Acupuncture - New York - NYC

"I asked for help with the rigidity and pain from my severe scoliosis and with the tremors from my Parkinson’s. Both the exercises I was assigned and the acupuncture helped me to reestablish a sense of equilibrium and increased mobility, and an overall feeling of calm. The service is excellent. They made me feel understood and your attention was very individualized and steady.

What is unique about Dr. Chen’s and Mr. Gu’s practice is the combination of carefully individualized exercise before the acupuncture, both directed at the immediate problems and the underlying difficulty. The acupuncture is then given several times during the treatment, achieving an amazing degree of relief and effectiveness."

- P.P, Active Acupuncture patient

"I’ve been receiving acupuncture for my thyroid. When I was diagnosed with this problem, my endocrinologist wanted to treat me with radiation. I then started looking for alterative medicine. I started acupuncture with traditional medication for the thyroid. My endocrinologist said that it probably won’t work any way. For his surprise, after six month of receiving both treatments, I got no more problems with my thyroid. I got cure."

- B.P, Active Acupuncture patient

George Miller, 76, came to Mr. Gu’s class three years ago with serious kidney disease, anemia and asthma. “my nephrologist told me to get ready for dialysis because of the numbers in my kidney dysfunction. But I’m not going there! My number are now stable. In 10 or 15 minutes of these exercises, my whole body warms up. I do an abbreviated version of the exercises every day at home. I can even go out and get the paper in my pajamas and not feel cold. After class I feel absolutely astoundingly better.

- “Mr. Gu Makes Lives Better One Exercise at a Time” Westport News, April 12, 2002 (page1, page2, page3)

"Working with Dr. Chen and Mr. Gu, I feel changes in my body everyday. They have changed my life for the better and it only gets better every week. I am truly grateful. They have awakened my nerves / body and they treat me and others like family. They are very patient & caring..."

- X.H, Active Acupuncture patient

While doctors can’t identify why these exercises are effective, patient feedback is very positive, says Bernadette Johnson, coordinator of the Integrative Medicine Program at Greenwich Hospital “I remember looking at pulmonary patients who had difficulty breathing. After they did the exercises, the percentage of oxygen that could be measured in their blood was improved.”

- “Exercising Good Health—Improved Circulation Makes Medicine Work Better” Greenwich Time, August 2, 2005 (page1, page2)

Ed Bloom: “For at least two years, I’ve participated in Mr. Gu’s weekly class. His exercise program is unique, designed to stimulate the internal organs, increase the blood flow and build the immune system. They do not concentrate on building muscle strength, although to some extent that may be a by-product. “My results have been: substantially less asthma, a dramatic reduction in the number of colds, increased endurance, and a general feeling of well being.”

- “Integrative Medicine Man Eases Battles” Greenwich Citizen, January 21, 2005 (page1, page2)

Renee Stern-Cohen reports that her asthma condition has improved since she has been taking Gu’s class. The doctor told her that her lung capacity has improved and she threw away her inhaler.

- "Seniors with a Sprint in Their Step" Town & Village, August 17, 2000 (page1, page2)

Hilda Riger says she uses the exercise to control her high blood pressure. “It leaves me feeling energetic, warm and comfortable,” Riger said, “When I take my blood pressure before and after, I find my pressure is down after doing these exercises.”

- “New Exercise Program at Y Helps Seniors Circulation” Town & Village, February 2, 1995

Gu has designed his exercises to increases seniors’ energy levels and promote good blood circulation. Taking one class is enough to show their effectiveness...Charlotte Abrams, 81, tells me she could walk only a few steps before the back of her right calf cramped so badly that it felt like a too-tightly stretched rubber band from ankle to knee. Doing the exercises, she says, makes the pain go away immediately. “Mr. Gu is unreal,” she says. “He changed my life.”

- “General Gu Warms Up His Troops” Daily News, October 20, 2002

Longtime smoker Nancy Biagi of Greenwich, who has emphysema, has been a class member for three years. “ It looks easy, but it's not,” says Biagi, 68, she exercises twice daily several times a week to supplement Gu's class. “that's what it takes to get your lungs opened up,” she says. When done properly, the exercises allow her to breathe more deeply.

- “Exercising Good Health—Improved Circulation Makes Medicine Work Better” Greenwich Time, August 2, 2005 (page1, page2)

Participants in the class reported that, since taking Gu’s exercise class, they feel more invigorated and have more energy. Plus, they feel less pain from arthritic conditions. Mildred Roach, who has a history of generalized arthritis, travels all the way from Brooklyn by subway to take Gu’s class twice a week. She reports that, due to his exercises, she is feeling less pain.

- "Seniors with a Sprint in Their Step" Town & Village, August 17, 2000 (page1, page2)

A number of seniors have reported privately to staff that their incontinence problem has been greatly improved by Gu’s exercises.

- "Seniors with a Sprint in Their Step" Town & Village, August 17, 2000 (page1, page2)