We provide natural, personalized healthcare by combining advanced methods of analysis, treatment, and support from both traditional and modern sources.
Functional Medicine is a systems biology-based approach to healthcare that focuses on identifying and addressing the root cause of disease. This approach considers all of the body's systems as interconnected and corrects imbalances to achieve greater health.
Acupuncture
Our Acupuncturists incorporate functional medicine with traditional chinese medicine to create a treatment plan that results in optimal healing. By utilizing advanced methods of analysis and effective, integrative, natural therapies, Acupuncture at Meta Health focuses on calming the nervous system, optimizing the gut, and rebalancing the body. Personalized nutrition, exercise and supplement recommendations are provided, and revised as your treatment progresses. Also available: cupping, ear seeding, gua sha.
Chiropractic
Therapeutic adjustments balance the nervous system as the master system of the body and its coordination of all the body’s functions. Chiropractic at Meta Health helps to restore normal nerve function thus allowing the body to work at its optimum level and activate the life force in your body.
Massage
Massage is used to help relieve pain and stiffness, increase circulation, improve flexibility and mobility of the muscles, and remove muscular waste products like lactic acid while increasing oxygen to those muscles. Massage therapy, in addition to chiropractic or acupuncture, can help speed recovery and prevent injury.
Health Coaching
Each one of your Meta Health Care Providers becomes a part of your personalized integrative medical team. We are here to guide you though your healing journey, help you set goals, track progress, build new habits and be empowered with education.
Hyperbaric Oxygen
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Functional Lab Testing
Massage is used to help relieve pain and stiffness, increase circulation, improve flexibility and mobility of the muscles, and remove muscular waste products like lactic acid while increasing oxygen to those muscles. Massage therapy, in addition to chiropractic or acupuncture, can help speed recovery and prevent injury.
Healing for your whole body.
Experience Relief
Our multidisciplinary, integrative medical team develops a customized treatment plan tailored to your unique needs. We focus on providing relief from symptoms while treating the root cause of pain or illness.
Nervous System Regulation
Encourage the parasympathetic nervous system to take over — allowing the heart rate to slow down, and blood pressure and cortisol levels to drop.
Pain Relief
Stimulates the release of several types of natural opioids, affecting changes in the autonomic nervous system, and reducing pain.
Energy
Increases energy by regulating the body toward homeostasis by raising or diminishing peripheral blood components necessary for optimal energy.
Mental Wellbeing
Stimulates neurotransmitters in the brain increasing serotonin, endorphin and norepinephrine levels.
Mobility
Promotes transfer of nutrients and electrical energy between normal and injured tissues.
Physical & Lifestyle
Our personalized treatment plans include nutrition, lifestyle and therapeutic exercises to help you achieve optimal health.
Common Questions
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What can I expect on my first visit?During your initial 90-min Health Assesment a full health history is taken. Questions are asked regarding health, symptoms and lifestyle. An appropriate physical exam is conducted, including pulse and tongue diagnosis. Gathering this information enables the practitioner to effectively diagnose and detect any specific imbalances othat may have contributed to a persons health problems. The practitioner can then create a well-structured treatment plan. After the intake, you will experience a signiture Meta Health acupuncture treatment. Your Acupuncturist will place fine, sterile needles at specific acupoints along meridian pathways. This safe and painless insertion of the needles can unblock the obstruction and balance Qi where it has become unbalanced. Once this is done, Qi can freely circulate throughout the body, providing adequate nourishment to cells, organs, glands, tissues and muscles. This can eliminate pain and restore balance and harmony, as well as the body’s ability to heal itself—ultimately leading to optimal health and well-being.
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What is Acupuncture?Acupuncture is an effective form of health care that has evolved into a complete and holistic medical system. Practitioners of acupuncture and Chinese medicine have used this noninvasive medical system to diagnose and help millions of people get well and stay healthy. An acupuncturist will place fine, sterile needles at specific acupoints on the body. This activates the body’s Qi and promotes natural healing by enhancing recuperative power, immunity and physical and emotional health. It also can improve overall function and well-being. It is a safe, painless and effective way to treat a wide variety of medical problems.
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Why do they want to feel my pulse?There are twelve pulse positions on each wrist that your acupuncturist will palpate. Each position corresponds to a specific meridian and organ. Your acupuncturist will be looking for twenty-seven individual qualities that reflect overall health. If there are any problems, they may appear in the pulse.
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Why do they want to look at my tongue?The tongue is a map of the body. It reflects the general health of the organs and meridians. Your acupuncturist will look at the color, shape, cracks and coating on your tongue.
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What can I expect on my first visit?During your initial 90-min Health Assesment a full health history is taken. Questions are asked regarding health, symptoms and lifestyle. An appropriate physical exam is conducted, including pulse and tongue diagnosis. Gathering this information enables the practitioner to effectively diagnose and detect any specific imbalances othat may have contributed to a persons health problems. The practitioner can then create a well-structured treatment plan. After the intake, you will experience a signiture Meta Health acupuncture treatment. Your Acupuncturist will place fine, sterile needles at specific acupoints along meridian pathways. This safe and painless insertion of the needles can unblock the obstruction and balance Qi where it has become unbalanced. Once this is done, Qi can freely circulate throughout the body, providing adequate nourishment to cells, organs, glands, tissues and muscles. This can eliminate pain and restore balance and harmony, as well as the body’s ability to heal itself—ultimately leading to optimal health and well-being.
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What is Acupuncture?Acupuncture is an effective form of health care that has evolved into a complete and holistic medical system. Practitioners of acupuncture and Chinese medicine have used this noninvasive medical system to diagnose and help millions of people get well and stay healthy. An acupuncturist will place fine, sterile needles at specific acupoints on the body. This activates the body’s Qi and promotes natural healing by enhancing recuperative power, immunity and physical and emotional health. It also can improve overall function and well-being. It is a safe, painless and effective way to treat a wide variety of medical problems.
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Why do they want to feel my pulse?There are twelve pulse positions on each wrist that your acupuncturist will palpate. Each position corresponds to a specific meridian and organ. Your acupuncturist will be looking for twenty-seven individual qualities that reflect overall health. If there are any problems, they may appear in the pulse.
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Why do they want to look at my tongue?The tongue is a map of the body. It reflects the general health of the organs and meridians. Your acupuncturist will look at the color, shape, cracks and coating on your tongue.
We are located in Santa Monica, for easy access from Brentwood, Venice, Mar Vista, Marina Del Rey, Culver City, and other West Los Angeles neighborhoods.
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Parking is available in the street-level lot, directly behind our office, accessible via the alley parallel to Santa Monica Blvd.
We are located in Santa Monica, for easy access from Brentwood, Venice, Mar Vista, Marina Del Rey, Culver City, and other West Los Angeles neighborhoods.
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Parking is available in the street-level lot, directly behind our office, accessible via the alley parallel to Santa Monica Blvd.