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Signature Acupuncture

Signature Acupuncture: Find Relief and Restore Balance Seeking relief from pain, stress, or other health concerns? Our Signature Acupuncture treatment offers a natural and effective approach to healing. Your first session includes a detailed consultation to understand your specific needs. We'll then create a personalized acupuncture treatment plan to address conditions such as pain, migraine... Read More

Signature Acupuncture: Find Relief and Restore Balance

Seeking relief from pain, stress, or other health concerns? Our Signature Acupuncture treatment offers a natural and effective approach to healing. Your first session includes a detailed consultation to understand your specific needs. We'll then create a personalized acupuncture treatment plan to address conditions such as pain, migraines, anxiety, hormonal imbalances, infertility, digestive issues, autoimmune disorders, skin problems, and more. Reclaim your health and well-being.

Dry Needling: Release Muscle Tension and Find Pain Relief

Experience rapid pain relief with our Dry Needling therapy. This targeted treatment zeroes in on myofascial trigger points – the source of muscle pain, tension, and limited mobility. By releasing these trigger points, dry needling effectively alleviates headaches, muscle spasms, plantar fasciitis, and other painful conditions. Regain your comfort and mobility.

Microneedling

Wanting healthier more youthful skin without the chemicals? Microneedling can naturally reduce fine lines, wrinkles, acne scars, and uneven skin tone. Our exclusive microneedling treatments go beyond the surface to deliver truly transformative results. Using the FDA-approved EVO by SkinPen microneedling device, micro-channels are perfectly created to stimulate the skin's natural healing powe... Read More

Wanting healthier more youthful skin without the chemicals? Microneedling can naturally reduce fine lines, wrinkles, acne scars, and uneven skin tone. Our exclusive microneedling treatments go beyond the surface to deliver truly transformative results. Using the FDA-approved EVO by SkinPen microneedling device, micro-channels are perfectly created to stimulate the skin's natural healing power, boosting collagen and elastin production for a firmer, smoother, and more youthful complexion.

What sets us apart? We combine cutting-edge microneedling with a holistic approach for unparalleled rejuvenation:

Targeted Microneedling: We treat your face and neck to address fine lines and wrinkles, and even offer specialized microneedling for stretch marks – perfect for postpartum mamas!

Exosome Boost: We infuse medical-grade exosomes, clinically proven to supercharge collagen and elastin synthesis, maximizing your results.

Acupuncture & Dry Needling Synergy: We incorporate traditional acupuncture to address underlying imbalances and motor point/dry needling to release tight muscles and lift facial contours for a naturally rejuvenated look. Supplement and nutritional advice is always included for those seeking additional support.

Celluma Red Light Therapy: Finish with the power of Celluma's medical-grade red light therapy to accelerate healing and further stimulate collagen and elastin production.

Ready to experience the difference? Book your complimentary consultation today! (Packages available for enhanced savings).

Abby Friend DAc., Lic.Ac.

Abby Friend Lic. Ac. holds a Doctorate and Masters in Acupuncture from The New England School of Acupuncture (NESA), one of the oldest, most rigorous and respected Traditional Chinese Medicine schools in the country, and is licensed by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine to practice. She completed her doctoral degree from NESA at The Massachusetts School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

Abby’s treatment approach fuses modern science with the wisdom of ancient medicine. She specializes in orthopedic conditions, pain management, and cosmetic facial acupuncture in her Hanover acupuncture clinic. In addition to acupuncture, Abby offers dry needling, cupping, threading and collagen induction therapy, or microneedling.

Abby Friend Lic. Ac. holds a Doctorate and Masters in Acupuncture from The New England School of ... Read More

Laila Haddid

Laila Haddad, LAc, DAc, MAOM, is a licensed acupuncturist in Massachusetts and Maine with a Doctorate in Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine and a Master’s in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from NESA at MCPHS. Her journey into Eastern medicine was sparked by personal experiences with herbal therapy and the transformative effects of acupuncture on a back injury. This dual perspective as both patient and practitioner informs her sensitive approach to a wide range of acute and chronic conditions.

With extensive training in various acupuncture styles (including orthopedic, herbal, cosmetic, auricular, scalp, tuina, TCM, and Japanese), Laila crafts individualized treatments drawing on Chinese medicine’s holistic principles, including the five elements and sensory details. Her background as an artist (BFA, MFA from SMFA at Tufts) enriches her practice with creativity and intuition.

Laila views acupuncture as a collaborative healing art for physical and emotional well-being. She is intuitive, empathic, and compassionate, dedicated to facilitating a better life for her patients. Outside of her practice, she enjoys family, nature, and exploring integrative wellness, along with writing and storytelling.

Laila Haddad, LAc, DAc, MAOM, is a licensed acupuncturist in Massachusetts and Maine with a Docto... Read More

Elizabeth Neil Lic.Ac.

Elizabeth D. Neil, Lic.Ac., is nationally certified as a Diplomat in Oriental Medicine by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM), and a Licensed Oriental Medicine Practitioner by the state of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine (BORIM) and a Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from The New England School of Acupuncture (NESA).

For 14 years, Elizabeth has integrated her background to give patients a sense of healing and peace with every treatment. She strongly believes in integrative medicine and has worked in hospital settings and closely with MDs, Chiropractors, and other specialist to comprehensively treat and eliminate pain and dysfunction after injury.

She takes a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of pain and while her specialty is neurological disorders, cancer-related symptoms and musculoskeletal pain, Elizabeth also works to support patients with fibromyalgia, migraine and headaches, emotional issues, stress, anxiety, and trauma. Her extensive experience in trigger point release needling (sometimes known as “dry needling”) has allowed her to treat a wide range of pain and injuries, both long-standing and brand new.

She loves helping patients find simple solutions and is passionate about integrating Traditional Chinese Medicine with modern healthcare practices to optimize patient outcomes

Elizabeth D. Neil, Lic.Ac., is nationally certified as a Diplomat in Oriental Medicine by the Na... Read More

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