by urban-acupuncture | Mar 29, 2015 | Acupuncture, Community
This is a recent testimonial we received, we really appreciated that they took the time to write this up (life can be too busy for such things). Certain testimonials are help people understand how acupuncture can be used (this was a really amazing recovery). Sometimes there are conditions that most people have no idea we can help with. Through personal stories, we can help get the information out there. If you have a story of how acupuncture has helped you, and you don’t mind sharing, we would be so appreciate! Also, if you have a google email address (or can log into a Google account like gmail or Adwords), we are “supposed” to be adding google reviews…(we are slowly learning how to do this marketing stuff). Any old email address can be used for Yelp reviews.
After the very first session, all the pain disappeared…
“Almost 4 years after completing chemotherapy I was still experiencing an intense amount of neuropathy in my feet. The feeling flowed from stinging needles to shooting pain. The pain was relentless and I had accepted that this was simply the way my life would be. I turned to many different things to help, then a friend recommended Urban Acupuncture Center. This place had a soothing effect as soon as I walked in. After the very first session, all the pain in my feet disappeared. This is no exaggeration and why I now recommend to others that acupuncture become their FIRST resort. “
by urban-acupuncture | Feb 10, 2015 | Acupuncture, Acupuncturists, Uncategorized
Matthew will be joining UAC on Saturday afternoons in Clintonville from 1-5 pm. His first day with us is Valentine’s Day, February 14th
About Matthew:
Upon arriving at the Ohio State University in 2006, I felt completely lost amongst the thousands of potential paths open to me. Through a whirlwind of self-exploration, music, spiritual investigation and other meaningful encounters, I knew that I had found my purpose as a healer. I resonated strongly with Chinese medicine’s big picture: the mind, body, and spirit as one whole; using logic, creativity, observation, intuition, and heart to bring balance. I want to live in a world where Eastern and Western medicine have put their guards down and become good friends, with the shared goal of benefitting humanity. Eastern medicine excels at promoting wellness and balance, while Western medicine is unrivaled in disaster management; with their forces combined we could have our cake and eat it too. Outside of acupuncture, I regularly practice a Chinese martial art called Baguazhang, which is the foundation of my internal cultivation. I nourish myself with good food, company, and art forms of many kinds. I have a great passion for music, the greatest healer of all. Nature has always been a source of comfort to me, when I feel like something’s missing I can usually take a step out into nature and feel at home again.
by urban-acupuncture | Feb 10, 2015 | Acupuncture, Community
Free Acupuncture Treatments for Soldiers*!
We have been approved as vendors for the VA and we are now officially taking patients!
Please pass this on and share if you or someone you know has served and would benefit from acupuncture. There has been a big incentive to find other means to help our veterans deal with pain, chemical addictions, stress, and PTSD. We are honored to be able to help them for all they have done.
*If you are interested in receiving acupuncture at our office, please ask your primary physician to submit a referral for treatments to the VA Dept. for authorization. If approved, the VA will notify our office and we will contact you to set up your appointments. The number of covered visits is determined by the VA.
by urban-acupuncture | Nov 5, 2014 | Acupuncture
Fall Packages – Limited Time Only
We’ve been asked about offering packages on treatments, so we decided to put some together for you!
- 3 community acupuncture with consultation (if first time) treatments for $50
- 3 half hour private treatments for $100
- 2 one hour private treatments for $100
These prices are available until Sunday November 9th. Good for one year from date of purchase.
Please stop by the clinic to make a reservation or call 614-725-2488 (High St) | 614-426-4406 (Westerville)
by urban-acupuncture | Sep 10, 2014 | Acupuncture, Community
By Alicia Nolan
Yang begins it’s transformation into yin and we call it Indian Summer. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) calls it late summer and recognizes it as its own season. TCM theory also associates each season with an energy system and organ. Late summers trademark is the Spleen/Stomach system. In the physical body this is our digestive system and imbalances that might be more abundant include: loss of appetite, or increased appetite, poor digestion, and bloating. the spleen also rules thought and influences our capacity for thinking, studying, focusing, concentration and memorization. So we might see a lot of over thinking, over-worry, distraction, dwelling on things, obsession and anxiety etc…
Change in Season
Even if you don’t have a complaint each change in season is a good time to receive acupuncture to help the bodies energy assimilate to the change of the energy in the season. In this season it is to help the bodies yang transform smoothly into yin. Calm down the physical manic activity of the summer into a nice contemplative focused energy of Fall…. and stay tuned for Winter 🙂
Tao
“In ancient times those people who understood Tao (the way of self cultivation) patterned themselves upon the Yin and the Yang and they lived in harmony” The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine
by urban-acupuncture | Sep 2, 2014 | Acupuncture, Art
Megan Capretta is a self taught artist whose work is diverse in technique, style and medium. Although primarily creating abstract and still life pieces, all of Megan’s work encompasses a unique value that inspires thought, interpretation and optimism.
Born in 1981, Megan was raised in Southern California until the age of 10 before her family moved to Columbus, Ohio. She moved to Akron, Ohio 15 years later where she currently resides with her husband Joe and their two sons, Gino and Angelo.
Although currently not practicing regularly, Megan is also an accomplished hair stylist specializing in innovative cutting technique and color application. Her consultative and unique approach to client satisfaction has afforded her the privilege of working with some of the same clients since 1999.
Whether she’s taking brush or spatula to canvas, welder or grinder to metal, scissor or color to hair, or paint to oversized tarp for her children’s next school play, the creative process and enjoyment others get from her work is Megan’s true inspiration; an inspiration that helps mask the chronic pain she suffers from daily, allowing her to benefit from the healing power that art provides.
