Through Peggy Raikes efforts as my Acupuncturist, I have made tremendous progress in my emotional and physical health over the last six months.

The first thing we worked on was clearing out some old emotional issues that had overstayed their time. Before being treated by Peggy Raikes the emotions of anger, frustration and fear played a more active part in my life than I thought was healthy.

After being treated for these emotional issues, the specific emotions that were attached to these situations were gone. I expected there to be some residue or residual minor issues after treatment. Instead, I was pleased to find a blank emotional state. All memory of the events is still there, clear and factual. It is as if the emotions were never there in the first place.

Peggy uses a special allergy clearing technique which I have greatly benefited from. For example, by "clearing" me of adrenal imbalance, my energy level increased and my joy returned due to a relief from exhaustion.

Peggy Raikes is an expert at pain relief. My pain is gone when I walk out of her office. Also, she is wonderful with emotional clearing treatments. I have benefited greatly.

Her professionalism and great sense of caring for her patients is much appreciated. Thank you!

I want to express how wonderful your work is for my health. Through your expertise and skills, I have been without a 3-day excruciating headache, which used to occur every 4-5 weeks! Beyond the physical improvements, I feel a sense of expanded well being and strength within myself.

I also appreciate your attention to every detail and your being present with your patients.

I highly recommend you and your fabulous work to anyone who has a body-there is always something to improve.

I've suffered from severe, chronic back pain for many, many years, having been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, and having several discs with tears in them.

Although the pain is acute and unrelenting, it doesn't compare to the agony experienced on those occasions when my back totally "goes out". At these times, there are no words for PAIN. I'm unable to sit, stand, lay down or simply move without wrenching in it. And it will typically take several months of recovery for me to heal to a point where I'm once again "getting by", that is, back to just living with a somewhat milder version of the chronic pain and discomfort.

The long and short of my story is that my back again "went out" about 5 months ago. Since then, I've had to wear a back support and take pain medications daily just to have some level of basic, "get-around" mobility.

I was scheduled to start receiving epidural spinal injections to help combat by chronic pain when I decided to give acupuncture a try before going through that level of bodily invasiveness.

After my first session with Peggy I had only two thoughts: 1) Wow! I feel great! and 2) Why did I wait so long?

I returned for more sessions with Peggy over the course of several weeks and found each session providing me with additional and lasting levels of relief from my pain and discomfort. I have not felt a need to wear a back support and have rarely found myself feeling a need for pain medication since our first session.

Peggy's approach was an integrated and personalized one of acupuncture, shiatsu, and herbs. I can't say what worked for me, just that it did. I highly recommend her for anyone in need of her services. Her skills, care and professionalism are all exceptional.