Thrive Acupuncture and Wellness

Thrive Acupuncture and Wellness Thrive is a holistic acupuncture clinic in Santa Rosa serving the greater Sonoma County. Welcome to Thrive Acupuncture and Wellness!

We hope to inspire you to become proactive about your health and help you find the best course of action for your specific needs. You’re likely here right now because you’re ready to experience greater physical and mental well-being. Maybe you’re tired, stressed out, in pain, or frustrated that you don’t have the vitality to enable you to live the life you dream of. You know you could use more ene

rgy, joy, and balance in your daily life. If you’re like many of our patients, you’re seeking an alternative or compliment to conventional medicine. You want to get to the root cause of your health problems, not just put a temporary bandage on them. Your goal is total life wellness and transformation. Get your health and well-being back using the gentle, safe, and highly effective natural healthcare system of Chinese Medicine. Christina Ness LAc, Dipl OM, MSTCM is passionate about helping people live an emotionally and physically balanced life filled with joy and vitality. Christina has helped hundreds of patients with a variety of health issues ranging from chronic pain and sports injuries, allergies and sinusitis, to depression, anxiety, PMS, and insomnia. Christina believes that everyone possesses an inherent natural state of health and well-being; however sometimes this vitality needs help shining through. Christina is committed to helping people find their inner physical and mental well-being and educating people about how they can live the fullest, most vibrant life so they can continue to thrive for as long as they live.

In case you missed our newsletter: 🌸 Spring Is Here — So Why Are We Still Grumpy Sometimes? (Link in Bio to Website/Blog...
06/02/2026

In case you missed our newsletter: 🌸 Spring Is Here — So Why Are We Still Grumpy Sometimes? (Link in Bio to Website/Blog)

This transition to Spring has been all-over-the-place: 100 degrees in March, cold and gloomy, then hot hot hot with a side of wind. Patients have been saying they’re irritable and they want to be feeling more hopeful-spring-renewal-fresh-start vibes.

This happens every year at the start of Spring. The nature of spring in Sonoma County IS all over the place, which can feel rocky. And we often don't take the time to hibernate in winter.

Plus in Chinese medicine Spring is Liver season—time to refresh, restore, and get energy moving again after winter’s deep rest. The Liver is in charge of the smooth flow of everything, including emotions, creativity, and fresh thinking! It’s trying to boot up, but it’s rusty.

In Chinese Medicine, when the Liver system loses smooth flow, emotions build pressure. Pressure leaks as snapping, tight shoulders, frequent sighing, that low-grade “I am so over this” feeling. This isn’t about being dramatic. It’s about regulation.

When your nervous system stays in fight-or-flight long enough, irritability becomes your baseline. That’s not a personality shift. That’s physiology. And physiology can be supported.

Yes—move your body daily, reduce input before bed, breathe slower than you think you need to.

But if you’ve been living on edge for weeks, and you’re wondering where your spring feel-good has gone, it may be time to intervene more directly.

Acupuncture regulates the nervous system and reduces inflammatory signaling. Custom formulas support you in between treatments, because you can’t take us home with you.

If you’re tired of feeling like the most reactive version of yourself, we'd love to help you feel the spring renewal feel-good energy.

Schedule your appointment online or reach out with questions:
Thrive Acupuncture & Wellness
📍 2880 Cleveland Ave, Ste 5, Santa Rosa, CA
📩 [email protected]
☎️ (707) 527-0868
📆 thrive-acupuncture.janeapp.com (Link in Bio)

The Liver–Eye Connection— In Chinese Medicine, the Liver “opens into the eyes.” Translation? When the Liver system is s...
06/01/2026

The Liver–Eye Connection— In Chinese Medicine, the Liver “opens into the eyes.”

Translation? When the Liver system is strained, your eyes tell on you.

If you’re dealing with:
👀 Dry, burning eyes by afternoon
👀 Blurry vision after screens
👀 Floaters that weren’t there before
👀 Redness or puffiness
👀 Eye pressure
👀 Frequent styes
👀 Eye twitches

That’s not just screen fatigue. The same system that regulates circulation and detoxification also nourishes the eyes.

And modern life is brutal on that pathway...Late nights...Deadlines...Hormone shifts...Chronic stress...

We improve microcirculation, reduce inflammation, and regulate the stress response which often brings noticeable relief to the eyes. Patients eye exam tests even improve!

If your vision feels tired or strained, it’s not vanity. It’s a signal. Clarity is not just mental. It’s physical.

Schedule your appointment online or reach out with questions:
Thrive Acupuncture & Wellness
📍 2880 Cleveland Ave, Ste 5, Santa Rosa, CA
📩 [email protected]
☎️ (707) 527-0868
📆 thrive-acupuncture.janeapp.com

Shingles pain is not subtle. People often say it's the kind of pain that drives you batty!⚡️ Burning. ⚡️ Stabbing. ⚡️ El...
05/30/2026

Shingles pain is not subtle. People often say it's the kind of pain that drives you batty!
⚡️ Burning.
⚡️ Stabbing.
⚡️ Electric.
⚡️ Hypersensitive skin.

