Conditions treated

What actually walks through this door.

Acupuncture treats the root of an issue — to prevent and treat disease, relieve pain, balance mood, increase fertility, enhance athletic performance, and improve overall health and wellness. Below is what patients most often come to the Parker clinic for.

Browse by Reason

Sixteen common reasons patients book

Don't see yours? It doesn't mean the answer is no — call and ask. Tara will tell you honestly whether this is a good fit.

Wellness & Prevention Chronic and Acute Back Pain — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Asthma

Understanding how the body works is why acupuncture works so effictively on asthma. For the kiddos, Tara uses lasers so they don't have to worry about the needles.

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Wellness & Prevention Neck and Shoulder Pain — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Allergies

Using Biomedicine treatments and acupuncture, Tara clears allergens from eight different body systems being affected.

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Wellness & Prevention Muscle Strains and Pulls — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Peri/Menopause

The application of Acupuncture, food and cellular medicine - issues like hot flashes, night sweats, sleep, bloat and anxiety are easily and quickly treated.

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Wellness & Prevention Nerve Pain and Sciatica — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Parasitic Infection

90 Million Americans have parasites, but don't know it. Up to 50% of chronic issues and "mystery diagnosises" are parasitic. Parasites cause "everyday" symptoms. Using the Biomedical scans - Tara checks everyone and treats these issues with homeopathics, herbs, and nutrition when it presents.

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Sports & Performance Athletic Injury and Overuse — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Athletic Injury & Overuse

Sprains, tendinopathy and overuse injuries treated with return-to-activity in mind, not just pain relief.

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Sports & Performance Performance and Recovery — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Performance & Recovery

Acupuncture is used to enhance athletic performance and shorten the gap between hard efforts. Treatment loosens muscle and encourages blood flow through tissue that's stopped draining.

Popular with runners, cyclists and lifters across Douglas County.

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Stress, Sleep & Mood Stress and Anxiety — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Stress & Anxiety

Acupuncture is well used for balancing mood and lowering the baseline stress load your body carries. Treatment has a sedating effect on an over-revved nervous system.

Most patients describe treatments as deeply relaxing.

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Stress, Sleep & Mood Sleep Quality and Insomnia — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Sleep Quality & Insomnia

Difficulty falling asleep and difficulty staying asleep are different patterns in Chinese medicine and get treated differently. Lifestyle and food factors get addressed alongside the needling.

Sleep is usually the first thing patients notice changing.

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Stress, Sleep & Mood Smoking Cessation — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Smoking Cessation

Treatment includes a plan for your broader health, not just the cigarettes — which is why it tends to hold.

Patient: “Every day since has been simple; I don't smoke.”

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Digestive Chronic Digestive Complaints — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Chronic Digestive Complaints

Long-standing digestive issues are treated as a whole-system pattern: acupuncture plus specific food choices and, where appropriate, Chinese herbal remedies or homeopathics.

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Digestive Acid Reflux — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Acid Reflux

Reflux, ulcers and the medication cycle that follows them. Treatment focuses on the pattern driving the symptom, with realistic dietary changes you can actually keep.

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Women's Health Fertility Support — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Fertility Support

Acupuncture is used to increase fertility as part of a broader plan addressing sleep, stress load and nutrition. Works as a complement to whatever medical care you're already receiving.

Discussed thoroughly at your consultation before any treatment plan.

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Women's Health Cycle and Hormonal Balance — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Cycle & Hormonal Balance

Irregularity, pain and cyclical symptoms treated through restoration of balance and blood flow rather than symptom suppression.

Treated as a pattern over a full cycle, not a single visit.

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Wellness & Prevention Immune Support and Seasonal Care — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Skin Rashes

Not all skin rashes are the same. Using the Biomedicine scan, Tara can decifer what is causing the symptom and acupuncture is used to help support the organ that is struggling. For the kiddos - lasers are used, so no need to worry about needles..

Chinese medicine has always been oriented toward prevention as much as cure.

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Wellness & Prevention Headaches and Facial Tension — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Headaches & Facial Tension

Tension headaches, jaw clenching and facial tightness respond well to a combination of fine needling and precise manual release.

Often paired with neck and shoulder treatment.

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Wellness & Prevention Health Coaching and Lifestyle — illustrative image for this acupuncture and Chinese medicine treatment focus

Health Coaching & Lifestyle

For people with nothing acutely wrong who want a common-sense approach to a healthy lifestyle. Food choices, movement, sleep and stress, built around how you actually live.

Health coachingFood therapyPreventive acupuncture

For clients of all walks of life.

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Close view of fine acupuncture needles placed along a patient's back

If you're on the fence

Most people here started out skeptical

Almost every review on this site contains some version of “I wasn't sure this would work.” That's a normal place to start.

What changes it is usually the consultation rather than the needles — a practitioner who takes a full history, explains the reasoning, and tells you plainly what she thinks is going on. If acupuncture isn't the right tool for your situation, you'll hear that too.

  • A chemical-free therapy with no harmful side effects
  • Works alongside your physician, chiropractor or physical therapist

One conversation

Tell Tara what's going on. She'll tell you if she can help.

No obligation and no sales pitch — just a straight answer about whether Chinese medicine is a sensible next step for your situation.

Serving Parker, Castle Rock, Lone Tree, Centennial & south Aurora