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Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a system of healing that has developed over thousands of years as part of the traditional medicine of China, Japan, and other Eastern countries. The earliest records of acupuncture date back over 3,000 years and today one fourth of the population uses acupuncture. Traditional acupuncture is based on the principle that our health depends on the balanced functioning of the body energy. When we are in perfect health all the energy “Qi” runs harmoniously throughout the body.

Acupuncture involves the insertion of sterile, single-use, ultra-fine needles into the skin at specific points on the body. The stimulation of carefully chosen points can access and maintain the necessary flow of the body to alleviate unwanted symptoms and reverse the effects of disease. Points are chosen on the body, scalp and in the ears. Acupuncture promotes self-healing by restoring homeostasis and reducing bio-entropy. It normalizes the dysfunction of soft tissues and balances musculoskeletal mechanics.

Acupuncture will help restore homeostasis, enhance athletic and creative performance, prevent injuries, and treat a range of disorders as the nervous system directly relates to the interstitial connective tissue, immune, endocrine, cardiovascular and respiratory system. Acupuncture treatments are tailored to each individuals needs identifying their stress patterns and promoting freedom from locked holding patterns. Acupuncture treatments are encouraged on an ongoing basis and help many patients reverse stress patterns leading to GI distress, anxiety/irritability, cardiac neuroses, depression, pelvic collapse, spinal irritation and adrenal exhaustion.

Herbal Medicine

Herbal medicine treats the body through changing the environment of the body to help patients recover from illness. Herbal medicine is used as a comprehensive system of health maintenance. Herbs are administered typically or through oral ingestion. The abdomen, tongue and pulse is used to assess and reassess the effect of the herbs on the body. Herbal Medicine is especially useful in promoting the body’s ability to heal and recover from illness and aging.

Gua Sha

The benefits of Gua Sha are numerous. It promotes normal circulation to the muscles,tissues, and organs directly beneath the surface treated. Patients experience immediate changes in stiffness, pain and mobility. Nutrients are carried to the tissues and metabolic waste is carried away restoring normal metabolic processes and effectively removing blood stasis. www.guasha.com

Auricular Therapy

Specific points on the ear when stimulated trigger electrical impulses to the brain for specific areas to be treated. Auricular therapy is known to be helpful in smoking cessation and weight loss
programs.

Massage

Entails gentle stretching, palmar massage, and energy line balancing in a rhythmic rocking pattern. Christine’s massage entails soft tissue manipulation, stretches and joint mobilization, while improving one’s flexibility and leaving them with a sense of relaxation, and improved body awareness.

The Melt Method

This is a self- treatment technique that simulates the hands on techniques that manual therapist Sue Hitzmann created to eliminate stress, pain, and dysfunction. This unique approach brings the body back to a more ideal state by directly enhancing body awareness, quieting the nervous system and re-hydrating connective tissue.

In addition to receiving acupuncture Christine encourages her patients to learn how to MELT (myofascial energetic lengthening technique). www.meltmethod.com Patients are taught how to assess and reassess their bodies, improve posture, hydrate tissues to increase their optimal performance in their day to day living. As acupuncture restores balance and homeostasis in ones nervous system, MELT is a self care technique that teaches individuals how to tap into their neuro-fascial system on their own. Research has shown that the anatomical relationship between acupuncture points and meridians to connective tissue planes is important in acupuncture’s mechanism of action and suggests the importance of the integrative role of interstitial connective tissue. www.uvm.edu/annb/faculty/langevin.

MELT, developed by Sue Hitzmann is established on cutting edge science explaining the role of neuro- fascial planes and lines in the human body and its role in connective tissue. A series of acupuncture treatments along with a consistent routine of MELT sessions help individuals stay active, lengthen, rehydrate and strengthen their bodies. Self care techniques are taught by Christine to help maintain pelvic and shoulder stability, rehydrate tissues and target areas of the body that are out of balance and weak.

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  • "Christine worked with me once a week for six months as part of our integrative musculoskeletal medicine program. After medical assessment, Christine was part of a comprehensive treatment plan that included medications, exercise, acupuncture, and bodywork. Patients consistently commented on her bedside skills & several had marked improvement after Christine’s treatments. What impressed me the most was her caring and advocacy on patients’ behalf; Christine never stops looking for additional ways to make her patients better."

    - Dr. Alex Moroz
    NYU Rusk Institute
  • "Living in New York City I have found that when it comes to health care there are the best of the best and the worst of the worst and then there is all that in between where we spend months and lots of dollars searching for relief. After another injury to my right shoulder the dilemma was to find the best of the best to treat the ailment with minimal waste of my time and money.

    Finally after lots of complaining and networking I was recommended to an acupuncturist. And I consider Christine Marcarian as one of the best. Besides being exceptionally knowledgeable about her craft she is grounded, wholesome, caring as well as very nurturing and accessible. My healing began after the first visit. I highly recommend Christine if you are looking for the best!"

    - Eileen Maier
    Management
  • "Christine is phenomenal! I saw her weekly during my performance of Macbeth in NYC. Whatever ache, pain, stiffness, or fatigue I had by the time I got off of her table, I felt calm, centered, without pain and always in a far better place to perform. She has an intuition that is uncanny. I cannot recommend her highly enough."

    - Patrick Stewart
    Actor
  • "I went to Christine for terrible migraines. Before trying acupuncture, I exhausted all forms of treatment with the neurologist, chiropractor and various other modalities, some of which helped but just temporarily. After several months, I have never felt so good. Not only do I feel better, I look better and am much happier."

    - Valerie K
    Human Resources
  • "Over a period of years now and for very different symptoms-sciatica, migraines, stress, and various side effects from cancer radiation treatment. I have been the grateful beneficiary of Christine’s expertise and impressive touch.

    She has been of immeasurable help to me. I would unqualifiedly recommend her to anyone seeking highly trained, experienced, professional, and compassionate care."

    - Margaret E
    VP Bristol Myers Squib