Bodywork Services

Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which Dr.Aquino puts special cups on your skin for several minutes to create suction. People receive cupping for many purposes, including pain management, inflammation, improved blood flow, relaxation, and well-being as a type of deep-tissue massage.

Gua sha is rooted in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). According to the principles of TCM, your qi (pronounced “chi”), or energy, must flow throughout your body so you can feel your best. When qi becomes stagnant in certain areas, it’s believed that health problems can occur. With gua sha, Dr.Aquino will use a smooth-edged tool to gently scrape areas of your body where there is inflammation or stagnant qi to help improve circulation and promote healing.

Gua sha is a very standard kind of treatment modality that most acupuncturists will use. Its meaning loosely translates to ‘scraping, rubbing, or pushing.’ Essentially, gua sha is just a tool-assisted type of massage. 

Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) is a hands-on treatment method. Doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) use OMT to treat mechanical pain (muscle, tendon, or bone pain due to structural imbalance) and a wide range of health conditions. 

Using several OMT techniques, Dr.Aquino will apply gentle pressure to manipulate the muscles, soft tissues, and joints. The treatment encourages your body to heal by ensuring that your bones and muscles are aligned and properly balanced.

Shiatsu means finger (Shi) pressure (Atsu) and although Shiatsu is pressure usually applied with the thumbs along the meridian lines; extensive soft tissue manipulation and both active and passive exercise and stretching may be part of the treatments. Extensive use of cutaneovisceral reflexes in the abdomen and on the back are also characteristics of Shiatsu. The emphasis of Shiatsu is the treatment of the whole meridian; however, effective points are also used.