We treat your pain without drugs or surgery. Backed by neuroscience research and evidence. Insurance-eligible. Acupuncture | Cupping | Trigger Point | Dry Needling | Meditation | Stress Management
If you are struggling with pain, we can help. Schedule an appointment today.
Pain Relief Begins Here.
Are you tired of pain stealing your days away? Chronic pain isn’t just an endless battle—it’s a thief, robbing you of time, energy, and life’s simple pleasures. The longer it persists, the more it erodes your quality of life.
At our clinic, we provide long-lasting solutions that target the root causes of your pain. With our treatments and holistic wellness practices, we don’t just mask symptoms—we help you reclaim your days and restore your well-being.
We meet in-person to review your medical history and goals. The first session usually lasts 60-90 minutes. (and may include treatment)
Step 2
start journey
We start a 5-month (12 visit) treatment plan. Each visit combines meditation, acupuncture, cupping, trigger point, myofascial release massage, and other research-based modalities to reduce pain.
Step 3
customize
We will assess and modify your treatment as needed each visit in order to ensure you have maximum benefit.
"Dr. Lai and her staff are absolutely masterful. Thank you from my heart."
"I feel incredibly fortunate to have found Dr. Lai, Lana, and the team at Infinity Wellness Institute...the treatments have been phenomenally transformative for my chronic allergy, joint pain, and muscle pain."
"The team is kind, professional, and knowledgeable...I am happy to say I am completely pain-free in my lower back and neck."
Acupuncture involves the insertion of very thin needles through your skin at strategic points on your body. Cupping is a way to improve blood flow to the region of pain. These are evidence-based techniques to relax muscles and treat certain conditions.
Guided Meditation / Mindfulness
These are coupled with treatment. These techniques amplify the effects of the physical treatments, helping you to downregulate pain pathways.
Pain Management/Symptom Control
We use an interdisciplinary approach for improving the quality of life of those living with pain. Other symptoms and conditions that we treat include fatigue, nausea, vomiting, neuropathy, hot flashes, stress, depression, and anxiety.
Our Unique Program, Backed by Science
These are just some of the hundreds of studies supporting the effectiveness of the therapies offered in our clinic.
Acupuncture
Needling / Trigger Point
Meditation
Acupuncture
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is safe and effective in treating back, muscle, and joint pain, as well as complex pain syndromes like fibromyalgia and headache. Explore the evidence below:
JAMA Internal Medicine 2012. Impact Factor: 44.4 | 17,922 Patients – Systematic Review of 29 Randomized Controlled Trials
Acupuncture is effective for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal, headache, and osteoarthritis pain. Treatment effects of acupuncture persist over time and cannot be explained solely in terms of placebo effects. Referral for a course of acupuncture treatment is a reasonable option for a patient with chronic pain.
The central estimate suggests that about 90% of the benefit of acupuncture relative to controls would be sustained at 12 months. The effects of a course of acupuncture treatment for patients with chronic pain do not appear to decrease importantly over 12 months. Patients can generally be reassured that treatment effects persist.
Sham-controlled RCTs suggest specific effects of acupuncture for pain control in patients with peripheral joint OA. Considering its favourable safety profile acupuncture seems an option worthy of consideration particularly for knee OA.
Journal of Pain Research 2019. Impact Factor: 3.7 | 347 Patients – Systematic Review of 12 Randomized Controlled Trials
Acupuncture therapy is an effective and safe treatment for patients with FM (Fibromyalgia), and this treatment can be recommended for the management of FM.
Anesthesia and Analgesics 2008. Impact Factor: 5.2 | 3916 Patients – Systematic Review of 31 Randomized Controlled Trials
Needling acupuncture is superior to sham acupuncture and medication therapy in improving headache intensity, frequency, and response rate.
Needling / Trigger Point
Needling / Trigger Point Injection
Needling and Trigger Point injections are effective at helping to relieve symptoms in the short and medium term, allowing the body to enter into a state of decreased discomfort and reduced pain. Explore the evidence below:
Journal of Clinical Medicine 2022. Impact Factor: 4.24 | 23,892 Patients – Systematic Review of 11 Randomized Controlled Trials
Dry Needling (DN) has a short-term analgesic effect in all body regions and may be of additional value to the interventions that are used to date in clinical practice. Several studies have shown an additional treatment effect when combining DN to physiotherapeutic interventions compared to these interventions in isolation.
Journal of Clinical Medicine 2022. Impact Factor: 4.24 | 807 Patients – Systematic Review of 8 Randomized Controlled Trials
Dry Needling (DN) can be an effective treatment option for Chronic Neck Pain (CNP), positive outcomes were achieved in the short-term and in the follow-up performed between three and six months, and this technique may offer better outcomes than a placebo intervention based on the application of simulated DN.
