Caitlin is a board certified acupuncturist, clinical herbalist, and is a skilled and intuitive practitioner. She specializes in women’s health and the treatment of fertility.

Caitlin graduated from a three-year program with a Masters of Science in Acupuncture from Bastyr University, and is nationally board certified. She has received additional training in women’s health and fertility, pediatric care, and facial rejuvenation.

The power of combining acupuncture and Chinese herbal therapies with western medicine yields incredible results. Caitlin is fascinated by bringing the 3,000 year old Eastern medicine into contemporary medical times. Caitlin believes that acupuncture and Eastern medicine are key components of today’s health care system. She works well with allied health professionals and would love to be a member of your health care team.

Caitlin also works at Bastyr University’s Chinese herbal dispensary as a shift supervisor. Teaching the students a hands on experience with the raw, granular and patent herbal formulas, as well as how to run and operate a successful herbal dispensary for their future practices.

In her practice, Caitlin sees patients coming in for a wide variety of symptoms. However, her expertise and passions lie in treating women’s health and wellness, from fertility with IUI/IVF support, pregnancy support, postpartum, stress, insomnia, fatigue, chronic and acute pain, headaches, to digestive health. For Caitlin, there is nothing quite like the awe and satisfaction of helping a woman to heal and reconnect with her body as she navigates through the path to a successful pregnancy.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, disease contains two parts analogous to the roots and branches of a tree. The symptoms are like branches, and if you only treat them, the same roots will soon grow the same symptoms again. To effectively heal, one must address the root cause of the of illness so the tree may grow healthy branches. Additionally, two people may both experience a similar disease but have very different underlying root causes. Likewise, two others may have very different diseases but have the same root cause. At Rooted Medicine, Andrea Hingst L.Ac. MSOM, draws from experiences in integrated hospitals and private practice to combine traditional Chinese therapies with modern functional medicine to identify each individual’s unique foundational imbalance to heal from the roots up.

The Acupuncture Center of La Jolla has been serving Southern California since 1989.

Throughout the years, we have worked as a part of the community to provide complementary methods of healing that best serve our patients. We coined the phrase, "Chinese Medicine for an American Lifestyle" back in 1989 to establish our desire to bring this most ancient form of healing into the modern world.

Just ask our patients. They are, after all, our biggest advocates. Ask any of their friends and family as well...more than likely, they are patients, too.

We invite you to come and experience the difference that acupuncture can make in your life.

Using ancient medicine with modern wisdom, I strive to help my patients achieve their health goals. My ultimate goal is to prevent diseases and illness from arising. Through detailed discussion about ones health history, I gain a clearer understanding into how an individuals body works and create a treatment plan specifically for them.

Conditions I treat: Pain, headaches, gynecological health, sleep disorders, eye diseases, digestive disorders, common cold, flu, MVA recovery, cardiovascular disease, just to name a few.