Northwest Sports Acupuncture

03/03/2024

Learning some new stuff!!! ♥️🔥

06/16/2022

And it’s official!

Grants Pass Healing Arts Welcomes Paula!!!!
Paula was born and raised in Grants Pass. She received her Bachelor of Arts from Willamette University in 2002. She majored in Sociology and minored in Spanish. Paula was awarded a vocal scholarship to attend Willamette and she continued to study and perform opera during her time there. She graduated from the Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine with a Masters degree in 2007 and has been a licensed acupuncturist practicing in Grants Pass since 2008.

In 2013 she completed her 200 hour yoga teacher training with Tiffany Cruikshank of Yoga Medicine. In 2015 she completed an apprenticeship program in orthopedics and sports medicine acupuncture with Whitfield Reaves. In 2019 she completed the Crossfit Level 1 training.

Paula has a passion for movement. Her goal in her work is to help people feel strong and resilient in their bodies and the freedom to move without pain. She believes that physical and mental strength and stamina go hand in hand. A flexible body lends itself to a flexible mind.

When she isn’t working or teaching, Paula enjoys trail running with her dog, riding her horse, traveling, enjoying good food and laughing with friends.

Paula will be teaching Thursday evenings from 6-7:15.
Enjoy A light-hearted class to unwind body and mind. Paula connects breath and movement teaching with a joyful approach. Class will include standing poses, seated poses and some twists. All students welcome but getting down to mat and back up with ease is recommended. No pre-registration is required at this time.

10/27/2021

08/28/2021

You are what you eat! He explains things so well! Happy Saturday 🍉🌽🥦🥑🥕

02/09/2021

Happy birthday Horizon Acupuncture LLC! It’s official! Seems fitting we were both born in February ❤️🥂Cheers!

09/05/2020

So cool!

08/26/2020

Boom. ❤️

Stop looking where you fell. Start looking where you tripped. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The nerve roots nearby to the neck and shoulders (called the brachial plexus) are felt downstream in the arm, wrist, & hand. Diagnoses such as carpal tunnel are typically an issue farther upstream at the brachial plexus. Focusing only on where you feel the symptoms will not resolve the cause. You’re going to keep falling if you never fix where you tripped. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Compression of the brachial plexus is established from poor patterns of postural positioning, limited movement ranges, and inefficient breathing. The head forward with a neck constantly flexed, shoulders rounded with a tight chest, arms & hands turned downward to type, and overuse of accessory muscles in breathing feed into a body that is no longer working for space. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Work to gain that space again. Direct the body toward expansion in posture, breath, and movement. Alleviate the tension in the brachial plexus and the nerves will stop screaming “you’re smashing me!”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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This arm position, demonstrated by certified instructor Carlene Malack, is more than simple prayer arms. When set up from a place of expansion and postural alignment through FT Decompression Breathing, transitioning to this arm position provides space in brachial plexus while positioning the thoracic spine wide under healthy tension. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Learn more about this and the other FT arm positions that counteract brachial plexus compression in our streaming platform. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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06/30/2020

06/28/2020

Love yourself enough to no longer just dream of a better life, but act upon it. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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What we consume, what we do, who we choose to be with, and how we talk to ourselves & others. These things shape us and our priorities. Despite the inevitable eye rolls and over-use of the word "love," how we live our life is a reflection of how much we love ourselves. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Mental health is not a compartmentalized todo list. It is embedded into everything. When you are holding a challenging pose do you encourage yourself or berate yourself? When you are fraught with a schedule that seems incapable of pause, do you prioritize time to breathe & move? Do the people you spend the most time with reflect who YOU want to be?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Doing Foundation Training is awesome. Even more awesome is if that can show you that YOU can take control of your health in other areas of your life too. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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02/05/2020

This was so helpful! Thank you!

I have a couple patients on it who I'd like to get off of Prilosec and was wondering what you recommend. Do they need to taper off of it? Can they take

01/10/2020

I love this. The question is how do we feel in our bodies? How do we feel in our skin? It’s not important what the number on the scale says. What is import is do you feel alive? Energized? Nourished? Flexible? Strong? I have spent time being extremely sedentary and I have been trained up to run 26.2 miles. I have been in the condition where I can hardly lift my body weight and I’ve been in shape to deadlift 100 pounds over my body weight. In each state and everywhere in between I have caught myself being self critical. What I have realized is we have to start where we are. We have to appreciate where we are at in this moment. If we can’t appreciate where we are, we will never fully appreciate it when we evolve, grow and meet our goals.

Dieting and weight loss obsessions are actually causing weight gain and poorer overall health outcomes in our population.

11/29/2019

Yes!

11/01/2019

Ladies! Registration for our Women's READY Camp is open and the class is filling up quickly! Our first 6 week session begins November 12th, with classes every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30pm.

Check out the link and sign up before the remaining spots are gone!

https://crossfitgp.com/womens-ready-camp/

08/15/2019

Feeling so incredibly grateful for the work I get to do and all of the lovely people I get to meet along the way on their path to healing! Having patients get off the table and walk out of my treatment room with less pain or no pain just never gets old! It's such a blessing to witness the incredible healing capacity of the body up close. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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