Rachel Toomim's Page

Business Name

Advanced Acupuncture

Profession

Acupuncture Physician/ Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

Address

2800 Bahia Vista St., Ste 400
Sarasota, FL 34239

Phone Numbers

941-952-9902

Years in this Business

21

Website

http://www.racheltoomim.com

Previous Types of Jobs

Project Director - 12th Judicial Circuit Drug Courts. Brought to Sarasota in 1996 by the Chief Judge to design, implement and direct the drug court programs for Sarasota and Manatee counties - a special court system combining judicial over-site with treatment for those arrested on drug charges for their addiction problems.

Children

Grace and Ian Chomick

Activities of Interest

Capoeira

City of Residence/How Long

Sarasota/over 10 yrs

My burning desire is to...

rock the berimbau (a single-stringed afro-brazilian instrument)

Something no one knows about me...

I still have the key to the Dade County Stockade, from when I used to provide acupuncture to the inmates there. I'm sure they have changed the locks by now.

My key to success...

Knowledge and Experience. In Chinese Medicine a practitioner is considered a novice for the first 20 years of practice. The medicine is extremely complex, and it takes many years to develop the experience and abilities for subtle discernment that are the keys to effective treatment.
Additionally, I've engaged in extremely advanced studies with the world's foremost scholar in acupuncture, Tran Viet Dzung MD for over 7 years. The intense level of training and expertise as an ongoing student of Dr. Tran allow for an advanced level of expertise and rapid results-oriented treatment.

Accomplishments

Board member for 3 of the 6 national acupuncture organizations.
Vice President and Training Chair for the NADA, the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association (www.acudetox.com)
Went to Louisiana to treat first responders after Katrina - then trained others in the state so that PTSD acupuncture would have sustainable availability.
Created a yearly global event, where groups gathered to experience "group qi" acupuncture relatively simultaneously at 60 or more sites around the world.

Interests

music, dance, art

Skills

"mad" acupuncture skills

Last 10 Customers

As an example of the variety of conditions for which people seek acupuncture, I've seen and had positive results for patients with the following conditions in the last week:
Gallstones and other Gall Bladder complaints, Irritable Bowel syndrome, Menopause, Cataracts, Glaucoma, Interstitial Cystitis, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Headaches, Migraine, Chronic Allergies, Pain from Physical Injury, E.D., Diverticulitis, Back Pain, Dystonia, Menstrual Imbalances, Infertility, Breast Cyst, Insomnia, Brain Tumors (Meningioma), Asthma, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Vertigo, Depression, Anxiety