Bethleigh Flanagan, R.Ac.
Bethleigh Flanagan's interest in healing began in her teens, when she took an apprenticeship with a third generation Acupuncturist and Naturopath in Albany, New York in 1978.
Bethleigh graduated from the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences in Oakland, California in 1987. She has been practicing acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine in the U.S. and abroad for over 20 years.
After graduating from Acupuncture school Bethleigh joined a team of Medical experts working in a clinic in India for a year. She also worked with a team of doctors aboard a Mobile Hospital Bus. She worked as an Acupuncturist at Girard Medical Center for 3 years integrating acupuncture treatments with medical protocols.
Bethleigh uses the wisdom of both ancient principles and modern research to arrive at your customized treatment plan. Modalities used include Japanese and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Acupuncture, as well as non needle methods including massage, electro stimulation, Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine, cupping (a gentle suction technique) and Moxabustion (a warming therapy).
Bethleigh is Nationally Certified in Addiction Recovery, completed the NCCAOM examination and certification 1987, and is Licensed in the State of New York and Pennsylvania.
Bethleigh looks forward to working with you on your Health Concerns.
Acupuncture has been found to be effective in treating:
Abdominal pain (in acute gastroenteritis or due to gastrointestinal spasm)
Acne vulgaris
Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy
Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)AsthmaArthritisAnxiety
Alcohol dependence and detoxification
Bell’s palsy
Biliary colic
Bronchial asthma
Cancer pain
Cardiac neurosis
Cholecystitis
Cholelithiasis
Competition stress syndrome
Craniocerebral injury, closed
Depression (including depressive neurosis and depression following stroke)
DiabetesEye Diseases
Digestive DisrodersIrrritable Bowl Syndrome
Dysmenorrhoea
Epigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastrospasm)
Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)
Facial spasm
Female urethral syndrome
Fibromyalgia and fasciitis
Gastrokinetic disturbance
Gouty arthritis
Headache Eye disorders
Hepatitis B virus carrier status
Hyperlipaemia
Hypertension, essential
Hypo-ovarianism
Hypotension, primary
Induction of labour
Infertility
Insomnia
Knee pain
Labour pain
Lactation, deficiency
Leukopenia
Low back pain
Male sexual dysfunction, non-organic
Malposition of fetus, correction of
Ménière disease
Morning sickness
Nausea and vomiting
Neck pain
Neuralgia, post-herpetic
Neurodermatitis
Obesity
Opium, cocaine and heroin dependence
Osteoarthritis
Pain in dentistry (including dental pain and temporomandibular dysfunction)
Periarthritis of shoulder
Polycystic ovary syndrome (Stein–Leventhal syndrome)
Postoperative convalescence
Postoperative pain
Premenstrual syndrome
Prostatitis, chronic
Pruritus
Radicular and pseudoradicular pain syndrome
Raynaud syndrome, primary
Recurrent lower urinary-tract infection
Renal colic
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
Retention of urine, traumatic
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sciatica
Sprain
Stroke
Sjögren syndrome Skin disordersSore throat (including tonsillitis)
Spine pain, acute
Stiff neck
Temporomandibular joint dysfunction Tobacco dependence
Tennis elbow
Ulcerative colitis, chronic
Whooping cough (pertussis)
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