Deborah Clarke, LAc

Deborah Clake, LAc is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Licensed Massage Therapist. She is licensed in acupuncture by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice and in massage therapy by the city of Richfield. She is also nationally certified by the National Certification Commission on Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in acupuncture and the Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in clean needle technique.

Deborah is also trained in the St. John’s Neuro-muscular therapy and uses this method to greatly help rid the body of painful areas along with acupuncture. Deborah previously owned and operated a massage clinic in Naples, FL from 1986-1993.

Asthma and allergies led Deborah to an acupuncturist in 1988. She was impressed by the gentle techniques with no side effects. She completed a three-year program of study at the Acupuncture Center of Naples in 1993. She was licensed in Florida as an Acupuncture Physician and founded the East West Health Center in 1993.

Deborah spent an additional year attending training in Japanese Toyo-Hari style needling.

Deborah and her son moved to the twin cities in 1998. She currently focuses on using gentle acupuncture and massage therapy for a wide variety of conditions, especially pain relief.