And sometimes it lingers long after the rash fades. That lingering nerve pain — post-herpetic neuralgia — can make even clothing uncomfortable.

We support patients:
• During active outbreaks
• Immediately after
• Months later when nerve pain hasn’t resolved

We use acupuncture, custom herbal medicine, and topicals to:
☯️🌿 Reduce inflammation.
☯️🌿 Calm nerve irritation.
☯️🌿 Shorten recovery.
☯️🌿 Lower the risk of long-term sensitivity.

Spring often brings flare-ups when stress and immune imbalances rise.

If nerve pain is disrupting sleep or concentration, it deserves real attention. You don’t have to just wait it out.

Thrive Acupuncture & Wellness
📍 2880 Cleveland Ave, Ste 5, Santa Rosa, CA
📩 [email protected]
☎️ (707) 527-0868
📆 thrive-acupuncture.janeapp.com

Information Is Not Diagnosis.Instagram is full of health advice. 🔹Magnesium for sleep. 🔹Castor oil packs for hormones. 🔹...
05/27/2026

Information Is Not Diagnosis.

Instagram is full of health advice.
🔹Magnesium for sleep.
🔹Castor oil packs for hormones.
🔹Cold plunges for inflammation.
🔹Cortisol hacks.
🔹Dopamine resets.

Some of it is useful. But none of it is personalized.

Acupuncture isn’t trend-based. It’s diagnostic medicine that's been around for thousands of years.

California board-certified acupuncturists complete years of graduate-level training in anatomy, physiology, pathology, herbal pharmacology, and traditional diagnostics. We complete clinical hours under supervision. We pass 8 hour board exams—of course California has the hardest tests. We are licensed healthcare providers.

We don’t guess. We differentiate patterns.

Two people can both have migraines and require completely different treatment strategies.
Two women can both have hot flashes and need opposite approaches.

That level of nuance doesn’t come from a 60-second reel. It comes from thousands of hours of study and clinical practice.

If you’re tired of trying things that “should work” but don’t, it may be time for individualized care. Information is helpful. Diagnosis changes outcomes.

Schedule your appointment online or reach out with questions:
Thrive Acupuncture & Wellness
📍 2880 Cleveland Ave, Ste 5, Santa Rosa, CA
📩 [email protected]
☎️ (707) 527-0868
📆 thrive-acupuncture.janeapp.com

Self-care isn’t bubble baths. It’s maintenance. It’s what keeps you steady when work is heavy. It’s what prevents resent...
05/25/2026

Self-care isn’t bubble baths.

It’s maintenance.
It’s what keeps you steady when work is heavy.
It’s what prevents resentment from building. It’s what protects your patience.

Spring is Liver season and the Liver does not tolerate suppressed frustration well. When flow gets stuck, irritability rises. That’s not a character flaw. That’s physiology.

My current self-care anchors:
🩵 Time outside, even if brief
🩵 Movement that feels good, not punishing
🩵 Quiet space without input
🩵 Food that actually nourishes

What regulates you? Because burnout doesn’t show up overnight. It accumulates.

If you need help rebuilding steadiness physically or emotionally, we got you. Self-care is not optional for high-functioning adults.

Schedule your appointment online or reach out with questions:
Thrive Acupuncture & Wellness
📍 2880 Cleveland Ave, Ste 5, Santa Rosa, CA
📩 [email protected]
☎️ (707) 527-0868
📆 thrive-acupuncture.janeapp.com

Spring and the Season of the Liver Spring is not subtle. Everything pushes upward. Buds. Sap. Wind. Pressure. Insid...
05/25/2026

Spring and the Season of the Liver

Spring is not subtle. Everything pushes upward. Buds. Sap. Wind. Pressure.

Inside your body, the same thing happens.

In Chinese Medicine, spring belongs to the Liver and Gallbladder systems—the regulators of flow, detoxification, decisiveness, and emotional pressure.

The Liver filters what you don’t need.
❇️ It metabolizes hormones.
❇️ It produces bile.
❇️ It stores backup fuel.
❇️ It keeps things moving.

And when it gets overwhelmed? You feel it. Not abstractly. Physically.
✳️ Headaches behind the eyes
✳️ PMS that wasn’t this bad last year
✳️ Breast tenderness
✳️ Bloating after normal meals
✳️ Brain fog by 3pm
✳️ Snapping faster than you used to
✳️ That quiet “I feel stuck” feeling

High-performing adults don’t notice stagnation until it turns into symptoms. You don’t need a cleanse. You need regulation.

✨ Acupuncture improves circulation, supports hormone metabolism, and reduces inflammatory load so your system can move again without force.

🌿 In our modern world the Liver is so taxed from stress and impurities that over 50% of the custom formulas we prescribe have herbs to support the Liver.

If your body feels tight, reactive, or congested this season, Schedule your appointment online or reach out with questions.
Let’s get things flowing again.

