Gainesville Community Acupuncture

Look for our Qigong class offerings starting this Fall!

Worldwide, Scientific Evidence of Qigong's Benefits

Medical professionals and scientists are studying the healing effects of Qigong practice. This article called "Qigong: May The Life Force Be With You" shares more about research into the benefits of Qigong:

"One of the largest studies ever conducted on the benefits of meditative movements spanned 13 countries. Carefully selected participants exhibited a variety of diseases or risk factors of illness.

These included arthritis, heart disease/hypertension, osteoporosis, depression, and Parkinson's disease, among others. By the study's conclusion, scientists pinpointed a few categories in which the practice of Qi Gong yielded encouraging benefits: cardiopulmonary dysfunction, balance/falls risk, immune response, bone loss, and overall quality of life.

In interpreting these findings, a perceptive personal trainer might notice the absence of resistance training among typical Qi Gong movements.

How, then, do we explain improvements in bone density along with fewer incidence of fractures? Tai Chi devotees, too, experienced this same outcome.

While the precise methodology still eludes scientists, trainers can feel comfortable offering this good news as one more option for elderly, frail, and perhaps, unmotivated clients. Explaining that bone loss can improve even in the absence of lifting moderate weight loads, we help cultivate self-efficacy in our older sedentary participants. In fact, many of the bodily poses in Qigong work well even from a seated position."

Click here to read more about the research: https://www.nfpt.com/blog/qigong-may-the-life-force-be-with-you

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Hi everyone…
Due to the highly contagious nature of Covid-19’s Omicron variant, GCA is still not taking new Community Acupuncture patients. We are continuing to require masks and other safety precautions at the office, including social distancing. This means that, in spite of HEPA filtration and ionizer/UV air treatment in our ventilation system, we are not offering group treatments at this time. If you would like to schedule acupuncture or herbal treatment privately with Jennifer Downey, AP, you are welcome to do so!

We would like to extend our gratitude to all of our patients and friends who have hung in there with us over the past two years. Warm wishes to all of you for a healthy 2022.

We have installed a UV light with an Ionizer in our HVAC system, and we run HEPA filters in every room all day long. But so long as the risk of COVID-19 infection in Alachua County remains high, we will not be resuming Community-style clinic treatments, and we are continuing to require masking, temperature checks, and other infection prevention protocols in our office. Please understand that this is for your protection, as well as for ours. We are so looking forward to the day when the infection risk is "Low" and we can go back to offering affordable acupuncture treatment in a group setting!

The 60-Year-Old Scientific Screwup That Helped Covid Kill All pandemic long, scientists brawled over how the virus spreads. Droplets! No, aerosols! At the heart of the fight was a teensy error with huge consequences.