Mike is a licensed acupuncturist by the Minnesota Board of Medical Practice. He is nationally certified by the National Commission Certification of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM). He attended a rigorous four-year program at Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, MN where he received a Master’s Degree of Acupuncture and also holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Hamline University.
Licensed Acupuncturist
Mike Ackerman has clinical experience interning as an acupuncturist at the University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview. Mike treated post-op surgery patients, oncology patients, organ transplant recipients, and immunocompromised patients. He has experience treating a wide range of acute and chronic conditions such as pain, digestive issues, stress-related issues, insomnia, allergies, asthma, anxiety, and depression.
Mike also worked for the University of Minnesota Physicians and Fairview for 9 years as a patient care coordinator, working closely with patients alongside their care team coordinating their medical care. Mike’s background has given him a strong understanding for both Eastern and Western medicine. This foundation affords him the ability to provide a more holistic approach to patient care.
When he is not treating patients, Mike enjoys time with friends and family, traveling, hiking, fishing and other outdoor activities, watching movies, and reading.
Mike specializes in:
| back pain | neck pain |
| acute and chronic pain conditions and syndromes | acute and chronic pain conditions and syndromes |
| musculoskeletal pain | sports injuries/ joint pain |
| headaches | and more |
Ashley completed a 1,000-hour holistic health practitioner program in San Diego California. She’s an intuitive massage therapist that specializes in relaxing Swedish and hot stone massage as well as deep tissue. As a Reiki II practitioner, she incorporates the flow of Reiki energy into each modality, creating a treatment that allows healing to happen on a deeper level.
Julie completed the massage therapy program at Aveda institute in Minneapolis. She specializes in deep tissue neck, shoulders, and low back, and often incorporates other modalities depending on the specific needs of the client. She also does prenatal massage, injury care, sports massage, Swedish massage, and hot stones. She is knowledgeable on how all the muscles work together in the body and enjoys getting to the root cause of any pain you may be experiencing.
I studied at Central Florida School of Massage Therapy. I help people with the effects of stress and pain using both deep tissue and Swedish massage techniques (and I enjoy using hot towels or stones). I like learning what works for everyone individually and adapting techniques while focusing on soothing your nervous system. My favorite part of massage therapy is being a part of people‘s self care, whether it’s once a month or once a week, to ease physical pain or to realign with your inner peace.
Krista graduated from St. Paul College in 2015 with 500 hours of training. She specializes in deep tissue, Swedish, prenatal, and hot stone massage. Krista also enjoys incorporating cupping into the massage to better assist in releasing tension in problem areas.
JulieAnne has been a massage therapist for 26 years graduating from Northern Lights School of Massage Therapy in Minneapolis. She is certified in Neuromuscular Therapy and works with clients to ease stress and tension throughout their body. JulieAnne incorporates light stretching, trigger point therapy, deep tissue and other modalities as the need arises to bring about the greatest relief for her client.
Grace graduated from Aveda Institute in Minneapolis receiving certification for Massage Therapy. She combines Swedish and Deep tissue techniques to customize a unique healing massage. Grace is pursuing ongoing massage modality training in order to provide well rounded care.
