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Your body is innately designed to heal itself. Learn how to restore health and vitality, naturally with Oriental Medicine.

Our purpose is to help as many people as possible achieve their true health potential, without the use of drugs and unnecessary surgery. Lawrence Acupuncture is a full service, comprehensive Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine clinic. We offer acupuncture, acupuncture with electrical stimulation, custom herbal prescriptions, tuina, cupping, massage, moxibustion, nutritional supplements and diet and lifestyle counseling. We offer safe and effective treatments for conditions such as allergies, stress, fatigue, headaches, migraines, neck pain, low back pain, sport/orthopedic injuries, digestive disorders such as IBS, gastritis, Crohn's disease, high blood pressure, Type II Diabetes, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, autoimmune disorders, common children's health issues, male and female infertility, hormonal imbalances and more!

10/15/2026

You have not had a normal bowel movement since you started the GLP-1. Nobody warned you about this part. Or it got mentioned once, in a list, and you assumed it would settle. It didn't settle.

Here's why. GLP-1 medications work by slowing how fast your stomach empties. That's not a side effect that went wrong — that's the mechanism. It's the entire reason you're not hungry. Slower stomach, slower everything downstream. Which is why the standard advice isn't working for you. More fiber into a system that isn't moving usually makes it worse. More bulk, same stalled transit. Water helps a little. Magnesium helps some people. None of it touches the actual issue, which is that the motor driving things forward has been deliberately turned down.

You should not have to choose between the medication and having a gut that works. Acupuncture treats motility directly — the muscular wave that moves things through. We are not fighting your medication. We're restoring the movement it slowed down, so the drug can do the job you're taking it for without your digestion paying the bill.

In Chinese Medicine, Fall is the season of the Lung and Large Intestine. These are the systems that govern letting go, physically. This is exactly the right time of year to address it. If you're on a GLP-1 and your bowels have stopped cooperating, we can help.

Link in my bio to book a free 15 minute consultation.

10/08/2026

The “I don’t care” club is real. You keep losing your sh*t, and you feel kind of bad about it, but you also kind of don’t care?

Hello, perimenopause. It isn’t that you suddenly turned into a BITC* overnight. It’s that you are actually exhausted. Depleted. You’ve got no F’s left to give. Because you're running an unpaid full-time job you never applied for: managing a body that hands you blind bag of symptoms every day.

Here's the reframe that actually changes things: this is a depletion problem, not a personality problem. You have no buffer left, so everything lands directly. Depletion responds to treatment. And you can stop expecting yourself to do this gracefully. Nothing about it is graceful.

The work in my treatment room isn't eliminating a transition that's supposed to happen. It's rebuilding your resources so you have something in the tank while you move through it.

Sleep improves first, usually. Then the hot flashes settle down. Then at some point you notice you haven't snapped at anyone in a while. It’s not magic. You don’t have to be nice-nice again. The goal is for YOU to feel better, not please everyone else. This season is about centering what you need.

Click on the link in the bio to schedule your free 15 minute consultation.

10/02/2026

This is the time between seasons, as we are shifting from once distinct energy into another and it is one of the most powerful times to slow down, self tend, and reset.

We have appointment times available for you to do exactly that at Lawrence Acupuncture with Seth or Shahida.

Schedule your reset by clicking the link in our bio!

09/30/2026

"I just get headaches.”

Meanwhile you’re: keeping migraine meds in every bag, won’t leave home without your electrolyte powder, trying to be kind to your family while crying inside because of your head, ignoring it as you hunch over your phone/ laptop, berating yourself for getting a headache “again”. You’ve got a cabinet full of headache help: Caffiene pills! Turmeric! Magnesium spray! The homeopathy pellets! The heating pad! And still. You’re asking AI if it’s hormones or jaw pain or sinus infection or stress… And it’s telling you “you’re not broken…” (and you’re not…but nobody WANTS headaches! They’re awful!)

Headaches are highly personalized and there’s never a one size fits all. The source is different for everyone, and so is the treatment. Whether your headaches are from: hormones, tight neck and shoulders, stress, old injuries, TMJ, sinus congestion, arthritis, weather shifts, burnout, We’ve got you.

We’re not just asking: “Where does it hurt?” We’re asking: What’s not functioning well? What’s the underlying pattern? That’s the kind of healing I’m here for.

Link in bio if your headaches are the loudest party in your life. We’ve got an appointment available this week.

09/23/2026

OMFG the rage... I don’t know if it’s hormones, the heat, the kids being home all summer, the state of the world, the lack of sleep, perimenopause, or the fact that everyone suddenly needs something from me every seven seconds…but OMFG.

If that sentence resonates lately, welcome. A lot of people come into the clinic worried they are becoming irrational, overly emotional, impatient, or “not themselves.”

