{"id":10675,"date":"2022-01-19T04:25:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T04:25:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chewhs.org\/our-patient-stories-stella\/"},"modified":"2022-04-06T23:09:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T23:09:45","slug":"our-patient-stories-stella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chewhs.org\/zh-hant\/our-patient-stories-stella\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Patient Stories- Stella"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"image_pdf\"Download PDF<\/span><\/a>\"image_print\"Print this page<\/span><\/a><\/div>[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_custom_heading text=”Acupuncture Provides Effective Alternative to Hypertension Drugs” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][divider line_type=”No Line”][vc_column_text]Stella Lochman is an active 34-year-old Public Engagement Manager for the SFMOMA. Last summer, she was diagnosed with hypertension. \u201cI had the blood pressure of a 70-year-old obese man,\u201d she describes. Determined to feel better and not be on blood pressure medication for the rest of her life, Stella turned to acupuncture.<\/p>\n

Stella is passionate about her work placing artists\u2019 projects in the community, and bringing community artists into the SFMOMA for residencies. \u201cIt\u2019s really fun. And it\u2019s also really stressful,\u201d she says. She was regularly logging 65-hour weeks, but wasn\u2019t taking any time for herself. \u201cI was kind of a mess. My body was done with me,\u201d she remembers.<\/p>\n

At the advice of her primary care physician, Stella quit smoking. She also went off of birth control medication. Despite these big changes, her blood pressure didn\u2019t budge. This contributed even more to her stress and anxiety. Stella started going to the gym five days a week, doing 45 minutes of cardio. She was prescribed two different types of blood pressure medication, but didn\u2019t like the way these drugs made her feel\u2014tired all of the time. After a few months of struggling with these changes, she decided to try acupuncture.<\/p>\n

Sabine Huey, L.Ac, made Stella feel comfortable and confident from her first visit to East West Health Services. \u201cShe was sweet and professional, and I could feel her enthusiasm for her practice,\u201d Stella remembers. After the first session, Stella\u2019s blood pressure had dropped 20 points. She came back weekly, and noticed that the positive BP change lasted longer and longer after each time. \u201cSabine explained to me that with each session, I was building up my own army in my body.\u201d<\/p>\n

The East West Clinic is conveniently located just steps from Stella\u2019s office, at the intersection of Chinatown and FiDi. \u201cIt\u2019s right by my work, so I can just walk there on my lunch break. I have yummy Chinese food for lunch,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

After three months of weekly sessions, Stella\u2019s blood pressure stabilized. Now, she is able to maintain her healthy BP with once-a-month treatments.<\/p>\n

In addition to seeing her numbers go down, Stella has experienced other benefits from acupuncture. \u201cIt\u2019s a whole person treatment. On top of helping me feel better physically, Sabine is a life coach. When I came in with anxiety, she would tell me: \u2018We\u2019re going to work on making you feel more brave.\u2019 She really helped to build me up mentally and emotionally.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sabine also helped Stella make the connections between different symptoms in her body. She showed her how her headaches and back aches were related to her stress and high blood pressure. \u201cShe\u2019s able to see the whole picture in a way that my Western doctors, as much as I love and respect them, can\u2019t always do.\u201d Thanks to acupuncture, Stella has been able to come to her primary care doctors more informed about her body and her needs. She feels like those visits are more productive now, too.[\/vc_column_text][nectar_single_testimonial testimonial_style=”basic” image=”11293″ name=”Stella Lochman” quote=”Going to acupuncture is the act of taking care of yourself. It is about giving yourself a moment to be still, to meditate, and to be there for yourself. That was one of the biggest things that I was missing in my life.”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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