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Practitioners of this medicine view pain, illness and disease as the manifestation of imbalance or disruption of the bodies’ natural processes. Chinese medical practitioners evaluate not only a patient’s physical, mental, and emotional symptoms, they also consider how a patient’s home and work environments contribute to their overall health. This allows a practitioner to provide symptomatic relief while also addressing the underlying causes of the patient’s health complaints. This comprehensive evaluation and diagnosis is completed using a holistic model that takes into account all aspects of the patient’s wellbeing. The power of Chinese medicine lies in its ability to activate and direct the body’s own healing system. By bringing the patient back to balance all facets of their overall health can be addressed a seemingly unrelated health concerns may be resolved at once. Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine are the primary methods of treatment in my clinic but other modalities like massage, cupping and moxibustion may be used as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6024143f93c473048b94fc1d/1621920606645-WMNSMXJJZSRYWOAEZTT9/Acupuncture+for+Kids.jpeg About - Acupuncture for Children Can acupuncture help my child? Yes! Absolutely! As a holistic medicine, acupuncture and Chinese medicine are ideally suited for both general health maintenance and the management of acute and chronic health issues in children. Acupuncture and herbal medicine are especially effective at treating conditions for which western medicine does not have highly effective treatments. Frequent colds and flu, chronic ear infections, colic, digestive upset, teething pain and dermatological conditions are just a few of the most common conditions I see most frequently in my clinic. When working with infants and children in my practice I always go to great lengths to make sure both parents and children know what’s going on and what’s coming next throughout the course of the intake and treatment. When working with infants and children I primarily use a technique called “shonishin”. The word “shonishin” literally translated means “child’s needle”. It is a Japanese rendering of an older Chinese term with the same meaning. Shonishin is a method of acupuncture treatment ideally suited to babies and small children because most of the methods used in shonishin do not involve the use of needles. Instead a wide array of tools are used that can be tapped, rubbed, or pressed onto the surface of the body to provide a very gentle, non-invasive and effective treatment. My clinic is very child-friendly. Coming to the clinic should be an enjoyable process and I find that most children are quite happy to come for their check-ups and treatments. If you have questions about how acupuncture and chinese medicine could be helpful for your child please contact me to set up a phone consultation. https://www.wfaclinic.com/services daily 0.75 2024-01-11 https://www.wfaclinic.com/team daily 0.75 2025-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6024143f93c473048b94fc1d/8a171ee5-2450-433a-a6de-ffcdaee90ff3/IMG_3033.jpg Team - Practitioner and Founder Timothy (Teo) Potts, L.Ac My journey towards health, both personally and professionally, began at a very young age. My great aunt was a curandera who passed on to her descendants some of her knowledge and wisdom to help keep the family healthy and whole. When I was twelve, my mother became a massage therapist. As she learned, she taught my sister and I how to listen to a body’s pain and guide it back towards wellness. Many times in my life, she has told me that in order to treat pain one must “touch the pain” instead of ignoring or avoiding it. These experiences laid the foundation that all the medical training to come would be laid upon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6024143f93c473048b94fc1d/1619812391778-EYKHANY1MCU0NM54J8ZN/IMG_8903.jpeg Team - Support Staff Celine Barrica, L.Ac, CMT Celine greets you at the door. She keeps the clinic running smoothly and is here to help you with scheduling, payment, and herb preparations, which allows Teo to be more focused on you and your visit! She is also a licensed acupuncturist and certified massage therapist. She has been practicing medical massage with a focus in women’s health, elder care, and pain management for over 7 years. Celine has been mentored by Teo both in acupuncture school and through his clinic since 2016. She has recently received her license and began a practice of her own. 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