Yi-ju lai (zoe)
Zoe achieved her Bachelor of Science in Sports Medicine in Chinese Medical University in Taiwan. After obtaining a Master of Science in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine in Bastyr University of Washington, she became a licensed Acupuncturist in WA state and joined Essential Acupuncture.
With the sports medicine background, Zoe has a strong clinical and anatomy foundation in assisting people to manage their pain through manual therapy and rehabilitation exercises, as well as extensive experience interfacing with athletes with various sports specialty, divisions and ages. Chinese Medicine is a holistic medicine which emphasizes not only on balancing, improving whole body health mentally and physically, but also harmonizing between human and nature. Believing that getting rid of the symptoms is not the end of the story, she brings her passion and enthusiasm to help you perform better, enjoy your life more and actually reach your goal. Correspondingly, she will push you a little more and treat you as if you are inherently strong instead of being fragile.
In addition, to make herself a better practitioner and to have better ability to help people reduce their suffering, Zoe also equips herself with other nature healing skills, such as Craniosacral Therapy, Ashi Trigger point, deep tissue massage, athletic taping and Kinesio Taping.