Do you take insurance or HSA?

Turning Point will gladly accept HSA or FSA cards!

I am not an in-network provider and do not directly accept insurance payments. However, I am happy to provide an itemized superbill upon request, which you can submit to your insurance provider for potential reimbursement, depending on your plan’s coverage. Please note that full payment for services is due at the time of your appointment.

Where are you located?

Turning Point Acupuncture is located in Mt. Pleasant, SC, at 845 Lowcountry Blvd., Suite M.

There is a parking lot on site with ample parking available.

What can acupuncture treat?

Acupuncture is an ancient system of medicine that diagnoses based on the whole person, considering individual symptoms, lifestyle, personal constitution, subjective and objective data to make a pattern diagnosis. Treatment is individualized to the patient based on this diagnosis.

Acupuncture therefore treats a wide variety of patterns. While acupuncture can help alleviate symptoms of many common Western diseases, acupuncture cannot treat Western diseases. In Traditional Chinese medicine, Western disease can take many different patterns; this is what we consider when offering treatment.

Tori specializes in treating:

• Mental health and emotional trauma

• Headaches

• Tremor and neuropathy

• Insomnia

• Pain

The World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged acupuncture as an effective treatment for many health conditions, including:

• Respiratory: allergic rhinitis

• Gastrointestinal: biliary colic, dysentery, epigastric pain, morning sickness, nausea and vomiting

• Pain: facial pain, headache, knee pain, low back pain, neck pain, dental and TMJ pain, periarthritis of the shoulder, postoperative pain, rheumatoid arthritis, sciatica, sprain, tennis elbow

• Gynecologic: primary dysmenorrhea, induction of labor, correction of malposition of fetus

• Cardiovascular: hypertension, hypotension, sequalae of stroke​                                                    

• Psychiatric: depression

• General: adverse reactions to radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy, leukopenia

The WHO acknowledges therapeutic effect of acupuncture, but further evidence is needed:

• Respiratory: asthma, whooping cough

• Ear, nose, throat, eyes and mouth: eye pain, epistaxis (nose bleeds), herpes zoster, Meniere's disease, sore throat, Sjogren syndrome

• Gastrointestinal: cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, gastrokinetic disturbance, ulcerative colitis

• Neuro-psychiatric: anxiety, Bell's palsy, depression, facial spasm, neuralgia, dementia, schizophrenia, Tourette’s syndrome

• Pain: abdominal pain, cancer pain, earache, fibromyalgia, gouty arthritis, osteoarthritis, radicular pain, spinal pain, pain due to endoscopic examination, stiff neck, temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJD), Tietze syndrome

• Skin: acne, neurodermatitis, pruritus

• Gynecological/renal: female infertility, hypoovarianism, labor pain, overactive bladder, PCOS, PMS, UTI

• Male sexual dysfunction: prostatitis, bladder infections, recurrent UTI, urolithiasis, retention of urine

• Cardiovascular: cardiac neurosis, hyperlipemia, pain in Thromboangiitis, Raynaud's syndrome

• General: alcohol and opioid dependence, competition stress syndrome, craniocerebral injury, diabetes (non-insulin dependent), obesity, insomnia, lactation deficiency, post operative convalescence, tobacco dependence

https://holistic-health.org.uk/world-health-organisation-recommends-acupuncture-100-conditions/

Can I receive acupuncture if I’m already being treated for my condition?

Yes! Acupuncture is a wonderful supplementary modality and has been shown to promote beneficial outcomes alongside conventional treatments for many conditions, more so than conventional treatment alone.

Is acupuncture safe?

Yes. Acupuncture is performed with sterile, solid, single use needles. The risk of infection from acupuncture is extremely low, and even lower when Clean Needle Technique measures are put in place. Victoria is Clean Needle technique certified through the Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (CCAHM).

Additionally, acupuncturists undergo 2,400 hours of training with focus on local anatomy and cautions and contraindications of acupuncture and supplementary modalities regarding body types, health conditions, and medication interactions.

We place our utmost care is conducting Chinese Medicine safely.

How does acupuncture work?

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture works by directing the flow if Qi in the body to promote correct energy flow, organ function, and health.

Many studies have been done and are still being conducted to find the mechanism of action of acupuncture. Theories suggest:

• Acupuncture influences the fascia network which stimulates the body’s immune response to promote healing

• Acupuncture promotes local circulation to an area resulting in less inflammation and improved healing time

• Acupuncture helps relieve pain by releasing endorphins from the skin

Acupuncture is an accepted course of treatment around the world.

How long is an acupuncture course of treatment?

The answer is as it usually is in Chinese medicine: it depends. And for good reason. Your individualized course of treatment will depend on how chronic your condition is, lifestyle factors that may be contributing towards it, personal constitution, frequency of treatments, and how well a person responds to the energy medicine of acupuncture. A typical course of treatments ranges from 6-12 sessions.

How should I prepare for my acupuncture treatment?

You can prepare for your acupuncture treatment by

• Eating within a few hours before your session - this helps to avoid lightheadedness after acupuncture

• Wearing loose and comfortable clothing to easily access points

• Avoid drinking caffeine 2 hours before your appointment - this can lower pain threshold and make needle insertion more uncomfortable

What should I do after acupuncture?

After acupuncture you should be able to return to your regular schedule right away.

Some considerations to help your acupuncture treatments be most effective

• Drink plenty of water afterwards

• Avoid strenuous and stressful activities immediately after if you can

• Follow specific aftercare, dietary recommendations, and herbal treatment plans as prescribed by your acupuncturist

• Pay attention to how you feel and any changes in symptoms after your treatment and between treatments - this is helpful to understand if we are on the right treatment plan for you and to measure your progress - but don’t stress about keeping diligent notes and consider that healing is not linear and looks different for everyone