	Ideally we would like to see you 2 times a week for the first 1-2 weeks and then weekly as long as symptoms continue improving. From here we move into maintenance mode with more and more time between the treatments. As long as improvements remain stable, monthly, or seasonal visits help maintain progress and prevent new health issues from developing.	This depends on how long you have had the symptoms. If it has only been a matter of months then in 4-6 treatments we should see improvement. If you have had the symptom(s) for many years then it may take approximately one month of weekly treatments for every year you have had the symptom.	We strive to make each visit as relaxing as possible. Let us know if the music is too loud, you are too cold, hot or something makes you uncomfortable. This is your healing time. Let us know what makes that most comfortable for you.

Dr. Melissa Wecker

Injury Rehabilitation

If you have suffered from repetitive strain, or have an injury- acute or chronic, acupuncture can help.

Sleep Disturbance

From a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) perspective, normal sleep is the result of the harmony between yin and yang in the body. Yang governs wakening and yin governs sleep. The trouble may be with falling asleep, staying asleep, disruptions in sleep patterns or even nightmares. Acupuncture is a great way to help your sleep.

Mental Health

Traditional Chinese Medicine has been used for 3000 years as an effective therapy for those suffering from mental health disorders and those wanting to prevent the onset or slow the decline of mental illness. It has been shown to help with Anxiety, depression, PTSD, mood swings and more.

Integrative Oncology

If you have just been diagnosed, are going through treatments, or are now cancer free, acupuncture help treat a variety of symptoms and conditions associated with cancer and the side effects of cancer treatments, such as

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, Cancer-related pain, Chemotherapy-related neutropenia (low white blood cells), Cancer fatigue. Radiation-induced xerostomia (dry mouth).

Women's Health

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) has placed great importance on women’s health for over 3000 years. TCM resolves imbalances or deficiencies with acupuncture and herbs restoring optimal health. TCM is used to treat:

Polycystic ovarian syndrome

Endometriosis

Fertility

Pregnancy

PCOS - Polycystic ovarian syndrome

Menstrual irregularities and discomforts (pain, PMS, etc)

Menopause

Fertility Acupuncture

.Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) offers a natural way to optimize fertility for both men and women on the journey to becoming a parent. TCM and Acupuncture can help support the following:

Polycystic ovarian syndrome

Endometriosis

Fertility

Pregnancy

PCOS - Polycystic ovarian syndrome

Menstrual irregularities and discomforts (pain, PMS, etc)

Menopause

Prenatal to Postpartum

If you are pregnant, or have just given birth, let us help support your body through the changes. Acupuncture and herbs can replenish the body, mind and spirit during its prenatal and postpartum journey.

During pregnancy: morning sickness, back and hip pain, recurrent miscarriages, labor preparation, and labor induction

Postpartum: Depression, low energy, physical pain or weakness.

Pediatric Treatments

Traditional Chinese Medicine/ Acupuncture is a safe, natural, effective solution for your child. It safely restores health and helps children to heal naturally through diet, herbs and acupuncture. Some conditions it may help are constipation, diarrhea, ear infections, eczema, headaches, body pain, allergies, anxiety, tummy aches and coughs and colds.

Acupuncture works best with a series of treatments. Each treatment builds on the previous. Ideally, your improvement will advance in a steady fashion. However, should you experience a set-back in relief before your next scheduled appointment, we will see you sooner. This ensures progress.

This depends on how long you have had the symptoms. If it has only been a matter of months then in 4-6 treatments we should see improvement. If you have had the symptom(s) for many years then it may take approximately one month of weekly treatments for every year you have had the symptom.

We strive to make each visit as relaxing as possible. Let us know if the music is too loud, you are too cold, hot or something makes you uncomfortable. This is your healing time. Let us know what makes that most comfortable for you.