From the Practitioner

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I am a licensed acupuncturist in New York State, and I’ve been treating people for over 20 years. In 1998 after graduating from college with a degree in physical therapy  I started to work in an outpatient physical therapy clinic providing post-surgical rehabilitation and treating orthopedic and neuromuscular conditions, including chronic pain and stroke. 

Some conditions respond well to physical therapy, but many do not.  Physical therapy works well with acute pain/post-hospital recovery.  However, my experience is that it can't do much for chronic pain.  After years of working and dealing with those conditions, I realized there must be alternatives to relieve chronic pain effectively. That’s what led me to become an acupuncturist. 

I graduated from Tri-State College of Acupuncture in 2004 and continued to work in a rehabilitation clinic combining acupuncture and physical therapy. The results I saw were incredible. Acupuncture is not just masking the symptoms like physical therapy modalities and medications but accesses the body’s inner ability to heal itself. 

In college, I have studied Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture Physical Medicine, and the Japanese style of acupuncture, but my preferred style of acupuncture is the Balance Method which utilizes mostly so-called distal acupuncture points.  The Balance Method is outstanding at targeting musculoskeletal pain that has no apparent cause and would otherwise persist for years. It is also highly effective in treating other health problems and disorders:  gynecological, gastrointestinal, neurological, respiratory... you name it. 

I am still amazed by the power of those tiny needles to heal.