Acupuncture is a 2000 year old therapeutic practice that focuses on restoring and rebalancing a person's innate health and wellness. Classically, acupuncture works by directing and manipulating the flow of vital energy throughout the body. This vital energy has many names, Qi, Prana, Spirit, or Breath, and without this vital energy conducting throughout the body there would be no physiological processes happening. According to Chinese Medicine, illness, disease, and pain occur when there is a blockage or imbalance in the flow of this energy. Acupuncture strategically places needles along various energetic pathways, analogous to the connective tissue and fascia, in order to effect the flow of this Qi and restore balance.

In modern biomedical terms acupuncture works by regulating the body's nervous system and stimulating a wide range of physiological processes. In musculoskeletal pain acupuncture works by releasing tight and imbalanced muscles through the use of trigger points. When there is chronic pain and inflammation, acupuncture stimulates the release of our endogenous pain killers as well as our endogenous anti-inflammatory neuropeptides. The Acupuncture also stimulates the release of nitric oxide to increase circulation and promote blood flow. Lastly, acupuncture works through regulating the central nervous system and manipulating the pain perception pathways.
Acupuncture is able to treat pain neurologically by reprogramming our limbic system and how we experience pain.

All these mechanisms make it possible for acupuncture to be able to treat a number of different conditions.

Chinese herbal medicine has been used as a form of medicine for more than 2000 years. Chinese herbal therapy has proven successful in treating a variety of diseases, everything from internal medical issues, infectious disease, physical trauma, and mental/emotional stress.

The advantages of herbal therapy have gained enormous awareness in the medical community during the past ten years. The understanding of how diverse plant chemicals can be used to help sick individuals has been the subject of extensive research.

Chinese herbal medicine has a distinctive method of treatment. Chinese herbal wisdom recognizes that a single herb alone only has so much healing potential, instead a herbalist in Chinese medicine seeks to customize a complex formula of multiple herbs, each contributing and supporting the other. With this kind of treatment approach, Chinese Herbal Medicine is known for supporting and treating various kinds of conditions

Oriental Bodywork refers to a number of traditional massage techniques that focus on the meridian and connective tissues pathways of the body. Through examination and palpation a practitioner of Oriental Bodywork can feel for the subtle adhesions and imbalances in the connective tissue pathways. These areas of tension as well as areas of weakness, can be brought into balance through different techniques of pressure and manipulation. The various forms of Oriental Bodywork include…

Tui Na Massage
Shiatsu Massage
Thai Massage
Ayurvedic Massage