GroundSpring Healing Center

03/24/2022

Just a little update- we have Covid tests available!

Rapid/Antigen 2pk: $30. On sale for $15 through March 31st.

02/19/2019

More research to come! Thank you all for your patience and your stories while we learn more.

12/30/2018

Happy New Year! We will be open 12/31/18 through 3pm.

12/30/2018

We're delighted to announce Dr. Andrew Kim is moving in this week! He will see patients starting Thursday, 1/3/19. He is dual licensed in both acupuncture and Naturopathic medicine. Dr. Kim and Dr. Vogel have worked alongside each other for many years. We are delighted to have him aboard. Welcome, Dr. Kim!

03/25/2018

"Life is water dancing to the tune of solids" Albert Sent Gyorgyi.

08/09/2017

Thursday, 8/10/17 All Pedistone sessions $50! Regular price $65. Call 503-244-1330 to book. Fung-Ming Kung, LAc. will use special pressure points on your feet and lower legs to assist all body functions. It's a must do to stay on top of the heat by promoting good circulation. Scalp, arm massage available as an add-on fee.

05/08/2017

Foot Reflexology sessions available this week! Fung-Ming Kung, L.Ac. is back from Taiwan and ready to spring you ahead!

05/03/2017

Thursday-Friday, 5/4-5, We will only have office support from 10am-2pm in case you need herbal refills or appointments. Gonzo, Joanna, FungMing, and Valerie will be in a Kidney, Pancreas, Spleen, and Peritoneum intensive through 5/7. As those 4 organs are the biggest cause of low back pain, we'll all be feeling extra good upon return Monday!

07/15/2016

Joanna is off next Wednesday to delve into part II of the cranial nerves, first time taught in the US by Alain Crobier, DO. Jean Pierre Barral will teach his first "Manual therapy of the Intervertebral Disc" course in Austin. Can't wait to share the latest and greatest of what is possible delve into with just our hands!!

05/29/2016

We will be open tomorrow, Memorial day. If the finding of lead in our Portland Public schools has your worried about your own home's water, you are welcome to fill a gallon of water from our ionized alkaline water. It filters the lead out while keeping the essential microminerals in. Bring your own container, of you can purchase a gallon glass jug.

05/07/2016

“The Heart’s electrical activity it 60x greater in amplitude than the brain. The magnetic field produced by the Heart is 5000 x greater than the strength of the brain.”
“Research elucidates the intriguing finding that the electromagnetic signals generated by the heart have the capacity to affect others" From the Institute of Heart Math.

04/12/2016

We had the pleasure of spending 4 days studying with Jean Anne Zollars, DPT, who is the one of the top pediatric birth trauma manual therapists in the US. We felt amazing spinal cord mobility and brain activity increase in spina bifida babies after decreasing the cranial pressure with mobilizing the cranial sutures, fontanels, and connective tissue around the spinal cord. What an amazing experience!

01/29/2016

Just finished an amazing and intense 3 days studying arteries of the abdomen, spine, and pelvis in Ayr, Scotland. After day 1 of releasing tensions around my own arterial branches to the liver, spleen, stomach, and pancreas, I woke up with my mid back pain gone! As our abdominal aorta lies just in front of our vertebra, any tensions, twists, or restrictions along the arterial branches can pull our bones right along with it. Disc problem at L4-L5? At this level, the aorta bifurcates in two to go down our legs. Most L4-L5 problems can be prevented by releasing arterial tensions and rotations at this area and by improving the veinous return from our discs through our veinous system.

01/20/2016

Welcome to YuJin Lee, L.Ac! YuJin graduated from NCNM and has both traditional Chinese Medicine training in acupuncture and herbs and is also well versed in 5 element acupuncture. YuJin is in network with Moda and hopefully other insurance panels soon (a change of address always takes awhile in the insurance world. YuJin is available Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 9-6pm.

12/11/2015

We're open through the holidays, except on Christmas and New Year's. We can all be at our best while embracing the end of fall and waiting for the days to get lighter and brighter! Updates for 2016: We welcome YuJin Lee, L.Ac who will be providing acupuncture Tuesday - Thursdays. Joanna will head to Scotland and Ireland for more study on the spine and the lower body vasculature at the end of January. Gonzo is off to Germany in March and Frances will be on maternity leave in January. We welcome Taylor, Margie, and Luci to our support team!

11/30/2015

Fall/Autumn is the season of the Metal element, which is represented by the Lung and Large Intestine organs. This picture from French anatomy textbooks, shows 3 ligaments that allow our lungs to hang down from our neck and first rib. If any of these ligaments are tight, or in spasm, then we will have a constant pull of our head to rotation or side bending, and of course, pain. These ligaments are commonly a problem in babies born with torticolis, wry neck syndrome where the infant's head stays turned to one side or they cry in pain when forced to turn their head to the difficult side. Treatment of these ligaments through Jean Pierre's teachings is very gentle, painless, and quite a beauty to experience, as the ligaments release their tension. If you have tried chiropractic or massage, acupuncture which might have only provided short termed relief, then you might need treatment on the lung itself, which Jean Pierre Barral has taught in his visceral manipulation courses. Once the lungs have full mobility, in the surrounding pleura to the heart (mediastinum), diaphragm (pleuralcostal recess), and ribcage, we have much more energy, more optimism, and more enthusiasm for the wonders of the world. Cheers to 22 more days of fall before we welcome the winter solstice!

11/03/2015

This video is wonderful to show how important our veinous system is in our head. Many headaches and neck pain arise when our veins are compressed from tight surrounding tissues which doesn't allow good veinous drainage. The arch seen in this video, the Falx Cerebri wants to be supple, elastic, and wants good movement forwards and backwards. Often, from trauma it is rigid. Rigidity prevents veinous drainage. If Gonzo, Valerie, Frances or myself perform work on your head, often we are "freeing up" constrictions around the veins in your head so you can keep bringing in fresh blood, while flushing out the spent blood resulting in clear thinking, free range of motion, and a lightness in your head with no neck pain and no headaches.

10/31/2015

Here's an amazing study which correlates digestive disturbances early on in life leading to Parkinsons. The study follows a large population of people who had constipation and/or other digestions problems and then had their vagus nerve severed. If you read the study, please don't think of the vagus nerve as the "culprit". The vagus nerve communicates the conditions of the digestive system to the brain. By treating the digestive system and then treating restrictions along the vagus nerve, it is very optimistic to think we can truly make a difference in preventing brain disorders!

http://neurosciencenews.com/parkinsons-gastrointestinal-tract-neurology-2150/

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