Dr. Jamie Bender
- Orthopedic acupuncture for injury recovery.
- Classical Chinese Medicine treatments.
- Neuromuscular reprogramming with acupuncture.
- Pain relief and muscle tension therapy.
- Acupuncture for bodily healing and rehabilitation.
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Stepping Into Wellness
3220 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA, 94602-3820
Jamie’s long educational journey started at the age of 12 when she asked for a cookbook on healthy eating for her birthday. At this early age, see began to see food as medicine. Eight years later, she would go on to graduate from the Crestone Healing Arts Center with 650 hours of massage therapy training. In 2002, she completed her yoga teacher training at The Mount Madonna Institute and her certificate in herbal studies from The Northwest School of Botanical Studies. A traumatic knee injury shifted her attention to orthopedics and injury rehab and furthered her fascination with helping the body heal. She then began studying neuromuscular reprogramming (NMR) and exercise rehab. After 10 years with an injury rehab practice, she went back to school to continue her studies and to complete her licensure in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine at the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences. Currently, she is a doctoral candidate in Orthopedic Acupuncture and Classical Chinese Medicine. Jamie sees studying the body not as a means to an end, but as a lifelong fascination and a way of life.
Acupuncture has been used for thousands of years to treat a variety of ailments including, insomnia, vertigo, digestive disturbance, fertility issues, colds and flus, auto-immune disorders, chronic pain and much more. A full assessment of the body is made through a comprehensive health history, in-depth pulse reading, and tongue diagnosis. Sessions are then individualized to treat the range of ailments that each person is experiencing and to bring the body back into a state of ease.