It is so nice to have some one's approach to pain be something other than pills. It seems with every traditional oral medication, there is some side effect. Sometimes the side effects cause the same symptoms you're trying to relieve! The whole experience at Island Acupuncture is calming, soothing, and very pleasant. Gila glides from room to room like Florence Nightingale and has a quiet, calm manner about her. She has been practicing acupuncture for many years and is one of only four board certified acupuncturists in San Diego County. A session is usually about 90 minutes and has turned out to be an enforced down time for me to power nap, ponder, or just enjoy the soothing music she plays. My whole body feels relaxed and in balance when I leave. The office is nicely decorated and very clean. It's easy to park and walk right in.
She very gently taps on each needle to place and asks if I can feel it. There is an ever so gentle cramp feeling where each needle is inserted which means that it's placed where it needs to be and is doing it's job. I've had great success with treating my Achilles and am able to work out regularly on it.
I still have occasional twinges of pain but far less than I used to have and it is lessening each week. I so appreciate the different approach that Gila and acupuncture take to healing. It is different than traditional Western medicine and does require adjusting your expectations a little with regard to time and not expecting an instant fix, although there are many times when I feel absolutely no pain when I leave after arriving in pain.
Peled, Gila - Island Acupuncture
- (619) 435-2522
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