Access Acupuncture

01/07/2026

🌿 Start the Year with Less Pain and More Balance 🌿

The new year always brings good intentions: move more, stress less, feel better.
But most of us head back to work carrying the same tension in our neck, shoulders, and back from last year.

That’s why at Access Acupuncture, we’re continuing our workplace “Pain Reset” wellness sessions: short, on-site acupuncture treatments that help teams ease pain, recharge energy, and start the year feeling balanced.

These mini sessions help:
✨ Relieve shoulder, neck, and back pain
✨ Improve focus and calm
✨ Support better posture and energy at work

If you’d love to bring this idea to your office, school, or team, mention it to your supervisor or HR department or send me a message to chat about how it works.

Let’s make 2026 the year your team feels better at work and beyond.

📍 Access Acupuncture, Burnside, Nova Scotia
🌐 accessacupuncture.ca

01/01/2026

As we step into this new year, I want to thank you for trusting me and our team with your care. Every treatment we share is a reminder that healing is a partnership, and we don’t take your trust lightly.

This year, our intention is to be even more present for you. You’ll see us:

• following up a little more
• sharing extra tips you can use at home
• offering small educational sessions for those who want to understand their body and patterns better

Our hope is simple: that you feel supported not just in clinic, but in the days and weeks in between.

We also want to wish you a year where you feel more in charge of your own path.
You are the leader of your health and your future. If there is something you want to build or change in your body, your life, or both, you are allowed to start, gently, from where you are now.

Every micro step counts. Every walk you take, every boundary you set, every treatment you show up for, every kind choice you make for your body… all of it adds up and moves you toward something bigger.

For this year, our wishes for you are:
• a steady, genuine improvement in your health
• fast and complete recovery if you are in the middle of something difficult
• more moments where you feel strong, calm, and truly at home in your body

Thank you again for letting us be part of your journey. We are looking forward to walk this next stretch of the path with you.

Warmly,
Access Acupuncture

12/24/2025

Merry Christmas from James, Christian and Julie! 🎄

Whatever your holidays look like this year, we are wishing you something real: moments that feel warm, simple, and meaningful.

If you’re surrounded by family and friends, soak it in. Take the pictures. Say the things. Let the small moments count.

If your season is quieter or you’re spending more of it alone, we are wishing you comfort and steadiness. A good book. A cozy walk. A phone call that makes you feel connected. One small plan that gives the day a little light.

May the New Year bring you more ease in your body, more calm in your mind, and more of what supports you!

Even Santa came for some acupuncture.
We get it… everyone wants to feel jolly and ready!

12/17/2025

We’ve been busy lately, and we love why!

This photo is from one of our corporate Pain Reset sessions in December. Quick treatments, real results, and people going back to work feeling lighter in their body and clearer in their head.

Pain Reset is perfect for teams who sit, lift, stand, or care for others all day: teachers, nurses, office teams, construction and trades, first responders, fitness studios and any workplace where stress and pain stack up.

What we do on site: short sessions that fit a break, we focus on pain of all kinds, neck and shoulders, low back, headaches, jaw clenching, stress, simple self care tips your team can actually use!

If you’re an HR manager, clinic lead, principal, or team coordinator, message me “PAIN RESET” and we’ll send the options and pricing.

Your Access Acupuncture Team
Christian, James & Julie

12/15/2025

Last openings before the New Year 🎉

If you still have acupuncture benefits to use, this is your last chance to cash them in before Dec 31.
Christian St. Pierre, James Hagen, and Julie Saint-Pierre have a few appointments left.

Great for
• low back pain and sciatica
• headaches and migraines
• stress and overwhelm
• sinus pressure and congestion
• sore throat support and cough irritation
• bloating and reflux after richer meals
• constipation or diarrhea flare ups

Direct billing available.
Book now: https://accessacupuncture.janeapp.com

11/27/2025

Little Winter Boost

Here’s a quick way to stay warm and strong this season, straight from Traditional Chinese Medicine wisdom. 🍋🌿

🫖 Warming Tea for a Cold Day:
• 1 slice fresh ginger
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 slice lemon
• 1 cup hot water

Steep 10 minutes, sip slowly, and let warmth spread through your body.
This simple ritual supports your immunity and circulation, a perfect companion to your acupuncture sessions.

11/24/2025

🌿 Strengthen your immune system with acupressure
As the days grow shorter and colder, many people notice more sniffles, coughs, and fatigue making their way through workplaces and classrooms. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), this is the time when our Wei Qi, our body’s protective energy becomes more vulnerable.

🌸 Try This at Home: Acupressure for Immune Support

One of the best acupressure points to help your body stay strong is Large Intestine 4 (LI4), also known as HEGU.
To find it, pinch the webbing between your thumb and index finger, you’ll feel a tender spot when you press down.
Apply gentle pressure for 30–60 seconds on each hand, once or twice a day. This point helps release tension, boost immunity, and even relieve headaches and nasal congestion.

11/20/2025

💫 Period Pain & Hormonal Balance for Teens and Women

Your period shouldn’t be painful and your daughter’s shouldn’t either.
Acupuncture gently regulates the flow of Qi and Blood, easing cramps, headaches, mood changes, and irregular cycles.
With just one session per month, your body can find its natural rhythm again.

🌸 Empower your cycle. Feel balanced, calm, and pain-free.
✔️ Direct billing available
✔️ Use your benefits before the year ends
Book your spot now because every woman deserves to thrive, not just get through her period.
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💫 Douleurs menstruelles et équilibre hormonal pour adolescentes et femmes

Vos règles ne devraient pas être douloureuses, et celles de votre fille non plus.
L'acupuncture régule en douceur la circulation du Qi et du Sang, soulageant les crampes, les maux de tête, les sautes d'humeur et les cycles irréguliers.
Une seule séance par mois suffit pour que votre corps retrouve son rythme naturel.

