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East Meets West in Medical Acupuncture
Healthcare choices and alternatives – including medical acupuncture – make Bon Secours Health Center at Harbour View very consumer friendly. Anand Kapur, MD, board-certified in family practice and sports medicine, practices medical acupuncture at his Suffolk office.
Dr. Kapur is dually board-certified in family practice and sports medicine. Trained in medical acupuncture at Helms Medical Institute at UCLA, a top US physician acupuncture training program, he is licensed to practice acupuncture in Virginia and is a member of the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture.
The Health Center at Harbour View operates as a department of Maryview Medical Center. Alternative and Traditional Medicine
Dr. Kapur originally learned acupuncture to help patients suffering from acute injuries and from chronic arthritis in his musculoskeletal/sports medicine practice. He has found acupuncture to be particularly useful in the treatment of patients who are not benefiting fully from Western medicine.
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Everyone experiences acupuncture differently. However, there are some common threads.
- Treatments are meant to be relaxing
- Treatments last anywhere from 15-45 minutes
- Needles are thin gauge and are used one time only
- Treatments are usually once a week for six weeks
Acupuncture is known to help with a variety of diseases and disorders
Respiratory diseases
- acute/chronic rhinitis
- acute/chronic sinusitis
Bronchopulmonary Diseases
- Acute / chronic bronchitis
- Bronchial asthma
Orthopaedic Disorders
- Shoulder pain
- Tennis elbow
- Sciatica
- Low back pain
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Acute Pain for injury
Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Chronic abdominal pain
- Acute and chronic gastritis
- Gastric hyperacidity
- Constipation
- Diarrhea
Neurological Disorders
- Headache
- Migraine
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Meniere's syndrome
- Tinnitus
Practice Information:
5818 Harbour View Boulevard, Suite B2
Suffolk, VA 23435
(757) 673-5890 Fax: (757) 673-5946
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Office Hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8 a.m.- 5 p.m.
Wednesday 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
2nd Saturday of each month 9 a.m.-noon
