Plantar fasciitis is inflammation of a thick band of fascia under the bottom of the foot connecting the heel bone to the toes. I know this first hand because I have experienced it 3 times in my adult life.

As someone who is Chinese American and living in Flushing, getting acupuncture was not a strange concept. I can’t really remember when I first heard about it because it seemed like something I always knew existed.

I have found that new patients tend to feel concerned that acupuncture will hurt or they have some fear of laying still with needles in them. Both very valid concerns to someone who is new to this. To give this a bit of more perspective I asked a few people to describe their experiences with acupuncture.

In Chinese Medicine, one of the main ways we get sick is due to the exposure of cold. Sometimes it is the cold itself and sometimes it is the exposure to cold that makes your body weaker and more susceptible to the exposure of a virus.