Acupuncture is a key component of traditional Chinese medicine, used to enhance overall wellness and treat a variety of conditions including chronic pain, orthopedic and sports injuries, digestive disorders, stress management and many others. Alternative medicine techniques may be infused into your treatment plan to help you restore balance to your body and recover from acute or chronic conditions.
We offer a variety of traditional Chinese modalities and alternative medicine techniques:
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Acupuncture: An ancient form of Chinese medicine where fine, sterile, single-use needles are placed at specific acupoints located on meridian pathways of the body, often near peripheral nerves to aid in balancing the body's systems, increasing circulation and promoting healing.
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Cupping: Special cups are placed on your skin for a few minutes to create suction in order to lift the fascial layer up off the muscle to promote deeper healing. Cupping helps with pain, inflammation, blood flow, relaxation and well-being, and as a type of deep-tissue massage.
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Tuina: A form of massage to stimulate the flow of Qi and promote balance and harmony in the body.
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Gua sha: An instrument assisted soft tissue technique to create micro tears in the muscle in order to improve circulation and speed up healing.
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Active Release Technique (ART): A non-invasive manual therapy technique that works to correct soft tissue restrictions that cause pain and mobility issues. The goal is to break down scar tissue and adhesions in order to optimize function in the body.
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Somatic experiencing (SE): A form of alternative therapy aimed at relieving the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental and physical trauma-related health problems by focusing on the client's perceived body sensations. SE may be used for any form of trauma (car or bike accident, sports injury, etc) as well as somatic based disease (sleep disorders, intestinal pain, surgeries, injuries that don’t recover,etc.
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Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Technique (NAET): A form of alternative medicine which proponents claim can treat allergies and related disorders. The techniques were devised by Dr Devi Nambudripad, a California-based chiropractor and acupuncturist, in 1983, drawing on a combination of ideas from applied kinesiology, acupuncture, acupressure, nutritional management.
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Nutrition Response Testing (NRT): A non-invasive system of analyzing the body in order to determine the underlying causes of ill health. When these are corrected through safe, natural, nutritional means, the body can repair itself in order to attain and maintain more optimum health.
