We treat the why of your back pain, helping you feel better — naturally — for the long term.
We work with you exactly where you are — welcoming an integrative approach with Western medicine, or treating your back pain with 100% natural, proven techniques.
The goal is to get you back to living your life, without back pain. In many cases, you may be able to reduce or eliminate your pain medications so you can live a more fulfilling, active, and energetic life.
Our potent blend of all-natural therapies can help with all types of back pain, including but not limited to:
Strained Muscles Compression Bulging Discs
Low Back Pain Degeneration Sciatica
Chronic Back Pain Acute Back Pain Sports Injuries
Nerve Pain Post Surgery Pain Stenosis
Sharp Back Pain Dull Back Pain Achy Back Pain
Neck, Shoulder & Upper Back Pain
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Ready to start feeling better?
Schedule your appointment online
or give us a call at 707-527-0868
and we will answer your questions.
*Individual results may vary. There is no guarantee of specific results, warranted or implied, and individual results depend on several factors. Full disclaimer below.
Why our natural back pain treatment works so well:
WE KEEP IT SIMPLE
Complicated doesn’t always mean more sophisticated, or better. Sometimes it’s the simple approach that gets the biggest result. We work to identify the clearest treatment for your specific pain and go from there. These treatments may include acupuncture, herbal medicine, natural topicals, and simple, doable lifestyle tweaks to get the strongest impact in your pain relief.
WE USE A PROVEN SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN TREATING BACK PAIN FOR CENTURIES
You may have been told that there’s nothing to be done for your back pain except to manage the pain. We do things differently. We work on getting you pain relief, but we also work on healing your body, with acupuncture, herbal remedies, and simple lifestyle recommendations, to show your body a way out of pain, not just managing your pain.
WE REMIND YOUR BODY HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT PAIN
Bodies are wise — they want to be efficient. Pain is efficient — it is a signal that things are jammed up somewhere. By breaking up the traffic jam, we break the cycle of pain and give your body an alternative route — an easier way, without pain. It doesn’t happen overnight, but over time, the body remembers that it can live without pain, and that it used to live without this pain. We wake up the body’s natural healing mechanism to get back to this state of well-being, pain-free.
WE FOCUS ON HOW YOU FEEL, NOT JUST THE X-RAYS, MRIS, AND SCANS
Did you know that some folks have bulging discs but no pain? Medical imaging can be a fantastic tool, but it is not the final word. The final word we believe in is how you feel. Can you take a walk? Can you go about your daily business? Are you having more good days? That’s our marker for getting you well again.
Make an Appointment
Ready to start feeling better?
Schedule your appointment online
or give us a call at 707-527-0868
and we will answer your questions.
*Individual results may vary. There is no guarantee of specific results, warranted or implied, and individual results depend on several factors. Full disclaimer below.
Just as we are all individuals, back pain is a unique type of pain.
It shows up differently in different people.
Our holistic methods look at the person and the pain, and we treat the big picture.
The goal is always pain relief, but getting to the bottom of what is causing the pain
is part of the long-term strategy to alleviate the source of pain.
Our bodies want to be efficient.
It actually takes a lot more work to live in a pattern of pain than it does to live in health.
Our techniques remind the body that healing is a more efficient method of operating and that living without pain takes less energy.
We work with you to find the best combination for your unique condition.
Here’s how our specialized combination of four powerful, time tested, 100% natural therapies work to heal your back pain and remind your body how to live in health.
GENTLE ACUPUNCTURE
Our speciality is gentle acupuncture that works. Most patients feel relief as soon as the treatment starts. Acupuncture has been healing bodies for centuries, by awakening and stimulating your own body’s innate healing process. It restores cells and tissues, cleans up what doesn’t belong there, and gets blood flow moving to reduce pain.
HERBAL MEDICINE
Herbal medicine both relieves pain and strengthens the body. We have several potent all natural topicals — creams, balms, lineaments, patches, soaks — that bring fast pain relief and support healing. We also have an extensive herbal pharmacy and can prescribe and mix up a custom formula for you that will treat your pain, as well as increases circulation, decreases inflammation, regulate digestion, and calm the nervous system. This makes herbal medicine particularly well-suited to addressing all kinds of back pain and its causes.
FUNCTIONAL NUTRITIONAL THERAPY
When your bones, muscles, and cells are fully nourished with the specific nutrients they need, these tissues naturally function at a very high level. When tissues are functioning at a high level, there’s far less opportunity for pain to set in.
RELAXATION & STRESS REDUCTION
When your body is in a state of relaxation, it is able to do repair at the deepest level. In this state, your muscles, bones, and nerves become more synchronized and calm — creating the perfect environment in your body for health and healing. This means less inflammation, better circulation, more range of motion, a calmer mind, more energy, and a better mood.
Make an Appointment
Ready to start feeling better?
Schedule your appointment online
or give us a call at 707-527-0868
and we will answer your questions.
*Individual results may vary. There is no guarantee of specific results, warranted or implied, and individual results depend on several factors. Full disclaimer below.
The process is simple:
1) SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT
Click here to schedule an appointment through our online booking system and we will send you everything you need to be ready for you first visit.
If you have any questions, if you’re unsure if acupuncture and/or herbal medicine are right for you, or if you want help booking an appointment, give us a call. We are happy to answer questions about conditions we frequently treat and appointments at our office. We can also help you schedule a free 15 minute consult with the acupuncturist so you can talk with them about your specific condition and how we can help you.
2) DETAILED ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT PLAN
At your first appointment the acupuncturist will do a thorough assessment of your pain pattern, medical history, other factors, and most importantly discuss your goals with you to identify the root cause of your back pain and devise the right treatment approach for you.
After this assessment, you will receive your first acupuncture treatment — most people get so relaxed they lose track of time or fall asleep — and you will be given a treatment plan with simple, easy-to-follow instructions. Your treatment plan may include herbal medicine, dietary, and lifestyle adjustments to address the root of your back pain.
3) START FEELING BETTER
You’ll start with regular visits twice a week to ensure close support as you begin to feel your body establishing a new pattern. We want to make sure your treatment plan is providing you with:
- Pain relief
- Improved mobility
- Possible reduction in pain meds
- More “good days” — energy, mood, stamina
- Better sensation and increased strength
In most cases patients feel pain relief and improved mobility after 1-3 treatments. You’ll start to feel your relief lasting longer and enjoy more time doing the things you love. Once we see improvements maintaining over time, we will start spacing visits out to once a week. This usually occurs after 6 visits with some individual variability.
As your musculoskeletal and nervous system is rebalancing to return to its original pattern of health, you’ll notice a new level of wellbeing and resiliency. This usually occurs after 8-12 visits. We’ll continue to spread the treatments apart to every other week, every 3 weeks, and once a month, then on an as-needed basis for “tuneups”.
We are here for you, in case you have other healthcare issues you want to address, or feel like your back is prone to more injury during a particular time or activity. Of course, many of our patients want to continue with regular maintenance, and we are always happy to work with you on that level, if that is your wish.
Make an Appointment
Ready to start feeling better?
Schedule your appointment online
or give us a call at 707-527-0868
and we will answer your questions.
