Needle free Traditional Chinese medicine treatments: cold laser and gua sha

At Lucas Acupuncture I offer needle-free Traditional Chinese Medicine treatments too!

Even though I am both a good and a gentle acupuncturist (ask any of my patients), some people still shy away from needles. For those of you who fit into that category there are cold laser and gua sha.  For pain and/or stiffness I offer gua sha and cold laser treatment.  Cold laser is also used to achieve cosmetic results, i.e., wrinkle reduction and collagen enhancement.  For cold laser cosmetic treatments, I recommend two treatments a week for 6 to 8 weeks. The first treatment cold laser for cosmetic purposes is 45 minutes long ($85); follow up cold laser for cosmetic purposes are 20 - 30 minutes ($40).  

Gua sha feels SO good … it is the ancient art of moving stuck qi and blood (like from an injury) so that the pain goes away. The first treatment of gua sha is 30 to 45 minutes long ($85) with gua sha follow up appointments for pain 20 - 25 minutes ($35).  Cold laser treatments for pain: initial $85, follow up $35.

Cellulite? I offer treatment using essential oils and either cupping or gua sha.  I recommend two treatments a week for 3 to 4 weeks then one a week for a few weeks followed up by about once a month.  Initial treatment is about 45 to 50 minutes long ($85) with followups 15 minutes ($35).

Here is how acupuncture/Chinese medicine can help YOU!

1. Libido flagging?  Not liking your PMS? Hot flashes? Having difficulty conceiving? Acupuncture works for that.  I see both men and women about reproductive health and offer a FREE consult to explain my work.  I can also address the declines that happen with aging (like resurrecting the flagging libido).

2. Getting a few wrinkles?  Acupuncture works for that!  Click here to schedule your FREE consultation with the internationally known age control expert Dr. Martha Lucas, L.Ac.: DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com.  Your cosmetic and anti-aging needs can be met with Chinese medicine - the true anti-aging medicine.  The Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture has been featured in O Magazine and is taught to practitioners all over the world who want to offer the patients a safe, effective alternative to injections and plastic surgery.  Use the most natural thing there is for age control: your own body's energy!!

3. ATHLETES: Stamina flagging? Injured? Acupuncture works for that! I'll get you back in the game asap.

WHY AM I ABLE TO GET YOU SUCH GOOD RESULTS?  Because I can give you an expert diagnosis to determine the cause of your symptoms or disease and then TREAT IT!  

Chinese medicine treatment works best when your practitioner KNOWS HOW TO MAKE A DIAGNOSIS. Take it from someone who teaches Chinese medicine students from all over the world - the proper diagnosis leads to more effective treatment.

On the other hand - got good health?  Acupuncture/Chinese medicine works to maintain that.  But if you don't feel the best that you can or as good as you think you should, call me at 303-947-6224 or email me DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com.  Even though I feel great, I receive acupuncture every other week whether I need it or not …. 

INSURANCE BILLING: your acupuncture or other Chinese Medicine treatments may be covered by your health insurance.  As a service to you, we find out whether or not your health insurance covers acupuncture and our other therapies and when it does we bill your insurance.  There are plans that cover it, some pay for unlimited visits or enough visits for you to come every other week and be the healthiest employee in your company! Why not be healthier! That's what the insurance company realizes - preventing surgeries, the use of expensive pain killers, and your having to have medical procedures saves them (and you!) money.  Even preventing the common cold saves your employer money.

Bio: Dr. Martha Lucas, L.Ac. is an internationally recognized expert in Chinese medicine for pulse diagnosis (internal medicine and emotional health issues) and Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture.  She can be reached at DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com or 303-947-6224. "I specialize in 3 things because I believe that it is important to have focus in order to do your best work and get people back on track quickly.  I want to help you have babies and excellent women's health, get you out playing basketball or football or in that triathlon sooner and stronger, and keep your skin looking its best!!!"

Some Cigna plans cover acupuncture: Let me check to see if you have acupuncture coverage

One of the services that I offer at Lucas Acupuncture (aka the Colorado Center of Traditional Medicine) is to bill your health insurance when acupuncture or manual therapy are covered benefits.

This means that - without paying cash for acupuncture treatment after your deductible is met - you can:
get healthy,
stay healthy,
be more balanced,
not have PMS, cramps, moodiness etc. anymore,
sleep better,
not be depressed or anxious anymore,
have better sports stamina,
recover faster from surgical procedures,
lose wrinkles & have luminous skin (www.MeiZenCosmetics.com)
lose weight and have better digestion,
increase your libido,
be free from allergies,
quit smoking,
get pregnant (if you want to),
and then have a calm natured baby,
get support if you must go through chemotherapy.

