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Welcome to Meridian Health Clinic, your Dry Needling and Acupuncture provider in Santa Monica, CA. We use modern treatment approach to help you live your best life. Our practice is focused on dry needling and other orthopedic methods to relieve pain and also promote rapid healing.
We provide the following services: Dry Needling, Acupuncture, Cupping and Herbal Medicine. By using a range of holistic methods, we empower you with all the tools needed to achieve and maintain optimum health. Our friendly staff, relaxing environment and scientific approach all provide additional support on your journey to complete wellness.
Welcome & Best Health,
Eric Schmidt, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.
Licensed Acupuncturist & Clinic Director
(310) 699-4533
We Specialize in Dry Needling – Here are the Basics:
Dry Needling refers to a therapeutic treatment that involves the use of an acupuncture needle to release a shortened bundle of muscle fibers called a “trigger point”. The treatment principle is based on relaxing shortened muscle fibers (trigger points) that produce pain and limit range of motion. If left untreated, shortened muscles can become locked into an inflammatory state which is then experienced as localized or radiating pain and can effect surrounding muscles as well. Problematic muscle fibers typically contains a sensitive node in the belly of the muscle called a Trigger Point.
What People are Saying About Meridian Health Clinic:
» We are top rated on Yelp in Santa Monica for the last 10+ years.
Eric is one of the best acupuncturists and herbalists I've found in LA - and I've tried many!
Peter W.2/25/2026
I am so grateful I found Eric. He is an incredibly knowledgable, competent and intuitive practitioner. I have had ongoing neck, shoulder and arm pain that was baffling other practitioners and it was not until I saw Eric and received dry needling treatment that I felt like the issue was finally understood and addressed with accurate and successful treatment. I am incredibly grateful as I was starting to loose hope and wondering if I was going to be able to participate in beloved activites such as yoga again- which I am happy to say I have resumed and am doing daily . I can not recommend him highly enough!
Monica W.9/23/2024
For the past few months I've been getting dry needling and e-drum treatments from Eric and it has been a total game changer! For years I have had terrible and painful knots in my shoulders & back and this has completely solved my problem. I also deal with a lot of muscle soreness and stiffness in my hip flexors, IT bands, quads, and hamstrings, from years of workout out and not stretching and working a desk job. I've spent so much money on massages trying to solve all of the issues listed above and they've never truly addressed the core issue - but guess who has brought more relief to my muscles and actually solve the problem in 2-3 treatments! Eric!
I wish I would have known about dry needling earlier. It's truly changed my life and I'm extremely grateful for all of Eric's work.
Eric is patient, kind, informative, strategic, knowledgeable, and straightforward. I cannot recommend him enough!
The process itself actually feels really good, it's just a strange sensation and I personally love the e-stim feeling!
If ANYTHING is ever even slightly painful, Eric solves it right away. I completely trust him.
Once again, cannot recommend him and dry needling enough. Wish I would have started doing this years ago!
Oh and pricing is amazing too :).
Megan T.4/06/2024
