Low back pain that
won't let go.
It started as stiffness.
Then it became something you work around — the way you get out of bed, the way you bend down, the exercises you've quietly dropped.
You've tried rest, stretching, maybe PT or chiropractic.
It helps for a while.
Then it comes back.
That cycle isn't a mystery.
It's a signal that the source hasn't been reached.
Where the dual-modality approach shows the fastest results.
Our most frequent reason for patient visits.
You know the pattern.
We know why it repeats.
Low back pain rarely stays in one place.
It changes how you move, how you sleep, what you're willing to try.
Over time, the compensations become invisible.
Until everything else starts hurting too.
If any of this sounds familiar, the source hasn't been reached yet.
What started in your low back is already in your hips.
Two modalities targeting
every layer of low back pain.
Low back pain is rarely a single-tissue problem. Tight musculature compresses joints. Trigger points refer pain into the hip and leg. The nervous system amplifies the signal.
Acunatomy addresses all three layers in the same session.
Regulates the pain signal and reduces inflammation
Targets the nervous system pathways that amplify and sustain chronic low back pain. Reduces local and systemic inflammation. Restores circulation to compressed tissue. Calms the guarding response that keeps lumbar muscles locked in spasm.
Deactivates the trigger points that lock the pattern in place
The quadratus lumborum, gluteus medius, deep rotators, and multifidus are common sources of persistent low back pain — and they're often missed. Dry needling locates the exact trigger points in these muscles, produces a twitch response, and releases the contraction. Blood flow returns. The muscle resets. The referral pattern clears.
Acupuncture resets the system.
Dry needling clears the obstruction.
Used together, acupuncture addresses the nervous system dysregulation driving chronic pain while dry needling eliminates the muscular dysfunction sustaining it. Neither alone reaches the full picture.
Together, they resolve what single-modality treatments manage.
The source is often distant from the pain
A trigger point in the gluteus minimus can refer pain down the entire leg — mimicking sciatica with no disc involvement. A locked QL can make every rotation painful. These patterns don't show on imaging and don't respond to general stretching. Acunatomy traces the referral back to the origin and treats it there.
The American College of Physicians recommends acupuncture as a first-line treatment for chronic low back pain — ahead of medication. The largest study ever conducted (20,827 patients, 39 trials) confirmed benefits lasting 12 months.
"I have been seeing Eugene for almost three years. He has seen me at my lowest with crippling lower back pain. It is truly amazing how far I have come — no more chronic lower back pain. There is absolutely no one else I would ever trust as much. He is extremely knowledgeable and attentive, and his passion for his work is something to be admired."
Common questions about low back pain treatment.
Acupuncture doesn’t treat the disc itself — but most disc-related pain is driven by inflammation and the muscle guarding around it. Acupuncture calms the inflammatory response and regulates the nervous system, while dry needling releases the muscles that have locked down to protect the area. In many cases, the pain attributed to the disc is actually coming from trigger points in the surrounding musculature. We assess both layers.
Chronic patterns are harder to unwind than acute ones, but they’re not permanent. The longer a pattern has been present, the more compensation has built up — in your hips, glutes, and even your mid-back. Treatment takes longer, but the process is the same: identify what’s driving the pain, deactivate it, and restore function layer by layer. Most chronic patients notice meaningful change within the first two to three visits.
Most acupuncture for low back pain targets the local area — needles along the spine or in the low back muscles. That can help with general tension and pain relief. Acunatomy goes further by mapping the full referral pattern: your low back pain may be driven by trigger points in your glutes, hip flexors, or QL that no one has assessed. Combining acupuncture with precision dry needling means we’re treating the regulatory system and the muscular dysfunction together — not just one layer.
A typical treatment timeline.
Every case is different. This is a general framework — your treatment plan will be tailored to what we find in your assessment.
Your low back pain
has a source.
Let's find it.
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