Erika Freed
House of JerMar Podcast -- Featuring Prinz ...

I had the pleasure of being a guest on the incredible podcast, House of JerMar— and invite you to listen on Spotify, Apple or YouTube. Tune in to hear how I transformed my own health struggle into a life-long mission to help others heal through the power of acupuncture. My story is not just about recovery—it's about rediscovering purpose and using acupuncture to empower others in managing pain and stress while nurturing their overall well-being.

House of JerMar Podcast -- Featuring Prinz Acupuncture!
Erika Freed
Trigger Point Therapy: A Path to Pain Relief ...

As an acupuncturist with advanced training in trigger point therapy, I'm excited to share some insights about this powerful technique that can significantly decrease levels of pain and tension, increase your athletic performance and recovery, and boost your overall health.

Trigger Point Therapy: A Path to Pain Relief & Athletic Performance
Erika Freed
Balancing Act: Late Summer + Your Health

We’re currently in the season of the Earth element— the transitional period between summer and fall. This “late summer” corresponds to the Spleen and Stomach meridian systems, emphasizing digestive health, nourishment, and stability. Read on for tips on how to live in accordance with the season!

Balancing Act: Late Summer + Your Health
Erika Freed
TCM Tips: Your Summer Wellness Guide

In Chinese Medicine, a new ‘external season’ signals an opportunity to optimize our health and live in accordance with the season. Learn how to optimize your health when it heats up outside!

TCM Tips: Your Summer Wellness Guide
Erika Freed
Acupuncture Is a Girl’s Best Friend

As a holistic healing modality that has stood the test of time, acupuncture offers a personalized and powerful approach to women's health care.  This article explores how acupuncture and traditional medicine can elevate and nurture the lives of females across all stages of life, from conditions including migraines, insomnia, fertility, period issues, peri-menopause and menopause, and depression & anxiety.

Acupuncture Is a Girl’s Best Friend

Breathwork Healing at C24 Gallery

Breathwork Healing at C24 Gallery

Thank you to everyone who joined me at C24 Gallery in Chelsea to share in a Breathwork Healing experience. We came together at the intersection of art and healing, as part of the internationally renowned artist, Katja Loher’s solo exhibition, “What is the Color of Scent.”

It was beautiful to see more than 30 guests (and a very well-behaved dog) gather under Katja’s glowing, muti-dimensional art, as I led them through the powerful meditative practice of Breathwork. My intentions for the experience were to introduce everyone to this powerful form of self-healing, and to help people deeply connect to their bodies, five senses, and the magical artwork surrounding them.

Waking the Emotional & Spirit Body with Erika Prinz Freed & Katja Loher

I’m pleased to announced a collaboration with the internationally renowned artist, Katja Loher, in an immersive Breathwork & Acu-Healing experience at C24 Gallery. Katja’s show, “What Is the Color of Scent,” transforms the gallery space into an ethereal world in which the viewer journeys through an enchanted universe altered by vision, sound, and scent. The event on October 20th at 4pm will be held within the artwork and will feature Breatwork healing, an active meditation that clears stuck energy and frees up the emotional body, followed by the application of auricular (ear) seeds.

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Acupuncture: More Than Just Physical Medicine

Acupuncture: More Than Just Physical Medicine

Most of my patients initially seek out acupuncture treatment to alleviate pain or a physical condition like allergies or digestive issues. And many are pleasantly surprised to float out of the session, feeling mentally relaxed with a calm mind and heart. If this sounds familiar, you’e not alone! 

For thousands of years, acupuncture and TCM has embraced the powerful connections through which emotional, spiritual, and behavioral factors effect overall health.

Prinz Acupuncture Named Top 20 Best Acupuncturist Second Year In A Row

Prinz Acupuncture Named Top 20 Best Acupuncturist Second Year In A Row! 

I'm very pleased to share the news that Prinz Acupuncture was named one of the top twenty best acupuncturists in New York City for the second year in a row by Expertise.com. This year, they evaluated more than 1,700 practitioners across five categories including reputation, experience, credibility, professionalism, and availability to create a hand-picked list. 

The goal of Expertise.com is to connect people with the best local experts in the country's leading cities. You can view this year's list here.

Welcome to The New, Beautiful Home of Prinz Acupuncture!

Welcome to the new, beautiful home of Prinz Acupuncture! 

My goal as a acupuncturist & healer is to help you open new doors of possibility for your health and your life. And now, it's my chance to welcome you through a new door for Prinz Acupuncture. Next Tuesday, October 2nd, we will open our new, beautiful, permanent studio in the heart of Chelsea.

I'm so excited for you to join me there.

When you walk through the door, I want you to feel like the frantic pace of NYC and the health condition that brought you in begins to melt away - even before I pick up a single acupuncture needle. This is your place to restore and heal.

Electroacupuncture: Super Powered Treatment for Pain & Sports Injury

Electroacupuncture: Super-powered treatment for pain and sports injury. 

As an acupuncturist specializing in musculoskeletal pain and sports injuries, I have experience, tools, and tricks up my sleeve for enabling healing and getting results. One of those tools is called Electroacupuncture. While it may sound scary or strange, electroacupuncture is painless and incredibly effective. Read on to learn what it is, how it works, and how it can help you heal faster. This is especially helpful info for those of you currently training for the NYC Marathon or the Ironman Triathlon.

To understand it better, let’s take a look at my success treating my patient David, who severely sprained his ankle four weeks ago while working out. David, one of the city’s top massage therapists and owner of Bodyworks DW (location of my office and community acupuncture clinic every Thursday), knew to come in for a session immediately after his injury—and the combination of his quick thinking, self-care and my well-placed needles helped to decrease pain and swelling, accelerate healing, and increase mobility right off the bat. I highly suggest checking out his advice on how to self-care and recover faster for a sprained ankle, without using the obsolete RICE method, here. 

What is Electroacupuncture?

Stressed? Use This Acupressure Point to Calm Your Mind

Stressed? Use this acupressure point to calm your mind. 

How many times this week have you said, "I'm so stressed"? Maybe it was just once, or perhaps too many times to count. As New Yorkers, we're constantly "on", running from one place to the next, juggling our work and social lives, and dealing with sensory overload (subway performers, anyone?!).

Need to take your stress down a notch? Here's an acupressure point you can use at home, for immediate, natural relief.

What is Acupuncture All About?

As an acupuncturist, one of my biggest jobs is to educate people about this effective and safe form of medicine. Most people don't understand how it works and what it can do for them (or are simply afraid of the idea of needles!), so they shy away from treatment and miss out on acupuncture's amazing benefits.

As you enter the New Year and embrace ways to improve your health, get to know acupuncture a little better! Read on for super interesting facts about this medicine so you're in the know (not only that, you'll have cool fodder for small talk for your next networking event or cocktail party!).

1. Acupuncture works by stimulating specific points on or near the surface of the skin, called acupuncture points.

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