Comprehensive Wellness Services for Better Health
Hundreds of clinical studies on the benefits of acupuncture show that it successfully treats conditions ranging from musculoskeletal problems (back pain, neck pain, and others) to nausea, migraine headache, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and infertility.
Pain Relief
- Muscle pain
- Whiplash
- Rotator Cuff injury
- Low back pain
- Sciatica
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Neck pain
- Tendonitis
- Shingles
- Headaches & Migraines
Internal Support
- Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Circulatory Disorders
- Food allergies
- Immune deficiencies
- Respiratory Disorders
- Colds and Flu
- Weight Control
- MS
- Infertility
- Diabetes
Calm the mind
- Stress Relief
- Chronic Fatigue
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Psychological issues
- Preventative medicine to keep "tuned up"
- Promote health, energy & vitality
- ADHD
- Trauma-based disorders
- PTSD
The World Health Organization published a report titled Acupuncture: Review and Analysis of Reports on Controlled Clinical Trials which found over 100 conditions that are effectively treated by acupuncture. The categories and conditions are listed below. If you don't find your specific ailment, please contact us and we'll do our best to get you on an appropriate path to healing.
Diseases, symptoms, or conditions for which acupuncture has been proved, through controlled trials, to be an effective treatment:
- Adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy
- Allergic rhinitis (including hay fever)
- Biliary colic
- Depression
- Dysentery, acute bacillary dysmenorrhoea, primary
- Epigastralgia, acute (in peptic ulcer, acute and chronic gastritis, and gastrospasm)
- Facial pain (including craniomandibular disorders)
- Headache
- Hypertension, essential
- Hypotension, primary
- Induction of labor
- Knee pain
- Leukopenia
- Low back pain
- Malposition of fetus, correction of Morning sickness
- Nausea and vomiting
- Neck pain
- Pain in dentistry (including dental pain and TMJ)
- Periarthritis of shoulder
- Postoperative pain
- Renal colic
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Sciatica
- Sprain
- Stroke
- Tennis elbow
Diseases, symptoms, or conditions for which there are only individual controlled trials reporting some therapeutic effects, but for which acupuncture is worth trying because treatment by conventional and other therapies is difficult:
- Chloasma
- Choroidopathy, central serous
- Colour blindness
- Deafness
- Hypophrenia
- Irritable colon syndrome
- Neuropathic bladder in spinal cord injury Pulmonary heart disease, chronic
- Small airway obstruction
Diseases, symptoms, or conditions for which acupuncture may be tried provided the practitioner has special modern medical knowledge and adequate monitoring equipment:
- Breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Coma
- Convulsions in infants
- Coronary heart disease (angina pectoris)
- Diarrhea in infants and young children Encephalitis, viral, in children, late-stage
- Paralysis, progressive bulbar, and pseudobulbar
Diseases, symptoms, or conditions for which the therapeutic effect of acupuncture has been shown but for which further proof is needed:
- Acne vulgaris
- Alcohol dependence and detoxification
- Bell’s palsy
- Bronchial asthma
- Cancer pain
- Cardiac neurosis
- Cholecystitis, chronic, with acute exacerbation
- Cholelithiasis
- Competition stress syndrome
- Craniocerebral injury, closed
- Diabetes mellitus, non-insulin-dependent
- Earache
- Epidemic hemorrhagic fever
- Epistaxis, simple (without generalized or local disease)
- Eye pain due to subconjunctival injection
- Female infertility
- Facial spasm
- Female urethral syndrome
- Fibromyalgia and fasciitis
- Gastrokinetic disturbance
- Gouty arthritis
- Hepatitis B virus carrier status
- Herpes zoster (human (alpha) herpesvirus 3)
- Hyperlipaemia
- Hypoovarianism
- Insomnia
- Labour pain
- Lactation, deficiency
- Male sexual dysfunction, nonorganic Ménière disease
- Neuralgia, post-herpetic Neurodermatitis
- Obesity
- Opium, cocaine, and heroin dependence
Osteoarthritis - Pain due to endoscopic examination
- Pain in thromboangiitis obliterans
- Polycystic ovary syndrome (Stein–Leventhal syndrome)
- Postextubation in children
- Postoperative convalescence
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Prostatitis, chronic
- Pruritus
- Radicular and pseudoradicular pain syndrome Raynaud
- syndrome, primary
- Recurrent lower urinary tract infection
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- Retention of urine, traumatic
- Schizophrenia
- Sialism, drug-induced
- Sjögren syndrome
- Sore throat (including tonsillitis)
- Spine pain, acute
- Stiff neck
- Temporomandibular joint dysfunction Tietze syndrome
- Tobacco dependence
- Tourette syndrome
- Ulcerative colitis, chronic
- Urolithiasis
- Vascular dementia
- Whooping cough (pertussis)
Restorative Bodywork
In my 22 years of practice, I've developed an appreciation for both the internal and external systems of the body. This has led me to create a unique system of healing that I call Restorative Bodywork. I incorporate acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), massage modalities, herbal therapy, and more to create a whole-body system of wellness. Through this comprehensive therapy, patients are able to accomplish deep healing with natural methods. TCM is one of the oldest healing systems on the planet. It's been in continuous practice for thousands of years around the world. Rooted in the laws of nature, TCM identifies and treats illness and prevents disease by viewing ourselves, our world, and our health as a part of the whole, taking every part of our lives into context to find optimal health and balance. I find great comfort and success in viewing my own healing approach in a similar way… rooted in nature and honoring our intrinsic ability to heal and strive for balance.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture involves the insertion of extremely fine needles through your skin at strategic points on your body, along energetic channels known as meridians. Acupuncture rebalances energy flow (qi), reduces pain, and improves circulation.