Meanwhile their body is: overheated, under-rested, overstimulated, running on cortisol, emotionally maxed out, and getting approximately zero real recovery time. Of COURSE your nervous system is getting snappy.

In Chinese Medicine, irritability and rage are often signs that the system is overwhelmed, constrained, overheated, or depleted. Not signs that you are secretly a terrible person. Sometimes the first thing people notice from treatment is: “I don’t feel quite so emotionally ready to fight everyone anymore.” That matters. Because living in a constantly irritated nervous system is exhausting.

You deserve support before “cranky” turns into your entire personality. And no, you are not failing summer. Your body may just need more replenishment than it’s getting right now.

Link in bio to receive some expert support for your body and mind. And no, we won’t ask you where our keys are, or why we are out of popsicles ;)

09/16/2026

Hello, September!

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, autumn is a time of transition, inviting us to slow down, nourish the body and prepare for the quieter energy of the season.

What are you looking forward to this September? Let us know in the comments!

09/09/2026

We love a great review. Thank you for the kind words, Kim!

09/02/2026

One of the most common questions I get is: “How many treatments will I need?” And I totally get why people ask.

We live in a world of: one-click ordering, same day delivery, and antibiotics that knock something out in 48 hours. So it can feel surprising when acupuncture works best as a process instead of a one-and-done fix.

But most chronic symptoms did not appear overnight. The insomnia. The migraines. The digestive issues. The burnout. The chronic pain. The hormonal changes.

Usually the body has been compensating for awhile before symptoms become loud enough to interrupt your life.

One treatment can absolutely create meaningful change. People often sleep better, feel calmer, or notice symptom relief quickly. But lasting change happens through repetition. Frequency and duration are part of the healing. Through helping the body practice a new pattern long enough that it starts becoming the default instead of the exception.

That’s how we get to the root of the issue instead of constantly chasing symptoms around. Real healing tends to be less like flipping a switch and more like watching your body remember how to function well again.

That’s the kind of change that lasts. This is what we are here for. Link in bio to schedule your first appointment.

08/26/2026

You are an entire unique ecosystem.

One of the things I love most about Chinese medicine is that we don’t separate people into tiny disconnected parts. Your digestion affects your mood. Your sleep affects your pain. Your stress affects your hormones. Your inflammation affects your anxiety. Your relationships affect your nervous system. Your emotional life affects your physiology. Everything talks to everything. Which means treatment is rarely just about chasing the loudest symptom.

We’re asking: Why is this happening? Why now? What pattern is underneath this? What is the body adapting to? What systems are overloaded? What has stopped recovering well?

A lot of patients feel emotional in acupuncture because someone is finally looking at the whole picture instead of reducing them to a diagnosis code. This medicine works at the physical, emotional, nervous system, and relationship level simultaneously. Not because symptoms are “all in your head.” Because human beings are ecosystems. That’s the lens we bring into treatment every single day.

If you’re tired of feeling like your symptoms are being treated separately while your body keeps struggling as a whole, this is exactly the kind of care we offer. Link in bio to book your appointment–let’s look at your big picture for systemic support.

Schedule your free 15 minute consultation by clicking the link in our bio.

08/12/2026

A lot of people think they have anxiety when what they actually have is an inflamed, overstimulated body. And yes — those things can overlap. But they are not identical. Because inflammation changes the nervous system. It changes sleep. Patience. Mood. Stress tolerance. Pain sensitivity. Digestion. Hormones. Recovery.

This is why people often describe anxiety as: “I feel on edge in my BODY.” Not just in their thoughts. The body does not separate emotional stress from physical stress nearly as neatly as we pretend it does.

Poor sleep increases inflammation. Inflammation increases nervous system reactivity. Stress changes immune function. Pain increases hypervigilance. And eventually the whole system starts amplifying itself. Which is why “just relax” is usually terrible advice.

A lot of anxious systems are not weak. They are overloaded. This is one of the reasons acupuncture can be so effective: we’re not only trying to calm the mind. We’re helping regulate the physiology underneath the experience. And when the body finally feels safer, quieter, less inflamed, and more rested… You feel emotionally different too. More capacity. Less ugh or eek or dread.

If your body feels stuck in high alert lately, this is exactly the kind of whole-pattern work acupuncture is designed for. Book your free 15 minute consultation at the link in bio.

Address

1246 Haskell Avenue
Lawrence, KS
66044

Opening Hours

Monday	10am - 7pm
Tuesday	10am - 6:30pm
Wednesday	10am - 5pm
Thursday	10am - 6:30pm
Friday	10am - 5pm
Saturday	10am - 10pm

Website

http://lawrenceacupuncture.com/

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