Summit Acupuncture and Wellness is owned and operated by Dr. Craig Thompson, DACM based in Visalia, California.

The practice specializes in Orthopedic Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Dr. Thompson has over 20 years of experience with physiotherapy and acupuncture.

Dr. Thompson's vision is to be a leading source of acupuncture treatment and substantive information that imbues patients and the community to empower and advocate for self. His goal being to help his patients attain a lifestyle that lends itself to a healthful life.

Traditional Chinese Medicine & Orthodepic Acupuncture

Traditional Chinese Medicine

East Asian practitioners identified disharmonies resulting from various physical and mental stresses of life. These practitioners explained these disharmonies as an imbalance of opposing forces; Yin and Yang. These disharmonies disrupt the movement of the body's vital energy (Qi). Acupuncture restores this movement, promoting the body's ability to heal itself.

Orthopedic Acupuncture

Orthopedic Acupuncture unites Traditional Chinese Medicine with structural and myofascial manipulation to address pain, soft tissue injury and postural imbalance. Science has shown that acupuncture stimulates biological systems in the muscles, immune, nervous and endocrine systems to release the body's own painkilling endorphins. It has been proven to release anti-inflammatory chemicals, induce relaxation and improve blood circulation to promote faster healing of injured tissues.

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease."