Welcome!

Thank you for this opportunity to serve you in improving your physical and mental health. For further information, don't hesitate to get in touch with me.

Here are some pointers to help you have a comfortable and stress-free first and follow-up acupuncture treatments:

• Be on time for your appointment, so you can relax! 

• Please wear or bring short sleeve clothes and pants that elbows and knees can be exposed. (Also, you may need to expose your abdomen or the back.)

• Be sure you have eaten at least a light meal within a few hours prior of arrival. Avoid overeating and alcohol immediately before treatment. Being hungry or exhausted increased the risk of nausea or dizziness.

• Drink plenty of warm or room temperature water after your appointment.

• For best results, avoid exercise immediately before or after a treatment.

• Set aside enough to relax (for example, do not schedule your appointment for an hour before your workout). 

During the visit(s), you will be asked many questions, some related specifically to your complaint and others seemingly unrelated. Oriental Medicine requires more details of your daily information to consider and determine what is causing the condition or disease. Please keep in mind, I help the whole body system, not just the symptoms.

Before each treatment, let the acupuncturist know, if you are:

• Pregnant, possibly pregnant or trying to get pregnant.

• Taking blood thinners (Coumadin) or on medication for high or low blood pressure.

• Under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.

• If you are using a pacemaker, insulin pump, or other health care devices.

No need to cancel your appointment because of headache, cycle spasm or diarrhea, these can be treated quite as well too.