Let me find out if your insurance covers acupuncture.  Email me the following information at drmlucas@acupuncturewoman.com:
Your name, address including zip code, phone number, date of birth, subscriber ID #, Group #, Insured name if it's different than your name (for ex, your policy is through your spouse's work), insurance company name and their phone number.

Why do I get such effective treatment results?  Because I can give you an expert diagnosis to determine the cause of your symptoms or disease and then TREAT IT!  

Chinese medicine treatment works best when your practitioner KNOWS HOW TO MAKE A DIAGNOSIS.  Too many acupuncturists treat symptoms not their cause because they don't know how to take pulses or use other Chinese medicine diagnostic tools properly. Take it from someone who teaches Chinese medicine students from all over the world - the proper diagnosis leads to more effective treatment.

INSURANCE BILLING: your acupuncture or other Chinese Medicine treatments like gua sha and tuina  may be covered by your health insurance.  As a service to you, we find out whether or not your health insurance covers acupuncture and our other therapies and when it does we bill your insurance.  There are plans that cover it, some pay for unlimited visits or enough visits for you to come every other week and be the healthiest employee in your company! Why not be healthier! That's what the insurance company realizes - preventing surgeries, the use of expensive pain killers, and your having to have medical procedures saves them (and you!) money.  Even preventing the common cold saves your employer money.

Bio: Dr. Martha Lucas, L.Ac. is an internationally recognized expert in Chinese medicine for pulse diagnosis (internal medicine and emotional health issues) and Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture.  She can be reached at DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com or 303-947-6224. "I specialize in 3 things because I believe that it is important to have focus in order to do your best work and get people back on track quickly.  I want to help you have babies and excellent women's health, get you out playing basketball or football or in that triathlon sooner and stronger, and keep your skin looking its best!!!"

Federal Employees - acupuncture treatments are covered!

For BCBS/Anthem Group 105 and I offer the service of billing your insurance for those treatments.  The Fed could have - or wants to have - the healthiest workforce because they pay for 24 acupuncture treatments per year!!  Send me your email address and I will check your coverage.  There may be other groups as well (106) that also offer acupuncture coverage.  Find out!!! - email me at drmlucas@acupuncturewoman.com.

POSTAL workers: ever have back pain, knee pain?  Acupuncture works for that.

Here is how acupuncture/Chinese medicine can help YOU!

1. Having difficulty conceiving?  Libido flagging?  Hot flashes? Acupuncture works for that.  I see both men and women about reproductive health and offer a FREE consult to explain my work.  I can also address the declines that happen with aging (like resurrecting the flagging libido).

2. Getting a few wrinkles?  Acupuncture works for that!  Click here to schedule your FREE consultation with the internationally known age control expert Dr. Martha Lucas, L.Ac.: DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com.  Your cosmetic and anti-aging needs can be met with Chinese medicine - the true anti-aging medicine.  The Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture has been featured in O Magazine and is taught to practitioners all over the world who want to offer the patients a safe, effective alternative to injections and plastic surgery.  Use the most natural thing there is for age control: your own body's energy!!

3. ATHLETES: PAIN? Stamina flagging? Injured? Acupuncture works for that! I'll get you back in the game asap.

WHY AM I ABLE TO GET YOU SUCH GOOD RESULTS?  Because I can give you an expert diagnosis to determine the cause of your symptoms or disease and then TREAT IT!  

Chinese medicine treatment works best when your practitioner KNOWS HOW TO MAKE A DIAGNOSIS.  Too many acupuncturists treat symptoms not cause because they don't know how to take pulses or use other Chinese medicine diagnostic tools properly. Take it from someone who teaches Chinese medicine students from all over the world - the proper diagnosis leads to more effective treatment.

On the other hand - got good health?  Acupuncture/Chinese medicine works to maintain that.  But if you don't feel the best that you can or as good as you think you should, call me at 303-947-6224 or email me DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com.  Even though I feel great, I receive acupuncture every other week whether I need it or not …. 

INSURANCE BILLING: your acupuncture or other Chinese Medicine treatments may be covered by your health insurance.  As a service to you, we find out whether or not your health insurance covers acupuncture and our other therapies and when it does we bill your insurance.  There are plans that cover it, some pay for unlimited visits or enough visits for you to come every other week and be the healthiest employee in your company! Why not be healthier! That's what the insurance company realizes - preventing surgeries, the use of expensive pain killers, and your having to have medical procedures saves them (and you!) money.  Even preventing the common cold saves your employer money.