Thrive Acupuncture & Wellness
📍 2880 Cleveland Ave, Ste 5, Santa Rosa, CA
📩 [email protected]
☎️ (707) 527-0868
📆 thrive-acupuncture.janeapp.com

Autoimmune flares don’t ask permission. Fatigue that flattens you. Joints that ache without warning. Brain fog that make...
05/24/2026

Autoimmune flares don’t ask permission.
Fatigue that flattens you.
Joints that ache without warning.
Brain fog that makes you question yourself.
Skin that reacts.
Digestion that shifts overnight.

Spring often amplifies these patterns. Not because you’re failing. Because immune systems are stress-sensitive. The shift from winter to spring is one of the hardest on our bodies and our minds.

We regularly support patients dealing with:
• Joint pain and stiffness
• Digestive inflammation
• Skin flares
• Muscle aches and fatigue
• Low-grade fevers or swollen glands
• Persistent “off” days

Our approach doesn’t replace what’s working.

We stabilize immune signaling, reduce inflammatory load, and strengthen your baseline so flares shorten and good days last longer.

All Thrive practitioners are California board-certified in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine, with years of specialized training in systemic care.

If you’re tired of unpredictable cycles, let’s build more stability. Consistency changes autoimmune patterns.

Schedule your appointment online or reach out with questions:
Thrive Acupuncture & Wellness
📍 2880 Cleveland Ave, Ste 5, Santa Rosa, CA
📩 [email protected]
☎️ (707) 527-0868
📆 thrive-acupuncture.janeapp.com

When Your Systems Are Out of Sync When something feels “off,” your body doesn’t whisper forever. It escalates. Pain. Fat...
05/22/2026

When Your Systems Are Out of Sync

When something feels “off,” your body doesn’t whisper forever.

It escalates.

Pain.
Fatigue.
Constipation.
Headaches.
PMS.
Insomnia.
Irritability.
Anxiety.
Neck and back tightness.

Those aren’t random inconveniences. They’re coordination problems.

When your internal systems are regulated, stress still exists but it doesn’t knock you flat.

When they’re out of sync, even small stressors feel amplified.

Rhythm matters more than intensity.

Consistent sleep timing.
Regular meals.
Steady movement.
Intentional pauses.

Structure isn’t restrictive.

It’s stabilizing.

And consistent acupuncture accelerates that reset by improving circulation, hormonal timing, and nervous system tone from the inside out. Patients report with regular treatments they notice themselves doing the things they know are good for them without so much efforting.

If you’re ready for a stronger baseline instead of cycling through flare-ups, schedule your appointment online or reach out with questions:
Thrive Acupuncture & Wellness
📍 2880 Cleveland Ave, Ste 5, Santa Rosa, CA
📩 [email protected]
☎️ (707) 527-0868
📆 thrive-acupuncture.janeapp.com

Your hips carry your weight. Your momentum. Your forward movement.When they hurt, everything compensates. Low back tight...
05/21/2026

Your hips carry your weight.
Your momentum.
Your forward movement.

When they hurt, everything compensates.
Low back tightens. Knees ache.
Stride shortens. Confidence shifts.

We regularly treat:
✨ Osteoarthritis
✨ Rheumatoid arthritis
✨ Bursitis
✨ Tendonitis
✨ IT band tension
✨ Piriformis syndrome
✨ Post-surgical stiffness
✨ Chronic hip pain

Hip pain is rarely isolated.
It’s a circulation + inflammation + compensation pattern.
Our treatments reduce inflammatory load and restore movement without relying solely on medication.

If hip pain is limiting how you move or how you train, let’s intervene before it progresses.

You should feel strong when you walk into a room.

Schedule your appointment online or reach out with questions:
Thrive Acupuncture & Wellness
📍 2880 Cleveland Ave, Ste 5, Santa Rosa, CA
📩 [email protected]
☎️ (707) 527-0868
📆 thrive-acupuncture.janeapp.com

Healing doesn’t happen in chaos.Your nervous system has to feel safe before it will downshift. That’s why our treatment ...
05/20/2026

Healing doesn’t happen in chaos.

Your nervous system has to feel safe before it will downshift.

That’s why our treatment rooms are quiet, grounded, and intentional with soothing colors and a salt lamp night light for your acu-nap. We want to remind your body what calm actually feels like.

Not clinical.
Not rushed.
Not transactional.

Every session is tailored to the person in front of us.

We listen.
We ask better questions.
We collaborate on a plan.

This is personalized medicine — not assembly-line care.

If you’ve been powering through symptoms alone, this is where that shifts.

Sometimes the first step is simply sitting somewhere that feels steady.

Schedule your appointment online or reach out with questions:
Thrive Acupuncture & Wellness
📍 2880 Cleveland Ave, Ste 5, Santa Rosa, CA
📩 [email protected]
☎️ (707) 527-0868
📆 thrive-acupuncture.janeapp.com

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2880 Cleveland Avenue, Suite 5
Santa Rosa, CA
95403

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 1am

Telephone

+17075270868

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