Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine Services

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is ancient. Though much older, its recorded history goes back 4,000 years. It adjusts the electromagnetic currents in the body. It is, basically, electrical engineering for the Body, Mind, and Soul. These electromagnetic currents connect the Body to the Mind and Soul. Acupuncture helps with an incredibly wide range of conditions including pain, headaches, insomnia, stress, anxiety, digestion, neurological conditions, and chronic illness.

Chinese Medical Massage (Tui Na)

Chinese Medical Massage (AKA Tui Na) is different from a typical massage. Rather than taking a Deep Tissue approach, it utilizes a series of techniques that are gentler and subtler, but no less effective. I find that a gentler approach often yields greater results than a more aggressive one. The philosophy of “No Pain, No Gain” is true only to a point. This therapy compliments acupuncture very well, and I often use both in a session.

Cupping

Cupping caught public attention during the 2008 & 2012 Summer Olympic Games as we saw champion swimmer Michael Phelps with cupping marks on his back. Televised Olympic games brought Oriental Medicine from a hippie conspiracy theory to legitimate in a matter of weeks. Since then, the popularity of cupping exploded in the health and fitness world. Cupping improves circulation by separating adhesions between layers of fascia and muscle. It strongly promotes the circulation of blood and lymph fluid. It relieves soreness and tension in muscles. Cupping also detoxes the body powerfully. I often use Cupping and Acupuncture in the same session.

Gua Sha

Gua Sha: Gua Sha literally means, “Scraping Away Disease” or “Scraping Away Illness.” Gua Sha is a scraping technique than involves placing a massage oil in the skin and using a special tool to gently scrape the skin. This modality separates adhesions between the fascia and muscles, and powerfully promotes the circulation of blood and lymph fluid. This technique gained popularity in recent years in health and fitness circles.

Chi Gong (Qi Gong, Chi Kung, etc)

While I trained in energy modalities like Medical Chi Gong and Reiki, I use them sparingly. I much prefer to teach patients how to work with their own energy systems in order to give themselves Medial Chi Gong and Reiki treatments on demand. This involves investing time and into learning and practicing – not fashionable in modernity, but needed. Learning this practice puts the power into the patient’s hands and breaks down the “Guru” factor that plagues the Natural Medicine & Spiritual / New Age communities. Many commercial shamans will allow you to pay them for many years to give you energy treatments, or to feed you psychedelics to trip balls, while never teaching you how to maintain your own energy system. Those experiences have their place, but their regular long term use does not promote good health.