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Performance Improvement and Injury Healing

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Pain Management

Pain is an indicator of inflammation, injury, emotional distress, and severe disease. Dr. Hackett can help you feel better, but also understand what your pain means. Her treatments help manage or eliminate pain through the principle of “kinetic chains” or muscle groups that work together that create movement from the spine to your extremities.

Pain that originates in soft tissues (muscles, tendons, and ligaments) and can be managed through releasing muscle spasms and tension with acupuncture. Other types of pain: neuropathy, nerve pain, body aches, joint pain, fibromyalgia, and emotional pain that manifests as body pain all can be addressed with acupuncture, but internal medicine should also be considered to address the root cause.

Acupuncture and natural medicines are the main modalities that Dr. Hackett utilizes, but full-body nearinfrared (NIR/cold laser) technology (very gentle, non-invasive), dry needling (more intense stimulation of the muscles), and electrostim are other options, depending upon your health concerns and needs.

Whether you have migraines, neck, back, shoulder, hip, elbow, knee, hand, or foot pain, Dr. Hackett has very likely treated it over her nearly 20 years in practice. She also advocates utilizing combined modalities of massage, PT, and chiropractic to help you achieve resolution of your pain. She works as efficiently as possible to get you back to doing the things you love.

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Why Acupuncture and Holistic Medicine?

1000s of Years of Efficacy

For millennia, acupuncture has been used to treat the pain and injuries of millions of people. It is the definition of a time-tested remedy for relief.

Supports Your Body's Natural Healing Process

Your vital has an innate ability to resolve injuries and wounds. Acupuncture stimulates that response, supplements act as superfoods to encourage tissue mending.

How Many Treatments Do I Need?

Acupuncture is an art and a science. By the same turn the healing process is not a straight trajectory. It is a process. Some acute injuries resolve with just a few treatments. Chronic pain can take more time. Dr. Hackett usually can give you an idea after the first or second visit, depending upon how you respond to treatment.

Anatomy of Treatment

Dr. Hackett follows the kinetic chain of the injury or area of pain. For instance, if you have shoulder pain, she assesses your neck and spine as well as the shoulder assembly.  She treats spasmodic muscles are as well as neighboring muscles that aren’t firing as they should.

Why Does Acupuncture Work?

Your body ‘remembers’ the stimulation that acupuncture triggers. The acu points are kind of like a keyboard for the body. The effects of treatments are cumulative. It contributes to body memory.  Your body’s vitality is organized as any other system and is the subtle connection between body and mind.

Does It Hurt?

There are many styles of practice. Dr. Hackett utilizes Chinese and Japanese techniques depending upon the condition and the strength of your constitution. So-called Dry Needling, for instance, is a style of Chinese acupuncture that strongly stimulates the muscles. Japanese techniques are lighter and approach the more subtle aspects of acupuncture treatment.