Acupuncture
Treatment length will vary with the condition. Acupuncture is not painful. Typically, symptoms will improve after the first treatment. Occasionally this does not happen on the first day, but relief will occur over the next few days.
Our Acupuncturist
Dr. Cristache specializes in 5 Element Acupuncture which associates characteristics from each of the five natural elements of wood, water, fire, air and earth with a season, weather, color, personality and body type, and symptoms/disease state. This analysis is then used to identify physiology and pathology within the body and identify areas for treatment.
Dr. Cristache treats patients with a more holistic approach, including initial consultation and assessment, leading to the design of an individualized and integral plan to address not only the body, but the mind and spirit as well.
Areas of expertise include pain management, emotional issues (anxiety, depression, etc.), headaches, smoking cessation, addiction issues, reproduction, and fertility issues (for both men and women), digestive issues (GERD, GI issues, etc.), and lung issues (asthma and allergies, etc.).
Acupuncture is most often used to treat:
Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders: Toothaches, pain after tooth extractions, gingivitis, acute or chronic otitis, acute sinusitis, acute rhinitis, nasal catarrh and tonsillitis.
Respiratory Disorders: Bronchial asthma (in children or adults when uncomplicated)
Gastrointestinal Disorders: Esophageal and cardio spasm, hiccup, gastroptosis, acute or chronic gastritis, sour stomach, chronic colonitis, constipation, diarrhea, and paralytic ileus.
Eye Disorders: Acute conjunctivitis, central retinitis, nearsightedness (in children) and cataracts without complications.
Neurological and Muscular Disorders: Headaches, migraines, trigeminal neuralgia, facial paralysis (within the first 3-6 months), post stroke paresis, peripheral neuritis, neurological bladder dysfunction, bed wetting, intercostal neuralgia, cervical syndrome, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, sciatica, low back pain, and osteoarthritis.
Treatment length will vary with the condition. Acupuncture is not usually painful. Typically, symptoms will improve after the first treatment. Occasionally this does not happen on the first day, but relief will occur over the next few days.