Registered Acupuncturist and Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner in Oakville
With Rui Yao, R.Ac, R.TCMP.
With Rui Yao, R.Ac, R.TCMP.
Rui Yao is a Registered Acupuncturist and a Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner. A first appointment runs approximately 90 minutes because most of it is intake: a full history taken before any needles, covering sleep, appetite, digestion and stress as well as whatever brought you in.
Follow-ups run approximately 60 minutes. You do not need a referral, and it is worth eating something beforehand rather than arriving on an empty stomach.
One session might draw on any combination of these. Which ones appear depends entirely on the assessment.
Fine, single use sterile needles placed at selected points and usually left in for around twenty minutes while you rest. This is the core of most appointments.
Dried mugwort warmed near the skin, either on its own or on the end of a needle. It is a warming technique rather than a heat treatment, and it does not touch the skin.
Herbal formulas prescribed to a pattern rather than to a symptom, and adjusted as things change. Discussed at the appointment; not everyone is given herbs.
Suction cups on the skin to lift the tissue. Used across the back and shoulders more than anywhere else. It can leave circular marks that fade over several days.
Chinese therapeutic massage, worked through clothing, using pressure and rhythmic technique along the same channels the needles use.
A smooth-edged tool stroked along the skin with oil. Like cupping, it can leave temporary marks.
The needles are far finer than the ones used for injections and most people barely register them going in. What people do tend to feel is a dull ache, a heaviness or a spreading sensation around the point, which settles within a few seconds. Tell Rui if anything is sharp and she will adjust.
No. They are single use, sterile and disposed of after the appointment.
Yes. Please avoid arriving on an empty stomach. Feeling lightheaded during a session is almost always down to not having eaten.
That depends entirely on what you come in with and how you respond, and Rui will give you a realistic idea after the first session rather than before it. Some people come once, others come over a course of appointments.
No. Acupuncture services here are HST exempt, so the prices on the services page are what you pay.
Cupping and gua sha can leave circular or streaked marks that fade over several days. Some people bruise more than others, so let your practitioner know if you bruise easily.
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