🌸 Reprenez le contrôle de votre cycle. Retrouvez équilibre, sérénité et sérénité.
✔️ Paiement direct possible, nous acceptons les assurances
✔️ Profitez de vos avantages avant la fin de l'année
Réservez votre place dès maintenant : chaque femme mérite de s'épanouir pleinement, et pas seulement de subir ses règles.

11/17/2025

✨ Looking for 4–6 kiddos for a special demo weekend!

I’m teaching my Pediatric Acupuncture course on November 28–29, and I’m inviting a few families to join us for a free gentle demo session at autumnhealth.

These sessions are:
• Completely safe for children
• Focused on non-invasive techniques (buttons, acupressure, gentle massage)
• Designed to address real concerns like sleep, digestion, anxiety, focus, tummy aches, and pain of all kinds
• A great way to help your child while giving future practitioners hands-on learning

It’s a calm, supportive environment and I’ll be leading every step.

If you’d like your child to participate or want more info, send me a DM: info@accessacupuncture.ca

🩵 Grateful to our community for supporting training that helps more kids across Atlantic Canada receive thoughtful, gentle care.
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✨ Je cherche 4 à 6 enfants pour une fin de semaine spéciale!

J’enseignerai mon cours de pédiatrie en acupuncture les 28 et 29 novembre, et j’invite quelques familles à participer à des séances de démonstration gratuites à Autumn Health Institute à Lower Sackville.

Ces séances sont
• Douces et sécuritaires
• Basées sur des techniques non invasives (boutons, acupression, massage)
• Adaptées aux besoins réels comme le sommeil, la digestion, l’anxiété, le focus, les maux de ventre, et les douleurs de toutes sortes
• Toujours guidées directement par moi dans une atmosphère calme et rassurante

Si vous souhaitez que votre enfant participe ou si vous voulez plus d’information, écrivez-moi en message privé: info@accessacupuncture.ca

🩵 Merci à notre belle communauté d’aider à former des praticiens qui sauront soutenir encore plus de familles partout en Atlantique.

11/12/2025

Helping Teams Feel Better at Work: One Pin at a Time 🌿

As the year winds down, I’m hearing the same thing from so many professionals: neck tension, shoulder pain, and fatigue from months of pushing through.

At Access Acupuncture, we’ve been helping workplaces around HRM experience something new, on-site “Pain Reset” wellness sessions designed to release pain, restore energy, and bring a sense of balance back into the workday.

These short, targeted acupuncture treatments can help:
✨ Relieve back, neck, and shoulder pain
✨ Reduce stress and daily tension
✨ Improve focus and overall wellbeing at work

We’ve seen incredible feedback from teachers, healthcare teams, and office staff who’ve tried it. Many felt lighter, calmer, and more mobile after just one session.

If you think your school, workplace, or organization might love this idea, feel free to mention it to your supervisor or HR department or send us a quick message.
Julie or James will reply to you:
info@accessacupuncture.ca

We now scheduling Pain Reset sessions for end of November and December, and we would love to help a few more teams finish the year feeling better than they started.

🌐 accessacupuncture.ca

11/11/2025

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), acupuncture has been proven effective for over 30 conditions from back and knee pain to digestive troubles, fertility, and stress.

But for us, these aren’t just studies on paper, they’re real people we see every week in our clinic.

This year alone, we’ve helped patients:
✨ Find relief from chronic back and neck pain
✨ Overcome migraines and stubborn shoulder tension that nothing else helped
✨ Regain balance after burnout, exhaustion, and emotional overwhelm
✨ Regulate menstrual cycles, relieve pain and support fertility
✨ Turn breech babies and prepare the body for natural labour
✨ Recover after birth with faster healing, calmer emotions, and better sleep
✨ Soothe digestion, reduce anxiety, and strengthen the immune system

Acupuncture works by guiding your body back to its natural rhythm, improving circulation, calming the nervous system, and supporting the immune response. It teaches it to heal again.

We’ve seen incredible transformations this year. Pain-free movement returning after years of stiffness. Women conceiving after long fertility journeys. Teens finding calm and focus. Older adults breathing easier and sleeping better. These moments remind us every day why we love what we do.

Acupuncture isn’t magic 🪄, it’s the body’s wisdom being awakened again. When we create the right conditions, the body knows exactly what to do.

🪴The WHO recognizes acupuncture’s effectiveness for:

Back pain • Neck pain • Sciatica • Knee pain • Headache • Sprains • Dental and facial pain • Morning sickness • Nausea • Induction of labour • Post-operative pain • Stroke recovery • Hypertension • Rheumatoid arthritis • Allergic rhinitis • Depression • and more.

Emerging research also shows promise for insomnia, PMS, infertility, IBS, asthma, obesity, menopause symptoms, and chronic fatigue.

If you’ve been wondering whether acupuncture could help you or someone you love, this is the time to begin.

Traditional medicine is sometimes seen as pre-scientific, its practices and treatments to be replaced by modern, better, more efficient science-based medicine.

11/08/2025

Shoulder Pain Relief Story

Last week, one of our patients came in unable to lift his arm due to sharp shoulder pain.
Instead of treating the shoulder directly, Christian used points on his ankle and lower leg.

Within minutes, his pain eased and his arm lifted freely.
✨ Balance restored, movement regained, relief achieved.

Pain is simply the body’s way of saying something’s stuck.
Let’s bring it back into harmony.

📍 Book your Pain Reset session with Christian at accessacupuncture.ca