Here at the Tao Healing Arts Center of Ithaca and Trumansburg, we strive to offer the most gentle and effective acupuncture experience possible. Acupuncture is a physical medicine that has been continuously practiced and refined all over the world for over two millennia. It involves the painless application of sterile, single use acupuncture needles at various areas of the body in order to treat a wide variety of conditions and diseases.
Here at Tao, we are able to use evidence-based acupuncture to help you...
*Reduce inflammation, whether it be in the nerves, the soft tissue, or even in your sinuses or gut. This can be a powerful tool in helping eliminate pain from sciatica, headaches, and numerous other conditions.
*Release myofascial trigger points and adhesions, often eliminating pain and spasms in muscles. This can be helpful for injuries ranging from low back pain to TMJ, from chronic neck pain to trigger finger. We pride ourselves on specializing in myofascial therapies.
*Reduce or eliminate pain from spasms, spinal disk bulges, neurological conditions, and digestive disorders.
*Regulate temperature for the treatment of perimenopausal hot flashes, and various sweating conditions, as well as cold hands and feet, particularly Reynaud's Phenomenon.
*Reduce anxiety, palpitations, and panic attacks, as well as help manage stress by reducing cortisol and calming the mind.
*Regulate and boost functions of resting, digestion, and fluid metabolism for the treatment of digestive disorders, insomnia, and swelling or edema patterns.
*Eliminate or reduce hemorrhoids (no local treatment involved!)
*Treat headaches effectively, including migraine headache, cluster headache, sinus headache, and headaches due to post-concussive injuries.
*Enhance IVF procedures, promote fertility, manage morning sickness, help encourage breech positioned babies to turn, and induce labor.
*Treat dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome, and low back pain and other menstrual conditions.
*Treat impotence and premature ejaculation, as well as improving men's sexual health.
*Assist in post-stroke recovery.
*Enhance the immune system in exposure to Lyme disease, and regulate autoimmune function in a host of autoimmune disorders, particularly rheumatoid arthritis.
*Reduce wrinkles and fine lines on the skin, and help tighten sagging skin.
*Help boost the metabolism for healthy, natural weight loss.
These are some of the most common conditions that Bryan Isacks, M.S., L.Ac. has personally treated over the course of thousands of patient encounters spanning a decade of high volume clinical practice. The acupuncture techniques we utilize at The Tao Healing Arts Center of Ithaca and Trumansburg are not only supported by a large and growing evidence base, they are have been rigorously clinically refined during thousands of patient encounters right here in our clinic. We are able to explain what we would like to do, give you the reasoning behind it, and give you a reasonable prognosis regarding how long it will take you to FEEL BETTER.
Regarding safety and efficacy in the clinic, we adhere to the highest level of cleanliness, safety, and comfort. Isacks is an assistant professor with the Finger Lakes School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine with nine years of experience teaching and assisting clinical skills, and has served as a Clean Needle Technique Certification examiner in the state of New York.
If you are curious about acupuncture, but are hesitant to try it, we would invite you to call 607-387-4577 to stop by the clinic at no cost, where we can demonstrate the technique and answer any questions you may have. The vast majority of our patients find it to be comfortable, painless, and most importantly, highly effective at helping them attain optimum health!