Eugene Baek,
M.S., L.Ac.

Eugene's undergraduate work in biology at Quinnipiac University grounded him in the foundational world of anatomy and physiology. He completed his graduate clinical training at Tri-State College of Acupuncture in New York — one of the few U.S. programs integrating Traditional Chinese Medicine, Japanese Meridian Therapy, and the fundamentals of Trigger Point Therapy in a single curriculum — then continued his postgraduate study in Seoul, Korea, training in Korean acupuncture traditions directly. The result is a practitioner fluent across Trigger Point methodology and Chinese, Korean, and Japanese approaches.

His clinical application has been shaped further by leading figures in pain science and rehabilitation: Travell and Simons, Jan Dommerholt, César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, Stuart McGill, Chan Gunn, and Peter Baldry. Their combined work forms much of the modern understanding of myofascial pain, dry needling, and intramuscular therapy, and remains a continuing reference at Acunatomy.

Over more than two decades, Eugene has practiced across rehabilitation centers, orthopedic and physical therapy practices, oncology care, integrative medical clinics, and high-performance athletic settings — bringing both a medical and a movement-based lens to pain at its source.

Eugene has trained in martial arts his entire life — boxing, muay thai, brazilian jiu-jitsu, taekwondo, and hapkido — and still trains and competes today. That practice and his strength and conditioning foundation are where his command of biomechanics, movement efficiency, and neuromuscular control comes from.

Throughout his career, Eugene has served in medical missions to underserved communities at home and abroad — most recently in Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa.