Kathy West Acupuncture

05/04/2025

I'll be on vacation this week, May 5-9. Online schedule is available for those wanting to schedule for after I'm back.

10/01/2021

Even though I've been cupping as long as I've been in practice, i.e. 1993, I've recently added more training that I'm really excited about. I got my Myofascial Cupping Practitioner Certification! Though I'm certainly not getting rid of my plexiglass cups, I'm starting to add in silicone cups, like these Rockpods from Rocktape.

06/23/2020

As Spokane has moved to phase 2 of reopening people are venturing out more. I've opened up more hours over three days a week. As more evidence comes out how people can spread Covid-19 before they exhibit any symptoms at all, I am asking everyone who comes in to wear a mask. I will be doing the same. Let's keep each other safe!

Face masks may help slow the spread of the coronavirus. Learn about the types of masks, which type you should use and how to wear it properly.

06/23/2020

We are still learning so much about the effects of Covid-19. In this study they are finding lung changes in people who test positive for the virus, yet are asymptomatic. Wear your mask!!

A new study reveals that even patients who are reportedly asymptomatic — no fever, cough, fatigue or breathing issues — could sustain temporary lung damage from the novel coronavirus.

04/01/2020

I hope everyone is staying healthy and social distancing! I am open but limited hours on a couple days of the week. To schedule either do so online, kathywestacupuncture.com or call.

07/12/2018

This is what Traditional Chinese Medicine has been saying for thousands of years. In the vast majority of the time, heat not ice!!!

When I wrote my best-selling Sportsmedicine Book in 1978, I coined the term RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) for the treatment of athletic injuries (Little Brown and Co., page 94). Ice has been a standard treatment for injuries and sore muscles because it helps to relieve pain caused by inju...

04/07/2018

I found this article interesting. Stay fit!!

A new study published in JAMA Oncology finds that women with breast cancer who have more muscle mass have a better chance of survival.

01/30/2018

By Sara Calabro It’s the little things. A strong espresso. An afternoon nap. A walk with your dog. No matter who you are or what you have going on in your life, 2018 is bound to be full of th…

10/24/2017

President Trump has promised a major announcement and action on the opioid abuse crisis in the coming days – welcome news to deal with a growing problem.

10/10/2017

I've been following the opioid crisis and been thinking, more people need acupuncture! It was mentioned, albeit briefly, in this pbs news hour clip.

With addictions and overdoses surging over the past two decades, recent CDC guidelines urge doctors to avoid or dramatically limit the use of legal painkillers. But in Southern California, a group of Kaiser Permanente doctors has been helping chronic pain patients "step down" from high-dose opioids…

09/20/2017

The deluge of kitty season has really been straining a local, great Spokane animal rescue resource, Higher Ground Animal Sanctuary. Please give if you can, even $5 or $10 helps!

Tomorrow we have 11 spay/neuters and an eye enucleation.
11 spay/neuters $357.
11 vaccinations $63.
6 rabies $90.
11 microchips $121.
Eye enucleation aprox $200.

Total- $831. = divorce

Friday we have 6 spay/neuters

I have been cut off this month by Lord of the Banks.
And this is just my Discover Card 😬
Please help the animals
and save my marriage!
Hit the donate button!
www.highergroundanimalsanctuary.org