Moxibustion
Moxibustion is a Traditional Chinese Medicine modality that involves the burning of mugwort, a small, spongy herb, to facilitate healing. Read more here.
Electrical Stimulation
Electroacupuncture is similar to traditional acupuncture in that the same points are stimulated during treatment. Needles are inserted on specific points along the body, which are then attached to a device that generates continuous electric pulses designed to enhance healing.
Meditation
Meditation is the practice of turning your attention to a single point of reference. By focusing on the breath, on bodily sensations, or on a word or phrase known as a mantra, we rebalance our bodies and facilitate calming and healing. Meditation reduces stress and improves the quality of life.
Gua Sha
Gua She is a traditional Chinese medical treatment in which the skin is scraped to produce light bruising. Gua sha releases unhealthy elements from injured areas and stimulates blood flow and healing.
Auricular Acupuncture
Auricular acupuncture is one of the more widely used microsystems within eastern medicine. Microsystems use one aspect of the body, for example, the ears, hands, or feet, to treat conditions that are present anywhere in the body. Auricular acupuncture may be used as a primary mode of treatment or in conjunction with other treatments such as acupuncture, bodywork, or herbal medicine.
Therapeutic Massage
This system of bodywork incorporates neuromuscular rehabilitation, massage, tui na, Anma, and other forms of bodywork to heal injury and complement the holistic approach of health used at Safarik Wellness.
Herbal Medicine
Herbal therapy is one of the most widely used TCM treatment modalities. It relies on unique formulas designed with the individual in mind, rather than a general approach, for the treatment of illness, the optimization of health, and the prevention of disease.
Cupping
Cupping therapy is a modality within TCM, in which a therapist puts special cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction. It is used to help with pain, inflammation, blood flow, relaxation, and well-being.
Qigong and Tai Chi
Tai Chi and Qigong are ancient practices that have led to improved health, fitness, well-being, and longevity for thousands of years. They cultivate the Qi (the life energy) that flows through the body’s energy pathways, by combining movement, breathing, and meditation.
Facial Rejuvenation
Facial Rejuvenation is a timeless beauty technique used by Chinese royalty. It uses specially designed facial needles to lessen the appearance of fine lines and deeper wrinkles. It improves circulation and stimulates the body's natural antiaging powers, as well as improving overall health.
What is TCM?
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an aggregate of healing modalities, which includes acupuncture, Chinese herbal therapy, Tuina massage, dietary therapy, Tai Chi, and Qigong. It is ultimately based on Taoist philosophy and rests on several thousand years of observation, clinical experience, and scholarly research. The treatment methods and herbal formulas are empirically proven and have been refined over the centuries by many schools and many healing masters. It is a very stable and comprehensive system, yet it is also open-ended, able to incorporate any successful new methods. Chinese researchers have been applying scientific methodology to aspects of Chinese medicine for decades; Western scientists have jumped on the bandwagon more recently as interest in Oriental medicine has grown. The National Institutes of Health have classified traditional Chinese medicine as a “complete medical system.” Scientific studies, both in China and in the West, have tended to substantiate the efficacy of Chinese medicine techniques and herbal therapies.
Traditional Chinese medicine is highly respected worldwide for effectively treating both common ailments and difficult health conditions. Millions of people throughout China’s long history have maintained their wellness with Chinese medicine, used either as primary or complementary care.