If your allergies feel worse this year than they used to, you're not being dramatic. Allergy season in New York City has genuinely intensified over the last decade — longer, earlier, and more severe than most of us grew up with. And if you're someone who has been managing with antihistamines and nasal sprays and finding that they're working less well, or that you're just exhausted from the constant management of it, there's another approach worth knowing about. Why Allergies

By Annalisa Brown, L.Ac., Dipl. Ac. | AB Acupuncture | Upper West Side, NYC Every year around this time I start hearing the same thing from patients: "I should be feeling better — it's finally warm out — but I'm exhausted." If that resonates, you're not imagining it, and there's nothing wrong with you. Spring fatigue is a real physiological phenomenon, and in New York City it hits particularly hard. Why Spring Can Feel Worse Before It Feels Better We tend to think of seasonal

If you're living with chronic pain, anxiety, IBS, or symptoms that never fully resolve no matter what you try, this post is for you. I'm an acupuncturist practicing on the Upper West Side of New York City, and the approach I use at AB Acupuncture is a little different from what most people expect. It's rooted in neuroscience, informed by a framework called Pain Reprocessing Therapy, and centered on something I believe deeply: that understanding your own nervous system is part