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Safe and Gentle Care at Acupuncture Works Center

Kristin A. Dudley, nationally board certified licensed acupuncturist and herbalist, serves patients at Acupuncture Works Center, her facility in downtown Flemington. Dudley, who earned her MA in Oriental Medicine at Southwest Acupuncture College in 1999,  uses thin, sterile, disposable needles to ensure a comfortable experience for her patients. In addition, guidelines have been implemented to keep everyone safe and separated. 

Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine has been used for thousands of years to maintain health and help a wide variety of maladies. According to traditional Chinese medicine, your overall health is determined by the quality of the Qi (energy) flow through the natural pathways of your body (meridians). Acupuncture uses a variety of techniques to stimulate and improve your Qi flow. Benefits of acupuncture include stress relief, increased energy, alleviation of migraines and more. 

Dudley’s caring and gentle nature provide an easy atmosphere in which to heal. Her goal is to be a catalyst; she is there to help speed up the body’s own healing process. As she explains, “Everything we need to heal is already inside of us. Acupuncture balances the body allowing the healing to take place.”

New patients receive 25% off their first visit with mention of this article. 

Location: 84 Park Ave., Flemington. For more information, call 973-979-1652, email [email protected] or visit AcupunctureWorksCenter.com. See ad, page 23.

In-Print News Briefs August 2022
Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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