First visit

Your first visit, in order

Plan on about 90 minutes. Later visits take about 45.

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Step 1: Before you come
We send a written estimate of your fee, and a short note on what to bring. Tell us your sport, your season and what is coming up.
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Step 2: A talk
Naoki asks about your training, your week, your medicines and what you hope for.
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Step 3: A short assessment
He watches you move and presses along the muscles you use most.
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Step 4: Treatment
Needles go in and stay for about 20 to 30 minutes, with a quiet rest.
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Step 5: A plan
You leave with a suggested plan for the next few weeks, and what to do in the next day or two.
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Step 6: Your receipt
You get an itemized receipt, a superbill, that you can send to your plan. Your plan decides whether it reimburses acupuncture.

What to wear, eat and bring

Wear
Shorts or loose pants that roll above the knee, and a tank or short sleeves. You are draped for anything else.
Eat
Have a light meal an hour or two before. Don't come very hungry or right after a big one.
Bring
A list of the medicines and supplements you take, and the date of your next race or trip.
Skip
A hard session right before your visit. Come as you are, and tell us if you are sore.
Tell us first
Pregnancy, blood thinners, a pacemaker or implant, lymph nodes removed, bleeding easily or worry about needles.
Getting here
Street parking is on SW 6th Street, and the front door has a ramp.

Tell us your sport and your season. We will reply to find a time.