Your advocate for health and wellness.

After her own journey through pain using acupuncture, Chinese herbs, and supplements, Kate Rudigier, L.Ac made it her mission to help others take control of their health. She offers individualized acupuncture, herbal medicine, and body work designed to treat the root of the problem, not just the symptoms.

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Acupuncture is excellent for pain.

Acupuncture shows evidence of positive effect for following conditions:

  • Allergic rhinitis
  • Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting
  • Chronic low back pain
  • Headache (tension type and chronic)
  • Knee osteoarthritis
  • Migraine prevention
  • Postoperative nausea and vomiting
  • Postoperative pain

Acupuncture shows evidence of potential positive effect for these conditions:

  • Acute low back pain
  • Acute stroke
  • Ambulatory anaesthesia
  • Anxiety
  • Aromatase-inhibitor-induced arthralgia
  • Asthma in adults
  • Back or pelvic pain during pregnancy
  • Cancer pain
  • Cancer-related fatigue
  • Constipation
  • Craniotomy anaesthesia
  • Depression (with antidepressants)
  • Dry eye
  • Hypertension (with medication) 
  • Insomnia
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Labour pain
  • Lateral elbow pain
  • Menopausal hot flushes
  • Modulating sensory preception thresholds
  • Neck pain
  • Obesity
  • Perimenopausal and postmenopausal insomnia
  • Plantar heel pain
  • Post-stroke insomnia
  • Post-stroke shoulder pain
  • Post-stroke spasticity
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Prostatitis pain / chronic pelvic pain
  • Recovery after colorectal cancer resection
  • Restless leg syndrome
  • Schizophrenia (with antipsychotics)
  • Sciatica
  • Shoulder impingement syndrome, early stage (with exercise)
  • Shoulder pain
  • Smoking cessation (up to 3 months)
  • Stroke rehabilitation
  • Tempromandibular pain (TMJ)

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Kate Rudigier, L.Ac.

Kate Rudigier, L.Ac, is now accepting new patients at Grafton Family Chiropractic and Wellness Center in Vancouver, WA.

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