Uptown Acupuncture is your Yelp 5-Star rated go-to clinic for pain and stress solutions. Conveniently located in Hillcrest on Washington and 9th, our friendly clinic has been getting people better since 2004.

I am a licensed acupuncturist, advocate of women's health, lover of plants and animals. I believe in reducing stress and increasing happiness. I love my job.

As an acupuncturist, I provide more than just acupuncture. I like to use my hands and cupping when muscles and tendons are sore or injured. If food and diet is an underlying cause, let's discuss realistic dietary changes that will help you to feel better right away. You're stressed? Anxious? Need to make a few changes in your life but not sure where to start? Let's talk about it.

Locations are in Northbrook, Evanston, and Schaumburg!

Our first priority is getting to know you. Only then can we provide personalized acupuncture treatments to help your body heal itself.

Do you find it difficult to fall or stay asleep? Do you feel overwhelmed, on edge or unable to fully enjoy life?

If you are like many of our patients, you are looking for an alternative approach or complement to conventional medicine. You want to address the root cause of your health issues with minimal side effects.

We have helped many people like you. Our patients are finding solutions to a variety of common conditions including insomnia, anxiety, digestive issues, weight gain, and stress disorders.

Call us today so that you can feel like yourself again!

Vivianne Hipol Gantous DACM, RN, is an Integrative Eastern Medicine Practitioner who believes an individualized approach for each patient is the root to healing the whole person. Her practice is a mosaic of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Bio-Energetics, Functional Medicine, and Western allopathic training. Choosing from the best of each of these modalities, a unique plan of care is created for every patient.
Her motivation to practice has always been a love of humans and healing herself from debilitating post-partum depletion after the birth of two out of her three children. She enjoys treating all members of the family unit especially women’s health as a mother’s vitality is the first mirror for her children. She also enjoys finding alternatives for “hard to treat” internal medicine cases.
Coming from a family of physicians, Vivianne sees firsthand the immense contributions of Western medicine and the treasures Eastern and Western Medicine together can best benefit not only a patient’s current condition but a lifetime of health.
For over 18 years, Vivianne is a licensed Acupuncturist, Herbalist and Nutritionist in California and Virginia, a Registered Nurse, a wife, and mother of three. This year she is launching a post-partum program and specific services for new parents as they navigate an understanding of their new body and evolution of their expanded identity.
Today she sees patients in person and via telemedicine at her office, Boundless Well-Being, located in Virginia Beach. When she’s not with her family or seeing patients, she’s on a trek with notebook and pen or abroad with her husband.

We offer you a unique approach to getting well and staying well. Red Leaf Wellness is a multi-disciplinary clinic that emphasizes whole integrative health for better wellness and healing. Our talented team combines the best of ancient Eastern and modern Western medicine to develop comprehensive functional and alternative medicine treatment plans to promote your physical, psychological, and social well-being.