Location: Whole Athlete Performance Center

Contact: (415) 259-7803 or andreamassage@gmail.com

Chinese medicine is the way to go. TCM can help us heal from injury, optimize recovery and enhance performance. If you have an old, nagging injury, digestive problems, headaches, allergies, or other ailments, TCM treats the whole person when you want to feel good again.

Acupuncture is applied to treat illness and diseases, or simply to help regulate health and wellness. Acupuncture was first developed during the Chou dynasty (1030 BC to 221 BC) in China, as a system of therapy involving the needling of precise points on the body derived from the concepts of humanity and its relationship to the natural environment.

Nicole Masters, L.Ac. M.S., is a California State Certified Acupuncturist and holds a Masters of Science degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco's Potrero Hill neighborhood. She is also nationally certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM).

Nicole also apprenticed and studied with Stephen Coleman, L.Ac. muscular skeletal pain specialist while in school as well as participated in several internships at community health clinics. Upon graduation Nicole worked with Sanjay Patel, M.D. at Northern California Rehabilitation Associates in Modesto, CA (2003-2004) working with acute injury and work disability patients. Additionally Nicole is licensed in Washington State (2002) and continues to work with John McEachron, D.C. in his family Chiropractic office in Olympia, WA., when she returns to visit her family at Horseland Farms.