Acupuncture is one of the most common alternative medicines in the United States, utilized by about three million people — mostly adults — every year; but it is also used with growing frequency in children to relieve pain, migraines and other complaints. Studies reveal that more than 150,000 children used acupuncture in 2007 in the United States alone.
Light Family Acupuncture has been successful with helping children and adolescents with a variety of chronic and acute conditions since 2003- including:
Melissa uses techniques such as pediatric Tui Na, acupuncture and herbal therapy. She has two young children of her own and has a special “knack” for working with kids in a healthcare setting.
