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Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine In Collingwood & Thornbury

Find & Correct the Root Causes of Your Health Issues

Chris Savidge, R.Ac, R.TCMP​ | Savidge Health

Savidge Health offers acupuncture and Chinese medicine in Collingwood and Thornbury, Ontario. Chris Savidge, R.Ac, R.TCMP, is a classically trained acupuncturist and herbalist who works with you to find and address the root cause of your health concerns — not just quiet the symptoms.

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We Treat the Underlying Causes of Your Health Issues

Symptoms are the body’s way of telling us something. Instead of simply quieting them, Chris looks for the pattern they’re calling your attention toward. Once the root cause is understood, Chris builds a treatment plan primarily using acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. Where it’s supportive he will also employ moxibustion, cupping and diet & lifestyle guidance.The goal is steady, lasting improvement in how you feel day to day.

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Services

Traditional Chinese Medicine Services in Collingwood & Thornbury

Part of the brilliance of the Chinese approach to medicine is its seamless integration of diagnosis and treatment. The basis of this is pattern recognition; the job of the practitioner is to understand how the patient’s symptom picture fits together and from there, to choose the formulas and modalities that address these patterns.
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Acupuncture

The insertion of fine, sterile, single-use needles at specific points on the body. People come to Chris for acupuncture to help with pain, stress and anxiety, sleep, digestion and general wellbeing. It's a gentle, low-risk therapy, and many people find it deeply relaxing.
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Chinese Herbal Medicine

Herbal medicine is the backbone of Chinese medicine. Chris prescribes custom formulas formulated with your individual pattern, chronic and internal concerns in mind. This is where his classical training shows: he understands the herbs within the wider framework of Classical Chinese Medicine, not as a one-size-fits-all remedy.
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A person receiving a moxibustion treatment at Savidge Health in Collingwood, on their lower back - smouldering mugwort placed on slices of ginger and laid on the skin.

Moxibustion Heat Therapy

Gentle warming of specific points using the herb mugwort. Often used alongside acupuncture, moxibustion can be a good fit if you tend to feel cold, run low on energy, or have sluggish digestion.
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A cupping treatment at Savidge Health in Collingwood.

Cupping

Suction cups applied to the skin to ease muscle tension and support circulation. Soothing for sore muscles, it's used on its own or as a companion to acupuncture.
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Nutrition Therapy

Simple, practical dietary guidance based on the Chinese medical approach to food — a useful support for digestion, energy and many ongoing concerns.
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Common Concerns

Conditions Chris Commonly Works With

Because Chinese medicine works with the underlying pattern rather than a single symptom, people come to Chris for a wide range of concerns. Below are a few of the most common. Scroll through, and hover to learn more.

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Pain Conditions

Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine have a long history of often being deeply helpful in treating pain conditions.
Chris' goal is always to treat the root cause of the pain rather than just treat symptoms so you can be pain-free and live the life you wan, without depending on pharmaceutical drugs.

Some common pain conditions that he regularly treats are musculoskeletal pain such as sciatica, back pain, joint pain, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, headache and migraine, period pain, digestive pain, chronic pain from accidents, carpal tunnel, neck pain and more.
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Skin Conditions

While skin conditions have a wide variety of causes, they often respond very well to TCM, particularly herbal medicine and acupuncture.
The health of our skin is important to us, being the most visible and exposed part of our body. As a result, skin conditions can cause significant emotional and physical suffering.

As always, Chris treats the whole person and finds that by treating the underlying patterns such as digestive problems and excessive inflammation, skin conditions improve, often dramatically.

Some conditions he commonly treats include acne, eczema, psoriasis, rashes, hives and allergic reactions.
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Mental Emotional Issues

TCM, which looks at the body and mind as an integrated whole, has a host of tools that can greatly relieve this mental suffering.
Many of us are dealing with anxiety and depression Psychological and mental suffering is epidemic. Qi gong, acupuncture, cupping and moxibustion are all deeply relaxing and consistently balance our mental states. Herbal medicine effectively and efficiently corrects the underlying imbalances that contribute to our mental suffering.

