TREATMENTS

I use a combination of acupuncture techniques that I've learned over the years. These techniques can be split between two main categories of "distal" and "local".

Much of traditional acupuncture systems employ distal acupuncture. Distal acupuncture involves the selection of points distant to the affected area. For example, there are traditional points on the hand that we use for clients with lower back pain. The benefit of this is that we can target areas indirectly so as not to aggravate something that may be injured or irritated. Distal can also target areas such as internal organ dysfunctions that cannot be accessed directly. I have learned many distal styles over the years, but today predominately use Tung lineage and the Tan Balance Method approaches where points are mainly selected below the elbows and knees.

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Local acupuncture is where we use points in the affected area to more directly influence the tissue, mostly used in musculoskeletal pain and injury cases. Traditionally this is known as "ashi" needling where we needle the most tender points. While this technique shares similarities today with dry needling or trigger point needling, these approaches are not the same and come from different theoretical backgrounds. During treatment, when I use local acupuncture, I use a combination of traditional ashi techniques as well as modern dry needling, motor point and electro-acupuncture.

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Acupuncture  I  Motor Point Acupuncture  I  Dry Needling