My philosophy

I have shared the frustration of many of my patients over the side effects and/or lack of efficacy of many of the medications traditional medicine uses to treat headaches, neuralgias, neuropathic and musculoskeletal pain. So many people struggle with chronic pain and discomfort hoping for alternatives to drugs.

When I began to explore trigger point therapy, and then therapeutic dry needling as a mechanism for treatment, I realized that here was a tool largely unexplored by most physicians to help patients with spinal pain and headaches. I decided to take the leap to a training program in medical acupuncture, but had no idea how powerful and effective a tool it would be for treating conditions, that previously, I had only considered treating with medication.

While every patient is different, and there is never a 100% guarantee that a particular medication or surgical procedure will help you, I am certain that acupuncture will not hurt you, will not cause side effects, and will very likely help you not only have less pain, but also change how you relate to the stress that your chronic pain causes you. Our bodies have an amazing capacity to heal when the energy of chronic strain/pain patterns are released.