Evidence that the immediate to 72-hour (large) effect, 4- to 12-week (large) effect, 13- to 24-week (large) effect, and moderate-quality 1- to 3-week (moderate) effect suggested that Dry Needling (DN) performed by physical therapists was more effective than no treatment, sham DN, and other therapies for reducing pain.
Pain Medicine 2023. Impact Factor: 3.4 | 538 Patients – Systematic Review of 8 Randomized Controlled Trials
The meta-analysis suggests that various applications of DN performed with other conservative interventions are more effective than conservative treatment alone for reducing pain and disability in patients with SAPS
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2015. Impact Factor: 4.0 | 839 Patients – Systematic Review of 20 Randomized Controlled Trials
Dry needling can be recommended for relieving MTrP (Myofascial trigger point) pain in neck and shoulders in the short and medium term, but wet needling (trigger point) is found to be more effective than dry needling in relieving MTrP pain in neck and shoulders in the medium term.
Meditation
Meditation
Meditation, particularly mindfulness based programs, are effective at decreasing the intensity of chronic pain and improving quality of life. Explore the evidence below:
JAMA Internal Medicine 2014. Impact Factor: 44.4 | 3,320 Patients – Systematic Review of 47 Randomized Controlled Trials
Clinicians should be aware that meditation programs can result in small to moderate reductions in multiple negative dimensions of psychological stress. Thus, clinicians should be prepared to talk with their patients about the role that a meditation program could have in addressing psychological stress.
Compared to the control group, the intervention group displayed significant improvement in the Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire Total Score and Activities Engagement subscale (P=.008, P=.004) and SF-36 Physical Function (P=.03). An 8-week mindfulness-based meditation program is feasible for older adults with CLBP (Chronic Low Back Pain. The program may lead to improvement in pain acceptance and physical function.
Pain Medicine 2013. Impact Factor: 3.4 | 3,967 Patients – Systematic Review of 42 Randomized Controlled Trials
Findings suggest that MBIs (Mindfulness-based interventions) decrease the intensity of pain for chronic pain patients. We discuss implications for understanding mechanisms of change in MBIs.
Among adults with chronic low back pain, treatment with MBSR or CBT, compared with usual care, resulted in greater improvement in back pain and functional limitations at 26 weeks, with no significant differences in outcomes between MBSR and CBT. These findings suggest that MBSR may be an effective treatment option for patients with chronic low back pain.
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2015. Impact Factor: 4.0 | 839 Patients – Systematic Review of 20 Randomized Controlled Trials
While mindfulness meditation improves pain and depression symptoms and quality of life, additional well-designed, rigorous, and large-scale RCTs are needed to decisively provide estimates of the efficacy of mindfulness meditation for chronic pain.
From a Western medicine perspective, we see acupuncture as a modality to increase endorphins in the body which relieves pain and rewires the way the brain perceives pain.
Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine technique that involves inserting thin needles into specific points on the body to stimulate energy flow and promote healing. It works by balancing the body’s energy, or “Qi,” and encouraging the body’s natural healing processes.
You will feel a small poke when the needle goes in, but it should not hurt. At some acupuncture points, you may feel a mild ache.
Acupuncture needles are very thin, about the size of a human hair. It is thinner, smaller, and not hollow as compared to needles used for blood draws and immunizations. Different sizes of needles are used depending on what acupuncture points are chosen.
Some side effects (albeit uncommon) that you may have are redness, bruising, minor bleeding, or swelling.
Currently, we accept most commercial PPO insurances (Anthem, Cigna, Aetna, Blue Shield, Healthnet, United Health) and Medicare. We are always adding new insurances. We will try our best to bill insurance for your care. However, you may still be subjected to your insurance co-pay, co-insurance, and deductibles.
If you would like to utilize your insurance for your care, please contact us at least 1 day prior to your appointment. We will verify your insurance coverage and let you know if we are in network with your plan.
While Dr. Isabella Lai has significant training with complementary and alternative treatments, she does not provide herbal medicine consultations. She can discuss risks/benefits of certain treatments. Dr. Lai may recommend simple, evidence-based vitamin supplements; however, this is a rare occurrence. Dr. Lai would like to help patients limit the number of products that they put in their body.
Yes, acupuncture is generally safe when performed by a licensed and trained practitioner. The needles used are sterile, single-use, and very thin, minimizing the risk of infection or injury
We recommend you eat a light meal before your session and wear loose, comfortable clothing. Avoid strenuous activities immediately before and after your appointment.
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INFINITY
PROMISE
I promise to always care about your health and wellness as much as you do.
In our clinic, you will always be treated as a family member–from the moment you step into the door to the moment that you leave.
I would love the honor to be your medical doctor and help you reduce your pain.
I look forward to meeting you. Call us at 424.274.1550 for an appointment.
