LifeThyme Wellness

More Than a Century of Experience. Over 1,500 Hours of Continuing Education.

At LifeThyme Wellness, Anne, Tiki, and Claire bring together more than 100 years of combined clinical experience helping people manage pain, recover from injury, improve mobility, and support their overall health and well-being.

Experience alone isn't enough. Throughout their careers, our therapists have completed more than 1,500 hours of continuing education, continually expanding their knowledge and refining their skills to stay current with the latest techniques, research, and best practices in therapeutic massage.

While many people think of massage as a luxury or relaxation service, our therapists work within a wellness clinic environment alongside acupuncture and nutrition professionals, providing therapeutic care designed to help people move better, function better, and feel their best.

When it comes to your health, experience matters. Education matters. Results matter.

Hot flashes get all the attention. Nutrition deserves some, too.

If you're struggling with low energy, poor sleep, weight gain, brain fog, mood changes, cravings, or feeling like your body isn't responding the way it used to, what you eat matters.

Nutrition isn't glamorous. It's not a quick fix. But it's one of the few things you have complete control over every single day.

Every meal is an opportunity to support your hormones, stabilize blood sugar, reduce inflammation, preserve muscle, improve energy, and help your body adapt to the changes that come with midlife.

You don't have to be perfect. You don't need a fad diet. Small, consistent choices add up.

Menopause may not be optional. How you fuel yourself is.

Massage means different things to different people.

We are a wellness clinic that provides therapeutic and clinical massage designed to help you move better, feel better, and function better.

Our massage therapists are highly trained professionals who work with people experiencing muscle tension, neck and back pain, headaches, sports injuries, restricted movement, stress, postural issues, and the aches and pains of everyday life.

Every treatment is tailored to your needs and may incorporate deep-tissue techniques, trigger-point therapy, myofascial release, stretching, and other therapeutic approaches.

Whether you're recovering from an injury, managing chronic pain, training for an event, or simply trying to keep up with the demands of work, family, and life, our goal is to help you feel your best.

This is massage with purpose.

Evidence & Empathy: Dry Mouth After Cancer Treatment

Dry mouth (xerostomia) is a common side effect after radiation treatment for head and neck cancers. It can affect eating, speaking, sleeping, digestion, dental health, and overall quality of life.

Research continues to show that acupuncture may help stimulate salivary flow and reduce symptoms of chronic dry mouth in cancer patients after radiation therapy.

A study published in JAMA Network Open found that acupuncture improved symptoms of radiation-induced xerostomia and quality of life in patients recovering from cancer treatment.

At LifeThyme Wellness, our acupuncture physicians have advanced training in integrative oncology, acupuncture, and supportive cancer care, helping patients navigate treatment side effects with individualized care.

Study: Garcia et al., JAMA Network Open (2019)
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.16910

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Point Taken:
Why Try Traditional Chinese Medicine?

A lot of people come to Traditional Chinese Medicine after they feel like they’ve “tried everything.”

They’ve stretched, rested, changed diets, taken medications, pushed through stress, ignored symptoms, or been told their labs are “normal” even though they still don’t feel well.

What many patients are looking for is not just symptom management — they want someone to step back and look at the bigger picture.

How is your sleep?
Your stress response?
Digestion?
Energy?
Recovery?
Hormones?
Breathing?
Pain patterns?
Nervous system?

Traditional Chinese Medicine approaches the body as an interconnected system rather than a collection of isolated symptoms.

That doesn’t mean replacing conventional medicine.
It means adding another lens to understand why the body may not be functioning optimally.

Some patients come for pain and stay because they start sleeping better.
Others come for stress and realize their digestion improves.
Sometimes improving one system helps another start working better, too.

The goal is not perfection.
The goal is to help the body function better as a whole.

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Sleep becomes incredibly important during perimenopause and menopause… and unfortunately, it’s often the first thing to fall apart.

Hot flashes.
Night sweats.
Anxiety.
Racing thoughts at 3 am.
Lighter sleep.
Waking exhausted even after being in bed all night.

Poor sleep doesn’t just affect energy — it impacts mood, stress tolerance, hormones, memory, cravings, pain, nervous system regulation, recovery, and overall quality of life.

At LifeThyme Wellness, we often support sleep during menopause through acupuncture, massage therapy, nutrition, herbal medicine, and strategies for nervous system regulation.

Sometimes helping a woman sleep better changes everything else.

Because when the body finally rests, it has a much better chance of recovering, regulating, and coping with the hormonal transition happening beneath it all.

And yes… we understand because many of us are right there with you.

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*You make noises getting out of a chair.
*You turn your whole body instead of your neck.
*Your shoulders are somewhere near your ears.
*You keep saying, "I must book a massage."
*It's been so long you can't remember your last one.
*It's part of your health care plan, but you forgot.

If any of these sound familiar, consider this your sign.

Book the massage.

Evidence & Empathy:
Week 4: Brain Fog & Cognitive Function

Many cancer patients describe “brain fog” during or after treatment — difficulty concentrating, memory changes, mental fatigue, and slower processing.

Emerging research suggests acupuncture may help support cognitive function, nervous system regulation, sleep, and overall quality of life in cancer survivors experiencing cognitive symptoms after treatment.

While research is still developing, integrative oncology programs continue to explore acupuncture as part of supportive survivorship care.

At LifeThyme Wellness, our acupuncture physicians have advanced training in integrative oncology, acupuncture, and supportive cancer care.

Study: Johns Hopkins / Memorial Sloan Kettering integrative oncology research on acupuncture and cognitive symptoms in cancer survivors.
https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/integrative-medicine/herbs/acupuncture

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Point Taken:
Why Acupuncture Treatments Take Time

One of the biggest differences between Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture and Contemporary Medical Acupuncture (CMA) lies in their overall approaches to treatment.

CMA is often focused on one piece of healthcare — primarily musculoskeletal pain, trigger points, and neurofunctional needling.

Traditional Chinese Medicine acupuncture looks at the body as an interconnected system. We are not only asking “where does it hurt?” We are also looking at nervous system regulation, circulation, digestion, stress response, sleep, hormones, recovery, and overall balance within the body.

This is also one reason our treatments are longer than a quick 15–30 minute needle session.

In TCM acupuncture, the needles are often left in place for about 20–30 minutes to allow the body time to shift into a more regulated and restorative state. In our clinic, we also monitor changes through pulse diagnosis during treatment.

If the pulses are not changing the way we expect, we may adjust the treatment, add or remove needles, or change the strategy altogether.

The needles are not simply “put in and left.”
We are constantly assessing how the body is responding.

Different styles of acupuncture can all have value, but they are not always trying to accomplish the same thing.

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Hot flashes can feel like your body suddenly forgot how temperature works.

For some women, they’re occasional.
For others, they disrupt sleep, work, mood, exercise, confidence, and daily life.

At LifeThyme Wellness, we often support hot flashes and menopause symptoms with a combination of acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutrition, and nervous system support.

Acupuncture treatments are designed to help regulate the body’s stress response, support nervous system balance, improve sleep, and reduce the frequency and intensity of hot flashes for many patients.

Herbal medicine may also be used to help support hormonal transition patterns, night sweats, irritability, sleep disturbance, and overall balance — always individualized to the patient.

Many women seek out acupuncture and herbs because they either cannot take hormone replacement therapy, choose not to, or simply want additional support alongside their medical care.

There is no “one size fits all” approach to menopause care.
The goal is helping women feel more comfortable, supported, and functional during this transition.

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