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Thrive Acupuncture and Wellness Center

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Thrive Acupuncture and Wellness Center

We provide high quality Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine care for the people in Rapid City, SD. Book here: thriveblackhills.janeapp.com

08/04/2025

We are open for regular business hours this week during the Sturgis Morotcycle Rally, and we do have appointments available!

Call/text 605-858-9571 or book online.

Stay safe and cool out there!

07/31/2025

Gut Flare-Ups Don’t Have To Be Your Summer Adventure

Bloating. Urgency. Gas. Avoiding food. Avoiding plans because there’s not a toilet close by. If you’ve been adjusting your life around your digestion—this is your reminder that you don’t have to keep doing that.

Gut symptoms we help people address, without pharmaceuticals or life-consuming “cleanses”:
● IBS or IBD flare-ups
● Bloating or painful gas
● Urgent or unpredictable digestion
● Constipation or irregularity
● Post-meal fatigue or fog

Acupuncture supports your digestion by addressing the entire system—not just your stomach. We work with your nervous system, circulation, inflammation, and signaling to help your gut function efficiently again. You can enjoy food, summer, and your body. That’s possible when your body has the resources to function properly.

We’ve helped many people restore ease in their digestion. I’m here to help you too.
Click the link in our bio or call or text 605-858-9571 to book your first session and take the first step toward reliable digestion.

07/30/2025

Are Your Hormones Running the Show?

Does it feel like your body has a mind of its own lately? Summer heat tends to stir up internal heat too—which can make hormonal symptoms louder and harder to manage.

Hormone-related symptoms we treat in the clinic every week:
● Mood swings or ragey PMS
● Hot flashes or night sweats
● Irregular periods
● Anxiety that seems to come out of nowhere
● Low libido and fatigue
● Insomnia that won’t budge
● Painful periods
● Breast tenderness

These aren’t random symptoms! They’re signs your body needs support to be able to regulate its hormones. Acupuncture helps reset communication in your endocrine system and cool the internal chaos so you can feel more balanced, clear, and like yourself again.

If your hormones are flaring, there’s something we can do. Click the link in our bio or call or text 605-858-9571 to book your first visit. Together, we can start calming things down, from the inside out. Isn’t it time YOU start running the show, instead of your hormones?

07/30/2025

Stress: The Unwanted Guest In Your Body

Stress isn’t a personality trait, it’s a pattern. And when your body stays in that pattern for too long, you stop feeling like yourself. Here’s how stress can go beyond bad mood and irritability to affect your physical health:

● Fatigue, no matter how much you sleep
● Headaches
● Bloating
● Numbness and tingling
● Constipation or frequent stools
● A clenched feeling in your chest or your gut

Acupuncture helps shift your nervous system out of survival mode so your body can actually repair. Stress is a normal factor of life, and supporting your body to have the resources to navigate the stress of the world is what we do in our clinic. Some people call it building resilience, we call it being well resourced, even when there’s stress in your life. We are here to help you feel less like you're pushing through and more like you're living again, with you in charge–not your stress response.

Click the link in our bio or call or text 605-858-9571 to book your first session. Your body is ready. I’m ready to help you feel like yourself again.

07/28/2025

Our birthday twins turn 5 and 9 today! Happy Birthday Junie & Wayland!

It's our 5th year celebrating their birthdays in South Dakota which means we've owned Thrive Acupuncture & Wellness for nearly 5 years! Time flies and we are grateful for it all. 😍

07/25/2025

Perimenopause: A Moving Target For Your Frustration

Perimenopause can feel like a moving target. One week you’re sleeping fine, the next you’re waking up drenched in sweat. Mood swings. Brain fog. Joint pain. Fatigue. Menstrual Irregularities.

Common symptoms we treat in our clinic related to perimenopause:
● Night sweats
● Hot flashes
● Anxiety or irritability
● Insomnia or early waking
● Irregular or heavy periods
● Low energy or joint pain

You don’t have to just deal with it or wait it out, and you don't have to resort to taking synthetic hormones either. There are real, supportive ways to help your body transition smoothly. We're here to help your body stay steady while everything is shifting.

