DECA is a community acupuncture clinic between Bucksport and the Penobscot Narrows Bridge which offers $15-$35 sliding scale treatments in a comfortable community setting five days a week. Please visit our website - jam-packed with information - and nice to look at too. Schedule you appointment on-line at www.downeastca.com -- easy and convenient!

The hours listed are those in which you may book an appointment. The clinic closes an hour after the last available appointment time of each shift. Appointments are encouraged. Walk-ins are accepted on a space available basis. DECA is a proud member of the People's Organization of Community Acupuncture (POCA), a multi-stake holder cooperative whose mission is to make acupuncture affordable and accessible.

Cindi has focused the majority of her practice on women’s health and gynecology, treating conditions such as menstrual irregularities, dysmenorrhea, endometriosis, fibroids, ovarian cysts, PCOS and menopausal symptoms.
Fertility is a major part of her gynecology practice, and Cindi is dedicated to increasing the success rate for clients undergoing western fertility treatments as well as for those trying to conceive on their own. Cindi also works with her clients through all stages of pregnancy and postpartum care.
Cindi is also very experienced in treating autoimmune disorders such as Chronic Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, Multiple Sclerosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Systemic Lupus.
She also works with migraine patients and those with digestive disorders, such
as IBS, Celiac Disease, and Crohn’s Disease.

Summer specializes in helping people manage chronic conditions using nutrition as the basis for a healthy life. She particularly loves when her patients discover that many of their physical symptoms can be resolved with diet changes. In addition, Summer, helps parents learn to managed their children’s ADD, ADHD and autism using real food as a powerful tool. Acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine is incorporated into the care of both her chronic and acute needs patients. She is available for in office and phone/Skype long distance consultations.

Summer’s special areas of focus include:
nutritional counseling
digestive issues
diabetes care
dental concerns
chronic and acute pain
stress and fatigue
pregnancy preparation and lactation support

At High Country Doctor, you'll find a natural medicine practice run by the compassionate and skilled practitioner, Dr. Terence McCormick. It all started in the New York City area in 80's when Dr. McCormick was completing undergraduate coursework in biochemistry and other pre-medical studies. During his four years as a pre-med student, he worked as an assistant and apprentice to acupuncture and naturopathic doctors, graduating from various programs in Eastern and Western styles of manual therapies including naprapathy. After completing his undergraduate degree in public health, he went on to graduate from both a masters and doctoral program at one of the country's top natural medicine colleges in Portland, Oregon. As a doctoral fellow he was an acupuncturist intern at Oregon Health Sciences University Pain Center. He was also an intern at a World Health Organization (WHO) integrative medicine hospital in Nanjing, China. Since then, he's traveled the globe learning new techniques to help others with natural options for their healthcare. Dr. McCormick has completed apprenticeships and post-graduate clinical work with naturopathic physicians, naprapaths, medical doctors, osteopaths, Oriental and Ayrvedic medicine doctors along with various other world renowned practitioners in the natural medicine field. He is motivated by a desire to provide complementary care including alternatives to surgery and drugs. Dr. McCormick's practice provides several natural therapy options that address a wide range of health and wellness concerns. His practice serves Fort Collins, Colorado, Cheyenne, Wyoming and Rapid City, South Dakota. We are one of the most highly-qualified and experienced natural family health care practices in the region.

Since 1989, patients have trusted our practice with evidence-based natural healthcare using modern, traditional, and Asian and Western modalities, such as acupuncture, naturopathy, naprapathy, trigger point dry needling, Chinese medicine, Ayurvedic herbal treatments, manual therapies and nutritional medicine. Dr. McCormick is a doctor of acupuncture and Oriental medicine (DAOM) with extensive graduate training in numerous naturopathic therapies and offers them as part of his natural medicine practice. He specializes in individually customized treatment programs for pain management, injury care, overall health, healing, detoxification, and longevity. He works with both kids and adults of all ages.

We are a progressive, full-service clinic of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine offering natural treatments for such issues as pain, post-traumatic recovery, hormonal imbalances, infertility, signs of aging, digestive disorders, stress/anxiety and many chronic health conditions. Our passion is to help patients work towards achieving their goals of better health and wellness through promoting inner/outer balance and facilitating the body's own natural ability to heal itself.