Our emphasis is always on helping our patients achieve their best possible health. Using a combination of acupuncture, herbal medicine, dietary recommendations, and lifestyle changes, we can often not only help with persistent conditions, but also improve a patient's general well being and happiness. We not only treat the current condition; we also focus on and address the underlying causes that prevent a patient from experiencing their full health and well being.

Specialization:

Leslie has a particular interest and passion for using her talent and knowledge in addressing womens health. She feels that many of the common problems faced by women today can be beneficially addressed by the time-honored methods of Oriental Medicine that she has spent so much time studying and practicing. From the issues involved in the changes a womans body undergoes during the processes of childbirth, to those experienced by older women in their golden years, and in all of the years between, Leslie feels that she has the empathy, knowledge, and understanding to help her clients live the happiest and most fulfilled life possible.

Invest in your community, invest in yourself. CSAcu - Community Supported Acupuncture operates on a sliding scale of $20-$80, pay what you can.
A unique clinic offering gentle, effective, Japanese-style acupuncture and every friday group acupuncture.

Leanne is a board certified acupuncturist in the state of Washington. She received a Bachelors in Herbal Science and a Masters in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine from Bastyr University.

Two years after graduating she moved to the Tacoma/Puyallup area and started her practice. She now splits her time between Sumner and Graham.

She has knowledge of Western as well as Chinese herbal medicine. She also has training in NAET, nutrition and is learning the Myokinesthetic System. Although there's no formal additional training for acupuncturists, Leanne has searched for additional education in Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia. She likes working with sufferers of these conditions because they are so complex and very misunderstood.

Her passion in life is to help people live pain free.

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Mrs. Sparks is nationally certified by NCCAOM and is licensed to practice acupuncture by the Ohio and Kentucky Medical Boards. Mrs. Sparks has over 26 years experience in acupuncture and medical research. She specializes in pain relief, including neck, shoulder, back, and joint pain, frozen shoulder, sciatica, headaches, migraines, painful menses, stroke paralysis, Bell's palsy, depression, anxiety, insomnia, hypertension, gastrointestinal issues, arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, OB/Gyn disorders.

Mrs. Sparks was trained as a physician in China in both western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, with a specialty in acupuncture. She graduated from Yunan university of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1985, and then completed 2 years of advanced acupuncture training. Early in Mrs. Sparks' career she worked under the supervision of Zunxin Guan, one of foremost acupuncture experts in Yunan, China. Later on Mrs. Sparks was a principal clinical researcher running projects funded by China's Bureau of Traditional Chinese medicine and material medica. Mrs. Sparks also worked seven years at the University of Cincinnati College of medicine in cardiology research. Overall she has been involved in Acupuncture practice, Chinese herbal medicine, and biomedical research more than 26 years.