Community acupuncture
for women
THE BENEFIT OF ACUPUNCTURE FOR WOMEN
Acupuncture can help significantly in maintaining a good quality of life. Many women cannot always find a solution for their needs in conventional medicine and are turning to complementary medicine such as acupuncture for support.
Acupuncture is one of the most researched complementary medicine and can help can help vulvodynia and vaginal pain, menstruation issues such as painful menstruation, various physical & mental symptoms before menstruation (PMS), endometriosis, urinary bladder pain and recurrent infections, emotional wellness, digestion problems, insomnia, infertility, pregnancy pains, postpartum depression and so much more.
Acupuncture is a safe ancient technique for therapeutic or preventive purposes by inserting thin disposable needles through the skin at the selected acupuncture points scientifically acknowledged as effective for chronic pain.
ORIT ZILBERMAN'S FOCUS WITH COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE
Orit has been focusing on women’s health since graduating from the Chinese medicine program in Israel and China in 2004. 3 years later Orit started to focus specifically on treating women with chronic vulvar and vaginal pain. The pain can be any unpleasant feeling (burning, itching, stinging, stabbing) in the opening of the vagina, in the labia, the clitoral hood or any other part of the vulva or the vagina.
In Orit's 19 years of experience in treating women with Chinese medicine, she saw that the healing process is faster with twice-weekly acupuncture treatments. Since most patients can’t afford it, she decided to embrace the beautiful concept of community acupuncture to reduce the costs of the treatment.
ORIT ZILBERMAN​
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Orit is a Chinese medicine therapist since 2004. Since 2019, she has been a member of the Dutch Association Landelijke Vereniging Natuurgeneeskundig Therapeuten and is based in Amsterdam.
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For over 19 years, Orit has had the privilege to be part of a life-changing process for hundreds of women who suffered from chronic vulvar and vaginal pain. Her collaboration with the gynaecologist Dr Liora Abramov, one of the leading experts in vulvodynia in Israel, led her onto this path. From there, after eight years of practice and extensive research, she wrote the first detailed article ever published in the professional Chinese medicine literature about vulvodynia.
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Now, as always, she is committed to extending her knowledge in this area and raising awareness of vulvodynia. The resulting success of her treatment has become her mission.
I don’t have to live with vulvar pain and discomfort, it has a solution.
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I didn’t always suffer from vulvar pain and discomfort during intercourse, it started all of a sudden. I used to enjoy sex and it has always been an inherent part of my relationships. When the pain started it caused mental difficulty, mainly within my relationships.
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I went through a long process of fear with medical examinations by doctors that disrespected my pain, told me that it was all in my head, didn’t diagnose the problem correctly, and prescribed me the wrong treatments and because of them I completely lost trust and faith.
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The treatment with Orit was positive, sensitive and empathetic, strengthening and deep in so many ways. Beyond that, thanks to her I learned that my problem has a diagnosis and a name. Orit supported me against the complexity and difficulties of the pain, also within my relationships, she was my therapist and a friend.
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Eventually, the treatment improved the quality of my life in so many other ways apart from the original problem I came with and made me feel that I have a place to turn to even when western medicine and the system have failed. And especially helpful is that I don’t have to live with vulvar pain and discomfort, it has a solution.
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​Orit's dedicated treatment renewed the acquaintance between my body and me, it balanced me, improved my self-esteem and gave me the added value in many other aspects of life.
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I reached Orit after a few years of seeing many doctors and treatments. I tried physiotherapy, ointments and medications. I tried and tried until surgery was suggested, at this point I said enough.
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During treatment, my knowledge and awareness of my body grew, my diet improved, and along with the changes I went through I couldn’t find any excuses for taking birth control pills (in particular when there is no penetration and risk for pregnancy) an issue that came up more than once with Orit.
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I just stopped taking the pills.
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Within a short time, I felt dramatic progress, both in the intensity of the pain and in my sexuality. I don’t look back since, I just regret not making this choice earlier.
Orit's dedicated treatment renewed the acquaintance between my body and me, it balanced me, improved my self-esteem and gave me the added value in many other aspects of life.
And of course, today I approach sex with excitement and not as a duty, I never thought it could happen before meeting Orit.
- L's story
By combining diet changes, yoga, conversations and acupuncture, of course, my body got back its libido, motivation, and connection
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I have never enjoyed sex, I always thought that it was not for me, and I always blamed my partners for being too insensitive, I blamed the dryness, the stress, and my character, I used to tell myself that I was not sexual and that I'd better give up.
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After another difficult conversation with my husband about the situation, I told a friend about it. She said that she saw recommendations about a Chinese medicine therapist who specializes in gynaecological diseases. I decided to give it one last chance.
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That is how I met Orit, the Chinese medicine therapist who has changed my life. Orit exposed me to the Chinese medicine world, step by step, gently but insistently, she exposed me to the close relationship between my body and my mental state. For the first time, I wasn’t asked to say what I have but what I feel.
Orit treated me professionally and with care, and slowly I could feel my body again.
By combining diet changes, yoga, conversations and acupuncture, of course, my body got back its libido, motivation, and connection. I stopped crying and became fulfilled with faith in getting back my body, intimacy and contact. Orit is not only an acupuncturist but also an expert on the female's body, she gave me hope where gynaecology has failed. Thanks to her I am back to being the woman I am today who can feel, enjoy and love.
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- Á's story