Call/text 605-858-9571 or click the link in our bio to book your first visit and start feeling more like yourself again.

07/24/2025

Your seasonal reminder that Food is Medicine 🌾🍄 - Summer Edition

If the heat has got you boiling, irritated, frustrated and sweaty, there are natural ways of helping your body temperature and mood cool down without resorting to standing 24/7 in front of the AC unit. And no, it's not ice cream (unfortunately).

In Chinese Medicine, we warn against consuming a lot of cold food: meaning ice cream, iced drinks, frozen smoothies should be consumed in moderation, even in the heat of summer. The cold natured food dampens digestion, which can lead to bloating, gas, brain fog, low energy and other issues down the road.

Instead, we want to consume healthy quantities of COOLING foods, that are high in moisture which will naturally protect our body's yin, replenish fluids, and bring our temperatures down. Here are some foods to focus on - and also probably what you're craving:

⚫ Watermelon! Actually - all summer melons, cantaloupes, honeydew etc.
⚫ Cucumbers
⚫ Zucchini squash and Summer squash
⚫ Mint - a naturally cooling herb
⚫ Greens and salads

Eating these foods will also set us up for health in the Fall, as the seasons turn and the weather cools. It's always best for our health to eat seasonally and locally whenever possible!

07/23/2025

When “Have Fun!” Feels Like a Demand - Summer Heat Edition

It’s summer. You’re “supposed” to be relaxed. Grateful. Soaking it in. Grilling, chilling, adventuring, posting.

And all you feel is that–you’re just not in the mood. You’re irritated. Cranky. The rain on everyone’s parade–including your own. (Don’t worry–we're not judging you.) The heat makes you snappy. The noise makes your skin crawl! Even rest feels like something you’re supposed to achieve.

You’re not a jerk. You’re overloaded. All systems GONE–not go. For both men and women, hormonal shifts + chronic stress + summer heat can create a perfect storm:

● Quick temper
● Brain fog
● Jaw clenching or teeth grinding
● Night sweats
● Skin flares or digestive chaos
● Feeling totally overwhelmed by normal things

It’s not just your mood. It’s your whole system talking. When your internal temperature rises—literally and energetically—your nervous system starts interpreting everything as a threat, even the “nice” stuff.

Acupuncture helps turn the dial down. It doesn’t just treat irritability—it unwinds the layers underneath: heat, pressure, stagnation, exhaustion. It helps your body switch out of reactivity and into flow again.

This isn’t about pushing through summer. It’s about reclaiming ease—not as a reward, but as your baseline. Not because you have to, but because you actually do want to feel better. Book a session. Let’s help your body remember what ease feels like—not forced, not performative, just real. Call or text 605-858-9571 or click the link in our bio.

07/22/2025

We have quite a bit of availability this week for new patients! If you've been thinking about coming in, take this as your sign!

Back pain?
Tennis elbow?
Headaches?
Hot flashes?
Insomnia?

We can help! Call/text 605-858-9571 or visit www.thriveblackhills.com to book.

Address

807 Columbus Street
Rapid City, SD
57701

Opening Hours

Tuesday	9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 5:30pm
Thursday	9am - 5:30pm
Friday	9am - 5:30pm
Saturday	9am - 1pm

Website

http://www.thriveblackhills.com/

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Is Acupuncture Right For You?

Thrive Acupuncture and Wellness is committed to helping you achieve your most balanced life using various treatment modalities individualized to your personal needs. We want to make holistic alternative healthcare accessible to everyone in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

We provide a comfortable and relaxing atmosphere with personalized and professional care developed with each of our clients. Practitioners Alan Suhr and Dylan Brandenburg are both state and nationally certified Acupuncturists.

We use only small gauge, disposable needles to re-establish the balance of energy in the body. The needles are inserted at points in the body that correspond to energy pathways. This stimulation helps to restore the normal balance and flow of ‘Qi’ or ‘Chi’ – your life force.

Alan Suhr is a certified Master of Qi Gong. Thrive Acupuncture and Wellness often pairs Chinese herbal medicine with Acupuncture to address the full range of our patients’ symptoms. Other modalities we practice include cupping, gua sha, and moxa.