Acupuncture

  • What Is Dry Needling? A Beginner’s Guide for Acupuncture Patients in Los Angeles

    If you’ve tried acupuncture for tension, stress, or pain and found it helpful, you might be wondering about dry needling, especially if you’re dealing with stubborn muscle knots that just…

  • Dry Needling vs Acupuncture for Neck Pain: A Santa Monica Specialist’s Guide

    We’ve all been there, staring at a laptop or a phone for hours until your neck locks up into a stiff, painful mess. When neck pain becomes a daily headache,…

  • Strategies for Better Health

    I sometimes encounter patients with troublesome health conditions that want to try changing “one thing” and see if it works. In my practice, this “one thing” is usually adding a…

  • Scientific Research on Acupuncture

    The scientific evidence for acupuncture is growing at an incredible rate. As stated by the organization Evidence Based Acupuncture (EBA): “Research into acupuncture as a medical treatment has grown exponentially in…

  • Chinese Medicine is Physical Medicine (Not Energy Medicine)

    I must admit, when I first learned about this magical, invisible “Qi” I was intrigued and excited. And then I was told that Qi travels throughout the human body inside…

  • Ear Acupuncture for Weight Loss, Insomnia & Addiction Recovery

    Ear acupuncture has a large body of scientific evidence backing its effectiveness [1][2]. This clinically proven treatment approach is an efficient method for treating a wide number of conditions including…

  • Dry Needling in California

    Dry Needling is an therapeutic technique that was developed by Dr Janet Travell and recently popularized by Acupuncturists and Physical Therapists in Australia, Canada and the US. In California, only…

  • Trigger Point Dry-Needling for Body Pain

    In many cases, body pain is due to shortened muscles. When muscles are overused or overstressed they can develop areas of tension called trigger points. A trigger point may be…

  • How Acupuncture Works – The Science Explained

    The scientific basis of Acupuncture is now well understood. Let’s move on from esoteric discussions of “qi” and “meridians” as they relates to acupuncture. A short summary of the science is…

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