Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a gentle, low risk treatment using very small needles placed under the skin to stimulate your body’s own natural energy and healing pathways, called meridians. Acupuncture can be used for a wide variety of medical ailments to augment traditional western therapies. Common referrals are for fertility/pregnancy, migraines, neck or back pain, joint pain, anxiety, insomnia, scar pain, and neuropathy pain.
Try Integrated Structural acupuncture today to improve pain and function. Acupuncture in a calm clinic space provided by a board certified MD. Dr. Elert will provide a comprehensive assessment, exam, and develop a unique acupuncture plan in the first appointment. You will receive your first acupuncture treatment in the first appointment.
Dr. Elert is trained in a japanese style of acupuncture, considered gentle with a focus on merging traditional energy meridians with structural trigger points in muscles and fascia. Integrated Structural Acupuncture (ISA) is modeled after the teachings of Kiiko Matsumoto, founder of the “Kiiko Style” of acupuncture and considered to be a living master of acupuncture.
A typical course of acupuncture would consist of an initial comprehensive visit lasting roughly 60 minutes to review the history, complete an examination, formulate an acupuncture plan, and perform the first treatment. This will be followed by 4 to 8 acupuncture sessions once weekly or once every 2 weeks. Most points are needled in the arms and legs, but also can be in the abdomen, neck, back, ear (auricular), and face.
