What to Expect
Every visit is one-on-one with your practitioner. Your treatment is selected and adjusted based on how you're feeling that day, not a fixed protocol.
Foundational Treatment
Fine, sterile, single-use needles are placed at specific points along the body's meridian pathways to restore balance, promote circulation, and support the body's natural healing processes. Sessions typically include rest time with needles in place.
Enhanced Stimulation
A small electrical current is passed between pairs of acupuncture needles, enhancing stimulation of specific points and prolonging the therapeutic effect, particularly useful for musculoskeletal conditions and nerve-related pain.
Tension Release
Glass or silicone cups are placed on the skin and a gentle suction is created, drawing the tissue upward. This lifts and separates the layers of muscle and fascia, promotes blood flow, and releases deep-seated tension in areas like the back, shoulders, and neck.
Internal Medicine
Chinese herbal formulas combine individual herbs (roots, bark, seeds, leaves, and flowers) into precise combinations tailored to your specific pattern of imbalance. Herbal medicine works systemically and can extend the benefits of acupuncture between sessions.
Warming Therapy
Dried mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris) formed into sticks or cones is burned near but not touching the skin over specific acupuncture points. The radiant warmth penetrates deeply, tonifying yang energy and dispersing cold and stagnation in the channels.
Soft Tissue Technique
A smooth-edged tool is pressed firmly against the skin and drawn in long strokes along the body's channels. This breaks up adhesions, improves local circulation, and relieves stiffness, especially in areas where tension has accumulated and resisted other treatments.
