A good friend of mine recommended this place but sadly this place did not help at all…read more
Gina tried some moxibustion, gua sha and acupuncture for my elbow pain. While the heat from the moxibustion was temporarily comforting it didn't provide much relief afterwards.
I would have left my review at 3 stars if the therapist did a good job but the treatment wasn't effective, however, I seriously and honestly felt that she wasn't very competent.
I told her that one of the needles really hurt, and she told me that it shouldn't. Well, it sure did, and even if she said it shouldn't, it doesn't help, physically or psychologically.
Moreover, she focused exclusively on my elbow, even though I told her how it hurt at other points along the meridian. Other therapists I had been to had felt along my upper and forearm, even the shoulder, and had relieved my pain by massaging along those points, instead of directly on my elbows. TCM views the body holistically, rather than just zooming in on the area where the symptoms manifest. I am therefore very surprised and disappointed that she so narrowly focused on my elbow. When I didn't feel any better, she basically just put some ointment on, did more gua-sha. She was very vague about what the problem was ("Is it the tendon?" "Hmm, maybe." "Or could it be the muscle?" "That's possible too.") and just ended the session saying that she hoped the pain would go away in a few weeks. When I left my elbow hurt more than before, from all the rubbing
ETA: Adding this in response to the owner's message: If you read my other reviews, I am not a Yelper who go about trying to hurt businesses. The simple fact is that I went and did not feel satisfied with the treatment and reported so. I had gone to other Chinese doctors with the same elbow issue, who diagnosed the problem and achieved better results, so I know what a good treatment is. The best was when a doctor stuck a needle in my right knee to relieve the pain in my left elbow. Immediate relief. That's what awes me about TCM.
Moreover, a good doctor, whatever traditional she comes from, should care enough to listen to a patient's treatment history, especially when what she attempted does not help. To not listen, and then turn around and blame the patient for complicating the illness, is wholly irresponsible, and in my opinion, bad karma indeed.