The Root Acupuncture

06/28/2023

Please be aware that our offices will be closed from July 1 (Saturday) to July 10 (Monday). All appointments can be booked online via our website while we are away: https://patient.unifiedpractice.com/the-root-acupuncture/booking/previous-visit

Happy 4th to everyone!

05/03/2023

"I am not a fan of needles. Does acupuncture hurt?"

This is the most common concern expressed by new patients and the fastest to be quickly alleviated. Great care is taken to ensure that patients experience little discomfort and about 90% of patients find that they will drift off or take a small nap during the treatment – you will feel that comfortable with acupuncture! We would commonly tell patients that some of our acupuncture needles are so thin that we could probably fit 30 of them in the head of a hypodermic needle. Well, we finally put that to the test as you can see for yourself – we ended up fitting 35 of them!

When performing acupuncture on our patients, each needle is inserted with a swift tap. This helps the needle quickly bypass the epidermal layer of skin where your pain receptors are located. This causes most patients to only feel only a small pinch (that dissipates almost as quickly as it appears), many others describe no sensation at all (other than feeling a tap on their skin). Other times when we are working on larger muscles/tendons, acupuncture can sometimes cause a small twitch from the muscle or a small ache to arrive in the area. Both of those sensations quickly dissipate and, as described before, patients drift into a calming parasympathetic “rest and digest” nervous system response that results in a nice relaxing nap.

06/09/2022

Erik will be out of the office from June 15 - 26. Appointments can still be booked online but, if you need acupuncture services while he is away, here is a list of trusted referrals in the Denver area.

09/28/2021

We just had one appointment spot open up this Wednesday at 10am at the Lakewood office. Please go online or call us to book this spot before it's gone.

https://ehr.unifiedpractice.com/Public/OnlineBooking?ClinicUid=49b54aba-3952-4b13-bcab-ae46629e0974

06/28/2021

We are excited to announce that Larry Amos, LMT has joined our offices here in Suite #204!

More than thirty years ago, Larry started out as an Emergency Medical Technician. Interest in injury and healing led to completing the Therapeutic Massage Training Program in 1997 from Florida College of Natural Health. Continued education goals led to multiple workshops studying massage and bodywork, Reflexology, Neuromuscular Therapy, Active Isolated Stretching, and the Hesch Method. Larry has a holistic approach and believes in the integration of mind, body, spirit, and emotions working together to create harmony. Larry has also instructed on a variety of massage therapy topics at the Denver Integrated Massage School.

Contact Larry directly via phone or text for appointment availability @ (434) 326-6818.

Please note that Larry is only seeing fully vaccinated patients at this time, and masks are required at all times. We appreciate your understanding.

02/16/2021

A big thank you to Shoutout Colorado for this recent piece that they did on my life balance as an Acupuncturist and Beekeeper.

Local Stories Meet Erik Johnson: Acupuncturist & Beekeeper February 16, 2021February 9, 2021 Leave a reply We had the good fortune of connecting with Erik Johnson and we’ve shared our conversation below. Hi Erik, have there been any changes in how you think about work-life balance? Between running...

12/15/2020

We have a new office location starting in 2021! You can start booking for this location starting on January 4 through our online booking calendar (http://therootacupuncture.com/).

Located in Lakewood, the new office will be in the Fox Point Commons building that sits on the SE corner of Green Mountain (just 3 minutes from W Alameda Pkwy and C-470).

As for the Denver office, the plan is to keep one day a week in the area. The exact location and day of the week is TBD at this point, but we will keep you all updated.