Dedicated to the practice of Toyohari and other Japanese style acupuncture methods.

Acupuncture in Japan

The therapeutic methods we employ from Japan are generally very gentle and effective. Acupuncture in Japan has been adapted to suit the needs of todays modern person, hence it generally uses milder needling techniques with thinner gauge needles, and shallower insertion methods.

Treatment techniques and goals

Acupuncture can be used to help strengthen a person’s natural healing ability, to speed up the recovery from disease and as a preventative measure to help protect one’s health. This goal, coupled with targeting the relief of specific symptoms that each patient presents with requires that we use a wide variety of treatment methods, including different needling methods, application of heat through the use of moxibustion, retained needling methods, cupping, etc.

Individualized treatment

Our treatment approach assesses each patient individually to determine what are the optimal treatment approaches and combinations of techniques for each patient. Patients are often given advice and recommendations of additional therapy or lifestyle adjustments that will aid in the goals of treatment.

Our primary goals in treatment

Our primary goals in treatment are two-fold: first to assess and then to improve the natural healing ability of each patient through identifying what we perceive to be the primary disturbances in the body that weaken this ability, and second to help relieve and if possible, eliminate symptoms.

What do we commonly treat

Many health problems have responded well to treatment, covering a wide range of medical conditions and complaints, among these are:

Pain and Musculo-skeletal problems:

back pain, headaches, neck pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, repetitive strain injury, arthritis, fibromyalgia, sciatica

Internal problems:

asthma, fatigue, burn-out, ME or chronic fatigue syndrome, low energy, stress, emotional distress, psychological problems, ear-nose-throat problems, stomach problems, intestinal problems, menstrual problems, infertility and assisted IVF, pregnancy related problems, liver-gallbladder and bladder-kidney problems, neurological problems We also treat people undergoing therapy for difficult diseases such as cancer. The treatment can be very helpful to prevent nausea and vomiting with chemotherapy and to aid in the recovery process from surgery, radiation therapy.

The treatment of children

We also treat children with very delicate techniques that are well received by children and infants. This specialized method, called “shonishin” has been found helpful for a range of problems, including asthma, recurrent ear infections or colds, musculo-skeletal, gastro-intestinal, behavioural, psychological, skin, urinary and developmental problems.

Treatment methods

For most patients treatment has two main approaches: the ‘honchiho’ or ‘root treatment’, which is treatment that targets an improvement in the overall condition and natural healing abilities; the ‘hyochiho’ or ‘branch treatment’ that targets an improvement in symptoms.