• Your health privacy and medical freedom are of the highest priority to me. Informed consent and awareness of what is to be done is paramount and I do not believe in forcing care or mandating treatment of any kind. Your health and bodily autonomy, and all decisions regarding your health, are private, confidential, and sacrosanct and others do not have the right to have access to this information.
• Hand Sanitizer available
• Temperature checks
• Digital Files using electronic medical records that are HIPAA compliant
• Telemedicine or Telehealth sessions are also available
• Each patient is treated one at a time with much time and care spent to insure a thorough outcome.
• The initial appointment may take up to two hours, depending on the complexity of the history and exam, which needs to be comprehensive in holistic approaches.
• If acupuncture is utilized without other manual physiotherapy, you may work out a schedule of quick and inexpensive multiple treatments within the week at a reduced charge.
• A course of needling with more frequent repeat treatments is much more effective.
• If herbal and supplement prescription is utilized without acupuncture or Tui Na, you may pay for the periodic consult and utilize this type of therapy at a lower cost.
• Please avoid changing or canceling appointments unnecessarily, as this often hurts not only the Doctor’s schedule but that of other patients also.
• A charge for late change or cancellation may be applied if insufficient notice is given.

We Accept Insurance

My practice now accepts insurance for acupuncture patients. In order to best serve you I can verify your insurance benefits before you arrive. Please click on this link and complete the online form. I will contact you as soon as the benefits are established.

The Initial Visit

The initial visit to this office includes a thorough medical history and exam, as well as the appropriate treatment for your condition. Often combining acupuncture stimulation with Tui Na physiotherapy, herbal and nutrient medicine, and therapeutic instruction.

Time spent in the initial visit allows the physician to become thoroughly acquainted with both the individual and the unique facts of the health problems. For this reason, this initial visit generally takes about 2 hours.

Since Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is a holistic medicine, we must consider all of the contributing factors to arrive at a sound diagnosis. And treat all of the factors that play a part in the origin and perpetuation of the condition, the root and branch of the disease or chronic injury. The exception to this rule occurs when the new patient is relatively healthy, but seeking a treatment of maintenance or a preventive medical protocol.  Especially with the Tui Na physiotherapy, nutrient and herbal medicine. Or when an acute injury is treatable with a simple course of therapy.

Paperwork and insurance matters often are more complicated than we would like these days, and may take some time to explain and complete paperwork for your file. For these reasons, the initial visit is not rushed.

For the diagnosis, it is best to bring any documents from prior physicians, especially radiology reports, laboratory analysis, and specialist reports.

It is always best for the patient to fully understand their diagnosis, so that their health care can be managed optimally.  A list of medications being used is also helpful.

After becoming acquainted with the aspects of your individual problem through interview and exam, treatment may consist of not only acupuncture stimulation, but also direct physiotherapy, called Tui Na.

In addition, topical herbs and prescription of oral herbal medications and nutritional supplements may be needed to increase effectiveness.  These are always patient choices.

Instruction in targeted stretch, exercise, and dietary protocols, as well as energetic and stress reduction techniques, are also available. Patients who spend the time and take a proactive approach to their health problems achieve the best results.

TCM integrates well with standard medicine and the treatment of your medical doctors.