Chris has been effectively treating anxiety, depression and other forms of mental suffering for many years.
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Women's Health

Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine have been a safe and effective treatment of PMS, PCOS, fibroids, dysmenorrhea and more.
Chris often treats women’s issues. These include perimenopause and menopause symptoms as well as menstrual issues including PMS, menstrual mood fluctuations, irregular menstruation, PCOS, fibroids, dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea.

The Chinese medical perspective is that both menstruation and perimenopause/menopause should be minimally disruptive to a woman’s quality of life. Please reach out if you would like to discuss what Chinese medicine can do for you to ease any difficult symptoms you have involving your monthly cycle or transition into menopause.
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Digestive Disorders

According to TCM, the root of health is digestion. Our health depends on strong and efficient digestion, absorption and elimination.
Many of us have poor digestion and elimination. The signs of this are sometimes subtle (such as reduced morning appetite or low energy) or very obvious (like chronic constipation or inflammatory bowel disease). TCM practices are often very effective at correcting digestion and restoring our ability to breakdown and absorb our food.

Chris commonly treats digestive conditions such as acid reflux, IBS, inflammatory bowel conditions, constipation, diarrhea, loose stools and ulcers.
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Respiratory Issues

In the Chinese system of thought, our lungs govern qi or energy, so without proper functioning of our lungs, it is very hard to feel healthy and vital.
In the Chinese system of thought, our lungs govern qi or energy, so without proper functioning of our lungs, it is very hard to feel healthy and vital. Usually, a combination of acupuncture and herbal medicine along with dietary changes is indicated in conditions such as asthma, shortness of breath, chronic colds and respiratory tract infections.

Chris is also able to provide support in more serious conditions such as COPD. In all cases, though, improvement or elimination of respiratory symptoms improves vitality and wellbeing.
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Autoimmune Issues

While complex, autoimmune issues such as Hashimotos, Crohn's and Grave's often respond well to Chinese herbal medicine along with dietary changes.
Autoimmunity, in which the body’s immune system attacks our own tissue, includes conditions such as Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis and Grave’s disease. While complex, they often respond well to Chinese herbal medicine along with dietary changes. When there is a stress and emotional component, patients often find acupuncture very supportive.

Many patients with autoimmune conditions find that they are able to reclaim their health and live with a higher level of wellbeing and vitality using the tools and methods of Chinese medicine.
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Metabolic Disorders

One third of women will be diagnosed with an underactive thyroid gland during their lifetime and rates of pre and type 2 diabetes continue to climb.
Metabolic disorders such as diabetes and hypothryoidism are becoming more common. 1/3 of women will be diagnosed with an underactive thyroid gland during their lifetime and rates of pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes continue to climb. All of these conditions can seriously effect the quality of people’s lives, and often lead to other, more serious illnesses down the road.

The great thing about these conditions is that they usually respond well to Chinese medicine as well as lifestyle and dietary changes. Please reach out to discuss treatment options with Chris.
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About

Meet Chris Savidge, R.Ac, R.TCMP​

Chris is passionate about helping his patients live better lives. Whether you’re dealing with something acute or something long-standing, he builds a treatment plan around your goals.

He began studying acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in 2004 and earned his Diploma in Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2007. He has practised in Ontario since 2009, working in the Classical Chinese Medicine (Jing Fang) style of Drs Feng Shi Lun and Suzanne Robidoux, and continues to study directly with Dr Robidoux. His clinical focus is internal medicine, and he regularly works with pain, autoimmune, skin, respiratory, digestive, hormonal, mental-emotional and neurological concerns. He also treats children.

What sets his practice apart is that he’s classically trained — he understands acupuncture within the full context of Traditional Chinese Medicine, rather than as a standalone technique.

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Collingwood & Thornbury Locations

Collingwood

70 Courtice Crescent, Collingwood, ON 

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Thornbury

@ Inner Yogies, 53 Arthur St W, Unit 2, Thornbury, ON

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