Allergy relief through Acupuncture

I first started seeing Brad Cimino at Proactive Acupuncture to relieve lower back pain and reduce stress - and it worked! Brad had recommended when I came in to try and cleanse my body from traditional western medication. I reduced and then completely stopped taking Naproxen for my back pain and was feeling better and stronger than ever. It was July and although concerned, I also stopped taking Allegra for my allergies. This was hard to do, since I had been taking Allegra (or some type of allergy medication) for most of my life... especially since I moved to California in 1993. In fact, I was on it year round - I took one a day, during the winter months and two a day, during the summer months. A couple months went by and my husband pointed out that I hadn't needed my allergy medicine. I was surprised to realize it but not quite a believer, I thought, let's see what happens when spring comes around. I advised Brad that my allergies were really bad around April & May and that we needed to be really aggressive with treatment. So during that time, I went in weekly for acupuncture - which DID hold my allergies at bay for the most part. There was one, 2 week period where I had to take an over the counter allergy relief - but that was it! I continue to see Brad for pain & allergy management and would recommend to anyone to seek acupuncture as an alternative to traditional western medicine!!

-Andrea J.