Welcome to Santa Monica Acupuncture. We are part of a full service healing arts center located in Santa Monica. Along with Acupuncture, we also offer different modalities to treat the structural/emotional/biochemical aspects of the human body. Without the three check and balance, the complex organic machinery that is the human body will begin to break down. As this happens many different symptoms can be expressed. Any deficiency in one aspect of the body will affect the entire system leading to further symptomology and potential disease. At Santa Monica Healing Arts we identify the ROOT CAUSE and work with all aspects of your existence to bring it all back in Balance, beginning with Acupuncture.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), nothing in the human body can function independently. Pain is the body's warning alarm. It tells you something is wrong. If you ignore your body's alarm, similarly to the fire alarm in your house, severe problems can form soon.

Human body functions are dependent on the life force energy-Qi. Qi and blood flow through the energy pathways of the body called the meridian system nourishing and protecting body tissues and helping them maintain their functions. If, however, the body is beset with disease or injury, normal pathological symptoms will appear and affect the organs and meridian. Once the meridian is blocked, the Qi and blood are not able to move along smoothly. As a result, the affected area will not be able to get enough nutrition. In response, the patient feels pain, tingling, stiffness, bloating, or numbness. Hence the old TCM saying, "There is a blockage, there is pain. Otherwise, there is no pain".

Acupuncture can be used to correct the flow of Qi; Herbal medicine can be used to reestablish and balance Qi, blood and moisture in organ networks, in order to avert pathological factors.

Clinical studies support that acupuncture is an effective modality in the treatment of almost all kinds of pain conditions, including the following: migraines, neuralgia, neck pain, back pain, herniated disc, TMJ, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis, bursitis, arthritis, frozen shoulder, shoulder pain, fibromyalgia, dysmenorrhea, osteoporosis, sports and other injuries, surgical pain and even cancer pain. Researchers have discovered beneficial immune and endocrine alterations following acupuncture treatment. Acupuncture may actually help prevent pain by acting on the sympathetic nervous system and by stimulating the body to produce biochemical substances, such as endorphins, to help reduce pain.