Diploma of Acupuncture
Bachelor of Applied Science (Nutrition)
Chronic and acute pain, mental health, stress management.
Acupuncture, Cupping, Guasha, massage, ear seeds, lifestyle advice, and more!
Alison (she/they) has lived in Toronto her entire life and has always been passionate about working in healthcare. After many years in clinic management, Alison became a Registered Acupuncturist after her own transformational experiences with acupuncture. Alison graduated from the Toronto School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and also has an Applied Science Degree in Nutrition, giving her a unique mixture of science and traditional health perspectives. Alison has a great appreciation for a multidisciplinary-teamwork approach to healthcare and loves to work in collaboration with your current or future healthcare practitioners. While comfortable treating most conditions, Alison has a special focus on stress, insomnia, mental health, and pain management. Alison uses various modalities in their treatments including acupuncture, acupressure, tuina massage, cupping, guasha, ear seeds and lifestyle advice. Alison loves to treat people of any gender, age or cultural background.
While not treating patients, you can find Alison walking or cycling around the city, or exploring and reading in parks.
What is acupuncture?
Acupuncture is the insertion of fine needles into your body's surface. A practiced acupuncturist causes little or no pain at all on insertion, because the needles are so fine and need to be inserted only a very minute amount. Also, the needles are solid (not hollow like hypodermic needles) and so they can bypass surface skin receptors. You may feel a slight pinch or a dull ache at some points, but the sensation should not be uncomfortable for more than a brief moment before the needle feels completely normal, and possibly even quite invigorating.
At Yellow Gazebo Natural Health Care, you are treated with only the best, sterilized needles, which are used just once and then are disposed of in accordance with the Clean Needle Technique (CNT).
Acupuncture can help reduce symptoms of almost any condition that does not require antibiotics or surgery.
