Conditions We Treat
Evidence-based care for pain, nerves, fertility, allergies and more.
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Nervous System
Nerve pain, numbness, stress and sleep patterns that won't settle.
Pain
Chronic and injury-related pain that hasn't resolved with the usual care.
Women's Health
Fertility support before, during and after IVF or IUI cycles.
Cancer Support
Comfort-focused care alongside oncology treatment.
Allergy & Immune
Alpha-Gal Syndrome and mast cell reactivity, including SAAT.
Sleep
Calm the nervous system so you fall asleep and stay asleep.
Digestive Health
Gut symptoms tied to stress, motility and inflammation.
Peripheral Neuropathy
Burning, tingling and numbness in the feet and hands — our most-requested program.
Nervous System
Peripheral Neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy is damage to the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord — most often felt as burning, tingling, numbness, or balance loss in the feet and hands. This page explains what it is, what commonly causes it, and when to get evaluated. If you already know you want treatment, see our Clearwater neuropathy treatment page.
Learn moreStress, Anxiety & Insomnia
Racing thoughts, jaw tension, the 3 AM wake-up — a wired, dysregulated nervous system is one of the most common things we treat. Acupuncture works by shifting the body out of sustained sympathetic ('fight-or-flight') dominance into parasympathetic recovery — the state in which sleep, digestion, and mood reset.
Learn moreAcupuncture for Shingles & Postherpetic Neuralgia
Shingles pain doesn't always end when the rash clears. An estimated 10–18% of shingles patients develop postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) — burning, stabbing, or electric-shock nerve pain along the affected dermatome that can last months or years after the rash resolves. Gabapentin, pregabalin, lidocaine patches, and tricyclic antidepressants help partially at best, and many patients trade nerve pain for sedation, brain fog, or unsteadiness. Acupuncture is one of the few interventions with randomized-trial support for both acute shingles pain and PHN — Ursini 2011 and He 2020 meta-analyses both show significant pain reduction vs. control, and NCCIH lists acupuncture as a recognized option for postherpetic neuralgia specifically.
Learn morePain
Chronic Pain
Three months of pain becomes a way of life — daily stiffness, disrupted sleep, the 'pill-or-procedure' loop. Acupuncture is now a first-line, non-pharmacologic recommendation from the FDA, CDC, and American College of Physicians for chronic low-back pain — an opioid-alternative that carries none of the dependence, GI, or overdose risk of long-term opioid therapy.
Learn moreMigraines & Headaches
Eight or more headache days a month is not normal — and you should not have to choose between a Botox cycle, a CGRP injectable, and another preventive that fogs your brain. Acupuncture is a first-line, guideline-recommended option for migraine prevention.
Learn moreSciatica & Back Pain
Sharp shooting pain down the leg, low-back stiffness that ruins your morning, the constant fear of the next flare — sciatica and chronic back pain respond well to acupuncture, especially when standard PT and injections have stalled.
Learn moreArthritis
Arthritis is the #1 cause of disability in adults over 55, and an estimated 150,000–200,000 Pinellas County adults live with it. Acupuncture is a first-line conservative option for knee osteoarthritis and provides meaningful relief for hip, hand, and spinal arthritis as well.
Learn moreFibromyalgia
Widespread body pain, unrefreshing sleep, brain fog, and the frustration of being told it's 'all in your head' — fibromyalgia is a real central-sensitization disorder that affects an estimated 4–8 million U.S. adults, disproportionately women 40–65. Pregabalin (Lyrica), duloxetine (Cymbalta), and milnacipran (Savella) are FDA-approved for fibromyalgia but provide partial relief at best for most patients, and long-term opioids are explicitly discouraged by the EULAR guideline. Acupuncture is one of the few interventions that consistently improves fibromyalgia symptoms across randomized trials — the EULAR 2016 fibromyalgia management guidelines list acupuncture as a recommended non-pharmacologic option, Deare 2013 (Cochrane) supports it for pain reduction and quality-of-life improvement, and Harris NeuroImage 2009 demonstrates measurable changes in μ-opioid receptor binding in fibromyalgia patients treated with acupuncture — direct neurobiological evidence, not placebo.
Learn moreWomen's Health
Fertility Acupuncture
Whether you're 6 months in, 36 months in, or mid-IVF, fertility acupuncture works alongside your reproductive endocrinologist — cycle-timed, evidence-informed, never in the way of your medical care. Dr. Kim has coordinated fertility care with Tampa Bay REI clinics for 10+ years, and adjunctive acupuncture at embryo transfer is associated with meaningful improvements in clinical pregnancy and live-birth rates across multiple meta-analyses.
Learn moreFertility Anxiety & IVF Stress
The two-week wait. The pre-transfer panic. The grief of a failed cycle. Fertility anxiety is its own clinical entity — and it has its own effect on outcomes. ASRM and ACOG both acknowledge that mind-body programs improve psychological well-being and treatment continuation rates during IVF. Acupuncture is the most-studied of those interventions, with measurable reductions on the FertiQoL emotional subscale and GAD-7 within 4–6 sessions.
Learn moreCancer Support
Cancer Support Acupuncture
Most cancer patients in West Florida are never told that acupuncture is a guideline-endorsed option for the symptoms that steal the day — chemo-induced nausea, peripheral neuropathy, fatigue, hot flashes, and insomnia. We coordinate with your oncology team at Moffitt, AdventHealth, BayCare, or Florida Cancer Specialists.
Learn moreCancer-Related Fatigue (CRF)
Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is the #1 unresolved symptom across survivorship — and it's the one most patients are told to 'just live with.' NCCN now lists acupuncture as a Category 1 intervention for CRF, and randomized trials (Molassiotis JCO 2012, Mao 2014, Garcia 2013) show measurable improvement on the Brief Fatigue Inventory (BFI) and FACIT-Fatigue within 6–8 weeks. We treat patients still in chemo, on aromatase inhibitors, and survivors 1–5 years post-NED who never got their energy back.
Learn moreAllergy & Immune
Alpha-Gal Syndrome (SAAT)
Alpha-Gal Syndrome (AGS) — the red-meat and mammalian-product allergy triggered by a Lone Star tick bite — is exploding across the Southeast. SAAT (Soliman Auricular Allergy Treatment) is a single, retained auricular needle protocol with documented long-term remission rates, and Dr. Kim is one of the few SAAT-certified providers in Florida.
Learn moreMCAS (Mast Cell Activation Syndrome)
MCAS — Mast Cell Activation Syndrome — produces a confusing constellation of food sensitivities, skin flushing, GI distress, brain fog, dysautonomia, and anxiety that conventional allergy and immunology workups often can't fully resolve. Dr. Kim integrates SAAT (Soliman Auricular Allergy Treatment) with a calming systemic protocol to reduce flare frequency, stabilize the autonomic nervous system, and give patients back a wider range of safe foods.
Learn moreDon’t see your condition? This list isn’t the limit of what we treat — ask Dr. Kim whether acupuncture can help.