Jeanne supports patients across a wide range of reflux presentations, including:

• Classic heartburn and burning chest discomfort

• Regurgitation and the sense of food or acid coming back up

• Silent reflux — chronic throat clearing, hoarseness, post-nasal drip, cough

• Nighttime reflux and reflux-related sleep disruption

• Bloating, fullness, and slow gastric emptying tied to reflux

• Reflux that persists despite PPIs or other medication

• Reflux around stress, hormonal shifts, or pregnancy

• Reflux layered on top of other digestive patterns (see also Acupuncture for Digestive Issues)

• Reflux in patients with IBS or IBD (see also Acupuncture for IBS & IBD)

Bodies are wise — they want to be efficient. We can identify exactly where the imbalances lie and systematically work to address them. Heartburn after almost every meal? Acupuncture can support the downward direction of digestion and ease the patterns that send things upward instead. Reflux that's worse under stress? We work on the vagal and nervous system patterns that govern sphincter tone and gastric emptying. Nighttime reflux waking you at 2 a.m.? Acupuncture can help calm the systems that keep digestion active when the body should be at rest.

What distinguishes this practice from most is the degree to which treatment is individualized. There is no standard reflux protocol here. Jeanne draws on her extensive training in different acupuncture styles and bodywork techniques, and selects her approach based on what each person's body presents. She'll also look beyond the stomach. Stress, sleep, posture, breathing, hormonal patterns, and overall vitality all shape how reflux behaves. Where it's useful, Jeanne will discuss food, meal timing, and lifestyle context — not as a prescribed diet, but as part of the larger picture of what's helping or hindering your symptoms. This work is meant to sit alongside your medical care, not replace it; if you're on PPIs, H2 blockers, or have an active GI workup underway, acupuncture supports that course. We'll work on healing your body at the deepest levels, to show it the way back into balance. Your body wants to be healthy, balanced, and thriving. We remind it how to get there, and give you simple steps to keep it there.

1. Reach out

Share your general availability and, if you'd like, a brief note about what you're experiencing. You'll hear back to schedule your first session.

2. First session

The intake appointment is longer than a regular visit. It begins with a conversation about your reflux history — onset, patterns, triggers, any current medication or workup — along with how your body is feeling more broadly: sleep, stress, energy, digestion as a whole. Pulse diagnosis and palpation help shape an initial treatment plan, followed by your first acupuncture treatment. You'll leave with a clear sense of the approach and what to expect going forward.

3. Course of treatment

Most patients come weekly to start. Each session includes acupuncture and may include bodywork or manual therapy, depending on what your body needs that day. Reflux symptoms often shift early; deeper changes — to motility, vagal tone, and the underlying pattern — accumulate over a series of visits.

4. As improvements take hold

As reflux stabilizes, visits can gradually space out — from weekly to every other week, then monthly or as needed. Many patients return periodically when symptoms creep back with stress, travel, or seasonal change.