Bio: Dr. Martha Lucas, L.Ac. is an internationally recognized expert in Chinese medicine for pulse diagnosis (internal medicine and emotional health issues) and Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture.  She can be reached at DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com or 303-947-6224. "I specialize in 3 things because I believe that it is important to have focus in order to do your best work and get people back on track quickly.  I want to help you have babies and excellent women's health, get you out playing basketball or football or in that triathlon sooner and stronger, and keep your skin looking its best!!!"

Chinese medicine: The diagnosis is the key to successful treatment!

We all know that acupuncture has a great reputation for healing pain - both acute and chronic - but especially chronic pain that modern medicine can't get a handle on.  Because our society is so focused on "the pill for the pain"most people don't realize that there is a great deal of research demonstrating that acupuncture treats pain successfully.  It is one of the most natural treatments for pain.  Another factor that most people don't know is that the key to successful treatment of pain using acupuncture isn't necessarily just the placement of needles.  It's the pulse diagnosis.  Your Chinese medicine practitioner can see from  your pulses what the cause of the pain is, what meridians/channels are blocked, which are weak, which don't have enough qi flowing through them, etc.  You should expect pulse diagnosis when you see your acupuncturist.  Otherwise, how is he or she making your diagnosis? Certainly when you come in to see an acupuncturist with a "frozen shoulder" the acupuncturist can make the decision to stick some needles in trigger points (called ashi points in Chinese medicine) or find some attachments or sore spots to needle. BUT the real key is to see how the qi is flowing - or not - to that area for it to heal quickly and completely.  I also love to use the therapy called gua sha to treat pain. It is a gentle (or sometimes vigorous) "scrubbing" of the painful area and the surrounding area with a gua sha tool that moves the qi and blood stagnation away so that the area can heal.  It feels great!

Pulse diagnosis is my specialty, I teach it to practitioners all over the world, and if you have questions about pulse diagnosis I am very happy to answer them.  In fact, come in and let me feel your pulses and tell you about what's going on in your body's energy system.

Here is how acupuncture/Chinese medicine can help you.

1. Having difficulty conceiving?  Libido flagging?  Hot flashes? Acupuncture works for that.  I see both men and women about reproductive health and offer a FREE consult to explain my work.  I can also address the declines that happen with aging (like resurrecting the flagging libido).

2. Getting a few wrinkles?  Acupuncture works for that!  Click here to schedule your FREE consultation with the internationally known age control expert Dr. Martha Lucas, L.Ac.: DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com.  Your cosmetic and anti-aging needs can be met with Chinese medicine - the true anti-aging medicine.  The Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture has been featured in O Magazine and is taught to practitioners all over the world who want to offer the patients a safe, effective alternative to injections and plastic surgery.  Use the most natural thing there is for age control: your own body's energy!!

3. ATHLETES: Stamina flagging? Injured? Acupuncture works for that! I'll get you back in the game asap.

WHY AM I ABLE TO GET YOU SUCH GOOD RESULTS?  Because I can give you an expert diagnosis to determine the cause of your symptoms or disease and then TREAT IT!  

Chinese medicine treatment works best when your practitioner KNOWS HOW TO MAKE A DIAGNOSIS.  Too many acupuncturists treat symptoms not cause because they don't know how to take pulses or use other Chinese medicine diagnostic tools properly. Take it from someone who teaches Chinese medicine students from all over the world - the proper diagnosis leads to more effective treatment.

On the other hand - got good health?  Acupuncture/Chinese medicine works to maintain that.  But if you don't feel the best that you can or as good as you think you should, call me at 303-947-6224 or email me DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com.  Even though I feel great, I receive acupuncture every other week whether I need it or not …. 

INSURANCE BILLING: your acupuncture or other Chinese Medicine treatments may be covered by your health insurance.  As a service to you, we find out whether or not your health insurance covers acupuncture and our other therapies and when it does we bill your insurance.  There are plans that cover it, some pay for unlimited visits or enough visits for you to come every other week and be the healthiest employee in your company! Why not be healthier! That's what the insurance company realizes - preventing surgeries, the use of expensive pain killers, and your having to have medical procedures saves them (and you!) money.  Even preventing the common cold saves your employer money.

Bio: Dr. Martha Lucas, L.Ac. is an internationally recognized expert in Chinese medicine for pulse diagnosis (internal medicine and emotional health issues) and Mei Zen Cosmetic Acupuncture.  She can be reached at DrMLucas@AcupunctureWoman.com or 303-947-6224. "I specialize in 3 things because I believe that it is important to have focus in order to do your best work and get people back on track quickly.  I want to help you have babies and excellent women's health, get you out playing basketball or football or in that triathlon sooner and stronger, and keep your skin looking its best!!!"