Tsai T K PHD

Save your money and don’t go to this place. Very dusty & dirty. The bed has no hole for the face to rest when treatment is being done. Came out with worst pain than I went in. Very unprofessional! & double dipping of $$!

He’s a miracle worker. Me and my mother have gone to him for numerous problems and he’s been great. Back pain to circulation problems to menopause hot flashes. He’ll fix it.

I had a great experience with Dr. Tsai! I’m 37 weeks pregnant with my 2^nd baby and had been feeling unbearable pelvic pain; to the point where lying in bed exacerbated it. Topical treatments and traditional meds (like tylenol) weren’t doing the trick. Seriously, so much pain.
I called Dr. Tsai one day and he was available that afternoon for a treatment. I loved his office. The treatment rooms are very sparse, probably haven’t been updated in 25 years. Don’t expect to be coddled here. This guy is business. He spoke to me for 10 minutes, had me lay on the table and applied a mere 3 needles. He manipulated one of them twice during the tx, and within 45 minutes, we were done. But not before he did some additional energy work (no physical touching) around my pelvic area. Probably the most minimalist acupuncture treatment I’ve ever received (I’ve had anywhere from 13 — 20 needles applied in past sessions with other acu’s).
BTW, his office faces a REALLY quiet courtyard, so you will lie there in complete silence for the better part of your tx.
That evening, I laid down and slept. No pain whatsoever. If you’ve ever been pregnant, you know that doesn’t just happen, especially at 37 weeks. My husband commented that my movements were much more fluid and I was clearly not showing the same amount of discomfort as before. I just want to shout his name from the mountaintops. Amazing.

Attention, pregnant ladies with morning sickness! Dr. Tsai fixed my morning sickness with just one needle on my ear.
My morning sickness started around 4 month into my pregnancy. During that time, I felt sick day and night, feeling nauseating ²⁴⁄₇. This lasted for three days.
I happened to see Dr. Tsai for my neck pain so I mentioned to him about the morning sickness. Dr. Tsai put one needle just above a hole on my ear and I swear, this cloud of «nausea» quickly drifted away in front of my eyes! That’s exactly how I felt, I was nauseous up ’til the point thinking when or if I had to get up and go to the bathroom. Incredible…
Well with the one needle, morning sickness was gone and never came back during my entire pregnancy. My baby is 9 months now and Dr. Tsai treats my wrist from picking up baby. I am really grateful for all he does!

Great doctor. I had chronic back pain along with constant leg cramps and the doctor was very patient and carefully treated my injuries. After a short time, everything was much better and I could sleep and go about the day without any pain anymore.
Quick tip: For some reason there are 4 positive reviews that have been hidden. Those reviews have more detail about the effectiveness of Dr. Tsai’s treatments. They’re also very informative. I encourage people to take a look at those. They’re detailed and descriptive enough so (most) if not all of them are not spam.

I had debilitating sciatic nerve pain and numbness in my left leg. It made it almost impossible to walk more than half a block without having to sit down and take the weight off of the leg for several minutes. Needless to say, being an active 52 year old man, I was not happy. I was canceling dates, bike rides, walks in the park, everything. I even took to DRIVING to the grocery store that is less than 200 yards from my home. I suffered from this for a couple of years intermittently, and finally had been really suffering for about five months straight, with it steadily getting worse, sometimes to the point of keeping me up at night, even when I wasn’t walking on it. My regular doctor couldn’t find anything wrong on the x-​rays and tests, but still recommended surgery! Not happy with that idea, and after reading that some folks got relief from this type of pain through acupuncture, I went to Dr. Tsai and he started the treatment. After four weeks, (two visits per week covered by my health insurance plan) I took a weekend and went to the San Diego Maritime Museum where I spent an entire day climbing all over sailing ships, in and out of submarines, and walking up and down the hill to the waterfront from my hotel. My leg barely bothered me, and after one more week, it didn’t bother me at all. As far as I am concerned, he is a Holy Man, and whatever he says is good enough for me. You have to go with an open, patient mind. You have to take his advice, and trust him, he knows what he is doing. I am 100% now, the first time in ages, and I owe it all to Dr. Tsai.

As a cellist, I have been a long time sufferer of chronic pain, muscle and nerve injuries and anxiety. (Whee! Don’t I sound like fun on a Friday night?) A caring friend paid for 10 sessions with Dr. Tsai (he pronounces it Chai) and I was really impressed. I kept going to him for maintenance, always focusing on my arm and back. One day I came in and was dealing with a bladder/​kidney issue but didn’t want to split his attention between two ailments, so I just requested the usual treatment. He is very sensitive to Qi, and as soon as his hands hovered above my bladder he said with his thick Chinese accent, «Stupid girl! Why you no tell me you have bladder infection?» I was shocked. He took the scariest looking needle ever and painlessly twirled it into place. I sweated. I shivered. I fell asleep. I woke up under blankets and he was sitting me up and giving me some seriously stinky herbs to take. I went home and had ZERO bladder pain after that.
While he didn’t cure my nerve issues, I felt *immediate* relief. As it turns out, I needed serious surgery and will go back to the kind doc after I am healed for some preventative care. I found that he is very gifted when dealing with emotional issues, like anxiety, etc. I turn into a zombie on any kind of SSRI or anti anxiety meds, so this is a great therapy for me when anxiety strikes. He also does massage and pressure points, usually at the end of a session to rejuvenate and loosen you. Bonus!
I would say that he is a great first time option, if you’re afraid of needles, like I am. He works with confidence and I can say that I only felt a little pain during my treatment, and never from the actual moment of needle penetrating skin. Dr. Tsai is a kind, fatherly man. His rates are fair, and considering his lifetime of experience, I trust him implicitly.
Feel free to message me if you have any questions. I know it’s a little scary if you haven’t had acupuncture before!

My first visit was pretty mellow. The Dr is very nice and radiates a great spirit. We even talked sports as i lay there like a pin cushion. i fell asleep for a moment and felt pretty relaxed for a while afterward.
UPDATE:
after about 4 weeks of visiting the Dr for foot pain i kinda felt like i was wasting my time and my money. At one point during my visits, I developed a sty on my eyelid and he pushed some pills on me to help with the inflammation. I took them and later thought, «what kind of pills are theses?» call me paranoid but I started having seconds thoughts about all this. After my next visit I told the doctor I wasn’t going to be able to make it for a few weeks and I’d call him later. Which I have yet to do. Basically, it was a waste of my time and money and I didnt like the feeling that my doctor was just trying to get more money out of me.