TCM Acupuncture
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) acupuncture at /Ascent is a whole-person, integrative approach delivered by a Registered Acupuncturist. It goes far beyond symptom relief – working to rebalance the systems that influence how you move, recover, digest, sleep, and handle stress.
Choose Ascent for Acupuncture in sW Calgary
The /Ascent /Approach To TCM Acupuncture
The Ascent Approach is built for longevity – helping you feel better today and move better for the long ascent ahead. Our acupuncture services reflect this philosophy by blending traditional wisdom with evidence-informed practice to create meaningful, long-term change.
At Ascent Health & Sport Therapy – Currie, our Registered Acupuncturist offers a complete Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) acupuncture approach rooted in whole-body balance – supporting the systems that influence how you move, recover, sleep, digest, and handle stress.
Note: We also offer Western/medical acupuncture through our chiropractors and physiotherapists, which is typically used to support pain modulation, mobility, and neuromuscular recovery.
Why See a Registered Acupuncturist?
Registered Acupuncturists use techniques that influence the nervous system, circulation, fascia, and meridians to restore balance throughout the body. While acupuncture is well-known for pain relief, a TCM approach also supports deeper systems that shape how you feel and function day to day — from digestion and hormones to sleep and emotional wellbeing.
TCM acupuncture is a powerful standalone treatment, and it also integrates seamlessly into broader care plans alongside chiropractic care, physiotherapy, and strength & conditioning when performance or movement longevity is the goal.
Treatment Process
Assessment
An patient history and assessment to guide the treatment. Your session is built around restoring balance – not rushing to symptoms. We start by understanding your full picture: lifestyle, stress, sleep, training load, digestion, and hormonal factors.
This helps shape a treatment plan that truly works for your body, your life, your mountain.
Acupuncture Treatment
Our acupuncture practitioners Acupuncture may include a combination of therapies in their sessions, such as:
Cupping: to reduce muscle tension, decompress tissue, help fascia heal and improve recovery.
Ear Seeds (Auricular Therapy): small gold seeds placed on specific ear points to extend the benefits of your treatment between visits.
Food Therapy: practical, TCM-informed guidance using everyday foods to support your digestion, energy, hormones, immunity, and recovery.
Orthopedic Acupuncture / Dry Needling: a targeted, muscle-specific technique to reset motor points, relieve pain, and rebalance movement patterns – especially useful for athletes and active individuals.
Resilience
We believe in improving your health-span by helping you move better and build resilience for the demands of your life and sport. Acupuncture adds another dimension to your care by helping:
– Reduce pain so you can build strength
– Calm the nervous system so you can train with intention
– Improve circulation so tissues recover faster
– Support hormonal balance for more stable energy and performance
– Create space for emotional wellbeing
It’s a perfect complement to the kind of high-level, integrated care we’re known for at /Ascent.
Practitioners
What Does Acupuncture Help With?
People come to us for acupuncture to help with:
- Sports injuries and chronic pain
- Stress, anxiety, and emotional load
- Digestive issues
- Hormonal transitions + HRT symptom support
- Headaches, inflammation, and low immunity
- Sleep issues and insomnia
Why Ascent?
If you’re looking for a clinic that goes above and beyond, with professionals who give that extra plus in every part of treatment, this is the place I would recommend.”