Pelvic Care Blog

Our blog is dedicated to supporting acupuncturists who specialize or hope to specialize in pelvic health. We hope you enjoy our musings and offerings.

Why Do Some Postpartum Depression Patients Respond to Acupuncture and Others Don't?
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Why Do Some Postpartum Depression Patients Respond to Acupuncture and Others Don't?

A 2023 clinical trial out of Shenzhen followed 96 postpartum depression patients through 8 weeks of acupuncture and found something worth sitting with. The symptom improvement was real and clinically meaningful, a mean reduction of 5.31 points on the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, well past the accepted threshold for a clinically important change.

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The Last Practical of 2026 Has Four Seats Left
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The Last Practical of 2026 Has Four Seats Left

Seattle sold out. AND Both Montreal dates sold out.

48 acupuncturists said yes to closing the gap in pelvic care this fall, fast enough that I had to close registration early on both coasts. I am sitting with real gratitude this week. Every one of those seats is a practitioner who is about to walk back into clinic with real time needle guidance for pelvic floor dysfunction, hands on palpation training and the confidence to use it Monday morning.

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Three Mini Courses This Week Break Down Damp Heat Into What It Actually Is
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Three Mini Courses This Week Break Down Damp Heat Into What It Actually Is

Damp heat is a single TCM diagnostic name that actually covers three distinct clinical problems, discharge conditions, viral latency conditions and structural mass forming conditions, and most acupuncturists were taught to treat them all the same way. Next week The Pelvic Acu is teaching all three separately, live, free for the first 72 hours after each session.

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