Marinwood Community Acupuncture Clinic was founded with a mission to help people return to the activities that bring them joy and balance in their lives.
Clinic Policy:
The policies of the clinic are put in place to establish a professional atmosphere and to protect the rights of the patient and practitioner. If we want to have a great community clinic, than we all need to work together as a community to maintain its success.
Patients are encouraged to book online whenever possible through our scheduling system. Please also download and fill out the New Patient paperwork. Following the first visit patients will be encouraged to book their initial series of treatments ahead of time for the first two weeks. This is to ensure that the practitioner will have the needed follow-up with the patient and to ensure that ideal times are found in the schedule for future visits. This series usually includes four to six initial visits over a two-week period followed by a re-evaluation with the patient and their practitioner. Acupuncture works best when done in high frequency over a short duration, to repeatedly re-enforce the message to the area of dysfunction in the person’s body.
Please wear comfortable clothing that will allow access to the area of pain and also allow accessibility to the area from your elbows to your fingers and your knees to your toes. Work out clothes are always a great option, which allow warmth and easy adjustments when needed.
Payments for the Community Clinic are offered on a sliding scale, in order to help patients of all economic demographics. Our goal is to have you come more often for a lower rate, not just offer a lower rate and not see you follow up with your treatment plan. When dealing with acute injury or emotional stress, it is better to come often in a short period of time rather than seldom visits over a long period of time. This is the method of most successfully practice in China and the US today.
Initial Visit Costs: $45-75 dollars per visit. Please pay what you can afford to pay in that range.
Return Visit Cost: $40-60 dollars per visit. Please pay what you can afford based on the needed frequency of visits.
Private Acupuncture visit – Cost $150.00 per visit. This is to address new complicated concerns and deeper questioning by the patient in private. Patient will receive treatment on both the front and back sides of the body and the treatment may include additional modalities of care when appropriate.
ALL CANCELLATIONS OR NO SHOWS WITHIN 24 HOURS ARE SUBJECT TO A $20 FEE. This is done not to penalize the patient but as the only means of ensuring that the clinic can offer the low rates that it does. In order to have a functioning community clinic, the patients must become part of that community and take responsibility for their commitments. Thank you for your understanding about the importance of this issue of professional conduct.
About Ryan:
Postgraduate Education
Masters Degree of Science in Traditional Chinese Medicine – 2008
Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM) – San Diego
Board Certified with American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine in 2013 (Discontinued) (ABORM)
More Acupuncturist Details
- California State Board of Acupuncture AC12920
- American Board of Oriental Reproductive Medicine – Discontinued
- Advanced Studies in Chinese Medical Fertility, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Advanced Studies in IVF Therapy and Chinese Medicine
- Advanced Studies in Early Ovarian Decline
- Advanced Studies in the treatment of PCOS and Endometriosis
- National Certification Kinesio Taping Association
Ryan Dempsey is a marvelously gifted practitioner of Chinese medicine. Ryan effectively alleviated the pain and swelling in my right knee over the course of several acupuncture treatments. Furthermore, his gentle manner and the serene treatment environment contribute to an always pleasurable experience. My special needs sister is a Ryan Dempsey enthusiast who loves her acupuncture treatments and Tui Na massage. I highly recommend Ryan and his services.”
About Amy:
Amy Shouse, MS, LAc is a California Board licensed Acupuncturist and current Doctoral candidate. She is also a third-generation medical professional.
“My father was an internist and ER doctor. My grandfather was an OBGYN. My uncles and aunts all pursued medical degrees and my sister is a nurse. I grew up surrounded by a library of medical literature. Our culture as a family strongly skewed toward a clinical outlook. I knew I wanted to be in that world on some level. But I also knew that I needed to balance my approach with a holistic lense.”
Amy’s experience growing up in a medical family gave her a lot of resources and tools to explore the human body, use her mind critically and to live with an unending sense of curiosity about life. However, it was her own experience with a litany of mysterious symptoms where Amy began to butt up against some of the limits of Western Medicine.
“I had what I now know is a somewhat common experience in our culture. I was not feeling well. Most well-meaning MDs I saw did not have a very good answer, or at least what I felt was an adequate answer to my medical concerns. So I did what I do best, I began to research, ask questions and explore options. This led me to acupuncture and a holistic MD in particular. I started to get better, much better. My experience made it clear to me that I valued my access to mainstream medical care for acute issues, but chronic issues often need a complementary approach. For me, acupuncture and traditional herbal medicine provided a fresh perspective that helped tremendously.”
It is from this place of illness and recovery where Amy began to understand the importance of looking at the human body as a complete entity with interdependent systems. The balanced approach of acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine tempered with a researcher’s mind has become the thrust of Amy’s approach to treating everything from acute and chronic pain to complex health issues.
