BCA is amazing! IT is a valuable (and needed) resource for the community of Portland. Maria and Joseph are true healers, and they both bring a nice and caring touch to their treatments. Plus a nice sense of humor. Very relaxing experience.
-TB
I can maintain my health, immune system and balance because of BCA's affordability. Acupuncture tunes my body up and gives me the energy I need. Thanks gain for all your good work. Keep it up.
-MC
I originally came to BCA because of my neck injury. I left with so much more. Not only did my neck improve at an incredible rate of speed, but my entire outlook on life improved. I began to feel pleasure in areas of my life that I had never either allowed myself to, or had experienced before. It made me aware of all of the good and bad things in my life, and I took steps to make major changes that not only improved my life, but also the lives of those around me. Acupuncture also helped me with my life-long struggle with weight loss, and I feel better then I have in years. Thank you all so much. I feel awake, alive, young and passionate about life. I tell everyone about BCA, and have referred many people to experience, hopefully, what I have. Love,
-AT
I could hardly walk or had enough energy to function when I started acupuncture here. I can now walk quite well - almost pain free and I have energy enough to carry on with my life (which I had slowly been giving up).
Thank you very much with much love.
-J.W.
"Brooklyn Community Acupuncture changed my life. I'm healthy, and more importantly, relaxed."
-C.O.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy acupuncture at BCA, which is practically the same thing. The acupuncture treatments I have received for my depression at BCA have been extremely effective. I've tried conventional antidepressants, but acupuncture is completely different and much more effective. It brings joy - not superficial, fleeting happiness, but a deeper, soulful feeling of joy that can be sustained over time. I now feel so much healthier and more excited about life; it's much easier to get out of bed every morning, and I'm more enthusiastic about everything I do. My quality of life and general sense of well-being have totally changed; I now feel like I'm living my life, not waiting for life to happen to me. BCA has also made a huge difference in my chronic migraines; they are now much less frequent and much less intense. Also, BCA truly embraces a holistic and intuitive healthcare model; the practitioners care about you as a person, remember the tiniest details about your health, and always inquire about all aspects of your mental and physical well-being. BCA is an excellent community resource and a blessing to anyone who discovers it.
-M.I.
"In 2003 the arthritis in my left knee had left it the size of a grapefruit. I was always in pain and unable to walk. I saw an orthopedic surgeon who said I needed replacement surgery, but he was hesitant to do it because of my age. He recommended that I stay off it and take pain medication. I knew there had to be a better way. I started weekly acupuncture treatments and within 6 months I was pain and inflammation free. Since then I've continued acupuncture and daily exercise and I just completed my fourth marathon. I'm healthy and active and happy thanks to acupuncture."
-L.L.
"Brooklyn Community Acupuncture rocks the southeast! BCA has the same sort of set-up as The Working Class Acupuncture Clinic but in the SE right off Powell near the Aladdin Theater. I've had a number of treatments from Joseph Goldfedder and am quite happy with the service, results and price. It's great to be able to get in the same day too. And I love the radical idea that everyone deserves medical care."
-C.W.
"The first time I met Maria Perez she came to my house with all of her equipment to help me with my fractured ankle. We had never met; I was so impressed that she would make a trip for someone she did not know. This was in November 2003 - and I've been a regular client since. She's helped me with my eczema and other allergies. In the last 3+ years, she's lowered her prices, something generally unheard of in this day and age.
-S.S.
In August and September of 2005, I was experiencing chronic pain in my neck. I was miserable, and it was affecting my relationship and my job. After my chiropractor was unable to give me relief, I asked her for a referral, and she sent me to Maria. I had never had acupuncture, but I am a believer in alternative therapies and was open to trying anything that might help me. After my first session, Maria asked me, "How do you feel now?" I thought she must be joking. Surely, she didn't expect improvement after one session. I expressed disbelief, and she stated confidently that I would feel better either that evening or definitely by the next day. To my amazement and overwhelming gratitude, she was right. I felt gradually better each day, and after four days, I felt better than before the pain began. I have been seeing Maria weekly for maintenance ever since."
-Z.M.
"I lost my sense of smell in 2002 after using a zinc gel in my nose to reduce cold symptoms. For 5 years I had NO sense of smell. During a treatment at BCA for chronic hip pain, Maria asked if I had any other problems I would like her to work on. I asked about treatment for sense of smell and she placed 2 needles, explaining that loss of smell is a difficult problem to treat. She didn't need to tell me - I had done courses of antibiotics, decongestants, had MRI and Ultrasound but no treatment or testing had helped me in the past.
"Immediately after my treatment, I couldn't detect any odors which was normal for me. Two weeks later, I was at work when someone heated up their lunch in the room next door. To my amazement, I could smell their food and it smelled WONDERFUL!!! I realized that I was smelling everything, but it had happened gradually. Recently I had a home inspector tell me that my sense of smell was TOO sensitive, that I could smell things he couldn't. Imagine that!
"I have been treated for chronic hip pain for months. When I began treatment, my hip pain prevented me from driving my car more than 20 minutes at a time. I would have to get out and walk around 2-3 times each hour on the 6 hour trip to Spokane. My doctor had told me it was bursitis and to take 800 mg of Motrin 3 times a day and to stretch. Motrin caused me severe heartburn but was my only option on trips by car or air. Since my treatments at BCA, I no longer have hip pain of any kind and a trip to Spokane is pain free.
"And there was the day when I woke up with my neck so stiff I couldn't move it from twisting my head in my car to check traffic the night before. I was at the clinic before they opened hoping Maria would be able to see me. I left an hour later with a slight kink in my neck that was gone by nightfall.
"I also had treatment by Joseph and Maria for a frozen shoulder with a successful outcome. I had been treated with Motrin and unbelievably painful physical therapy which only increased my pain. After two acupuncture treatments, I was able to move my arm and within a month had no pain.
"I've worked in hospital laboratories for 40 years and have a strong commitment to health care. I wish patients would be offered the opportunity to be treated with acupuncture more often. I am so fortunate to have been referred to the clinic and am determined to spread the word to everyone I know."
-S.C.
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503.233.4341