Japan Town Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine

My husband and I came to this place out of desperation. My husband had hurt his back and didn’t know how he did it. He was literally almost unable to walk and the pain was unbearable! My husband is NOT the kind of man who ever complains about anything, this was a bad situation. He had dealt with the pain for three days and it was not subsiding. He was adamant about not going to his primary doctor, because he didn’t want to be given a prescription and told, «see ya later». This was a serious issue to him, how and why was it hurting so bad with no real onset of the problem.
It was a SUNDAY, I was scoping through the Unilocal ads for chiropractors nearby and something that might have been open on a Sunday. I came across something that said acupuncture. I ran it by hubby… he practically laughed. Skeptical is an understatement, I did some research and read the reviews for Japan Town Acupuncture and of Yuko. I finally talked him into giving it a shot, but now I needed to find out if she would even see him on a SUNDAY and SUPER Last minute.
One phone call to Yuko, she is SUPER nice and VERY professional, YES! She took him in last minute and on a Sunday. The facilities are clean, warm and quiet. She is very thorough with her work. She performed several acupuncture procedures, and he left with some body wrapping and three other needles that he was instructed to remove the following day. She said that he may find some instant relief but that a majority of the relief would come in 24 hours.
We removed the needles as instructed, I asked my husband repeatedly that morning if he was feeling better, and he said it was about the same. The day goes on, and literally almost 24 hours later, I get a phone call from my husband, HE IS DUMBFOUNDED and almost speechless. He said his back pain was GONE, like someone turned a light switch off, GONE! Not only are we both going to use acupuncture in the future, but the services, and incredible customer service that was provided from Yuko, along with her knowledge as a medical professional. We couldn’t be more satisfied.

When I’m in San Francisco, I go to Yuko! She is extremely knowledgeable, compassionate and helpful. I am always impressed with her skill and kindness. She has helped me with allergies and with sporadic scapula/​shoulder pains. Her office is very cozy, quiet and clean, a perfect mixture for relaxing. She has magical skills!

Last June, I injured my right wrist, and needed to use a Spica wrist brace. I had never tried acupuncture, but thought this may be the right time to do so. I found Yuko on Unilocal,and am so grateful that I have found her! Although I am scared of needles, Yuko helped me feel comfortable and I am no longer apprehensive.
I asked Yuko how many times I should come in to heal my injury, and she said, perhaps 3 times, and it’s up to you. I really loved that she wasn’t pushing for me to purchase multiple treatments.
But what amazes me the most about Yuko is her intuitive diagnosis. She is highly skilled in understanding her patient’s needs. My wrist injury cleared up after several visits, and I continue to seek Yuko’s treatments when I need to be energized or relaxed. She truly is a healer.

One of my friends recommended this office. I saw Yuko for the calf injury which I was afraid of developing into chronical problem, and her treatment helped! Not only that, she noticed that I had uterine fibroid that was about the size of an orange, and she prescribed me Chinese herbs to treat it. I took it for about three months and totally forgot about this. Surprisingly, about a year later, my ob/​gyn doctor told me that it’s size had shrunk, during the regular check-​up! Thank you Yuko for wonderful treatments!

I highly recommend this place. I always recommend this place to people who has pain anywhere. When I was pregnant with my first child in 2006, I started to experience pain underneath of my left rib cage. I kept asking my doctor at Kaiser, but they never took it seriously, blaming it on the fact that I am pregnant. The pain continued even after I gave birth for long time. So I decided to try this place for treatment. She was immediately able to diagnose that my pancreas is having problem and with only 4 treatments, I am completely pain free! Ever since the pain never came back. She also treated my arms/​hands which were having issues after carrying my baby. I especially love when she runs electricity through needle and felt so good. I also have TMJ problem, and she placed a needle patch which continue to work throughout the week and helped to cope with my pain and relax my jar muscle. I highly recommend this place.

Have had a chronic pain/​discomfort issue with a ruptured disc in my neck for many years.
Out of luck and spontinuity, I found Yuko. Had a very thorough treatment last week and the results were amazing for me! Much better than a previous experience from another provider. Will be returning to Yuko soon for additional and on going treatments. She is a true professional in her field.
Rob Jaron

I came here with a screeching pain in my arm that no amount of Tylenol was putting down. I’d read Leon’s review (solid!) and thought, «What the hay? I’ll give it a shot.» Frankly, at the point when I went in, I would’ve paid a corner-​walking crack addict to do a quick and dirty amputation, if it would’ve meant the end of my pain.
I’ve never had acupuncture before, but my hopes were high. At the end of it, the pain didn’t go away, but I had a nice time chilling out, lying around with needles in my shoulder, arm and feet.
As it turns out, I was suffering from a pretty acute case of tendinitis, which has recurred several times. I’ve found that good old fashioned icing and rest helps with the pain.
As my dad put it, after I’d returned from the session with my arm still throbbing, «Hey, maybe your arm would stop hurting if you stopped sticking needles in it.» Gotta love the eloquent simplicity of old-​school faith in western-​only medicine.
I guess I was hoping for a miracle when I came in, and I didn’t experience one. I’m likely to come back again in the future with some other ailment, just to give it another run-​through and see what happens, but for now, color me unimpressed.
As far as the actual office goes… fluorescent lighting, a little cold, not exactly a relaxing environment… but the lady was very nice and the price seemed fair.

Today I awoke crippled and hunched over worse than yoda on his deathbed. Thanks to Unilocal,I found Yoko in Japantown. Her expertise and friendly disposition put me well at ease, and I emerged from her clinic able to walk fully upright once again. Hooray I have a regular acupuncturist in the city.
At the time of this writing, an initial visit is $ 85 with subsequent visits costing $ 70. It’s well worth it though. She does not rush at all and takes a very comprehensive approach (I came in becaue of my back, but she identified several other ailments I suffer from chronically and treated them as well. Pretty cool she could tell my ‘stomach isn’t working well’ and that I have ‘joint issues’ just by looking at my tongue and checking my pulse. In western terms, I suffer from acid reflux and a hereditary knee condition. I’m eager to see if her treatment can alleviate those ailments as well.
I’m about as empirical and non-​superstitious person as one can be. Acupuncture just works. There is no faith requirement nor doubt.

I went in with the worst case of stiff neck. It wouldn’t move for a week and a half. Eventually with the persuasion of my girlfriend, we searched around and found this place. Yuko knows what she’s doing, I swear by the first session, I can move my neck somewhat. After a couple of more sessions, I had full rotation of my neck. It felt great and Yuko was very friendly as well as the front desk. They even gave me and my girlfriend green tea and sembe after each treatment. Great stuff!

Good friend recommended this place and I’m glad she did. Located inside the Japantown mall, across from the Kinokuniya book store. Yuko Gower is the practitioner here and is very experienced and competent having been trained and practiced acupuncture in Japan. Receptionist Yoko is extremely courteous — even offers you some tea after your treatment. One treatment runs about $ 75-​. Definitely worth a try if you’re looking for a good practitioner.