Relief within reach
Golden Phase Acupuncture
Ease the Pain. Lighten Your Load. Heal Naturally.
Los Angeles
Experience integrated physical and emotional relief through
Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine
that eases pain — from deep ashi points to chronic tension — reduces stress, and restores your inner health.
Ashi points are points where you feel pain during palpatory examination
Find Lasting Pain Relief
Pain is your body’s way of telling you something needs to change.
Whether it’s tension, inflammation, or stress stored deep in the muscles, acupuncture works to address the underlying patterns and the discomfort.
By improving circulation, calming the nervous system, and releasing muscular tension, we create space for relief. Every treatment is a step toward renewed flexibility and freedom.
Common concerns treated:
- Back pain, sciatica, and neck tension
- Shoulder, wrist, or joint pain
- Tension headaches and migraines
- Postural strain, tightness, or stiffness
- Pain following car accidents or acute injuries
- Chronic pain patterns
🌿 Acute conditions may improve quickly, while chronic issues often benefit from consistent care. We’ll create a treatment plan that works with your body’s pace of healing — and your lifestyle.
Pain Relief in LA
◾ Release back pain and neck tension
◾ Ease body aches, migraines, and discomfort
◾ Calm inflammation and support long-term pain relief
◾ Release ashi/ trigger points and improve muscle performance
Inner Balance
◾ Supports your nervous system and allows for relaxation
◾ Reduce anxiety and restore emotional balance
◾ Improves sleep for deeper, restorative rest
Feeling Stress, Overwhelm, or Chronic tension?
At Golden Phase Acupuncture, our treatments gently soothe your nervous system, release the pain, and support healing.
Embrace a more balanced wellness.
Step into your Golden Phase
Ashi Point Release:
Myofascial & Trigger Point Acupuncture
Acupuncture can precisely release ashi points—tender or hyper-irritable spots often referred to as trigger points in modern pain science. These myofascial points can radiate pain, restrict movement, and perpetuate chronic discomfort.
By releasing them, acupuncture restores circulation, calms irritated nerves, and improves mobility.
🌿 Acupuncture goes beyond simply “releasing knots.” With over 900 hours of clinical training, acupuncturists learn to locate and treat ashi points with precision needling. Beyond easing pain at its source, acupuncture also supports internal health—regulating hormones, balancing energy, and soothing the nervous system. It’s a more complete way to heal, inside and out.
By releasing pain at its source, you also nurture clearer energy, a calmer mind, and deeper relief—naturally.
The Benefits of Acupuncture
Precise intervention
◖ Acupuncture uses minimally invasive needle placements to influence the body’s energy flow—what practitioners call Qi.
◖ Modern science frames it as a targeted modulation of the body’s biochemical and neurological responses.
◖ Ashi Point Acupuncture (Trigger Point Therapy) targets hyper-irritable muscle fibers to release knots, restore circulation, and reduce referred pain.
Mood Regulator
Acupuncture aims to:
◖ Normalize Autonomic nervous system (ANS)
◖ Promote endorphin release (our body’s natural painkillers and mood enhancers)
◖ Lower cortisol levels (our body’s primary stress hormone)
—helping to ease the transition out of the fight‐or‐flight mode.
Neurological Impact
◖ Precise Acupuncture activates neural pathways that effectively calm the brain’s stress centers.
◖ May enhance cerebral blood flow and help clear energetic blockages
◖ Supports improved communication between brain hemispheres.
1. Chen Y.-H., Xie S.-Y., Chen C.-W., Lu D.-Y. (2021). Electroacupuncture improves repeated social defeat stress-elicited social avoidance and anxiety-like behaviors by reducing Lipocalin-2 in the hippocampus. Mol. Brain 14:150. 10.1186/s13041-021-00860-0 – PubMed
2. Liu H., Jiang Y., Wang N., Yan H., Chen L., Gao J., et al. (2021). Scalp acupuncture enhances local brain regions functional activities and functional connections between cerebral hemispheres in acute ischemic stroke patients. Anat. Rec. 304 2538–2551. 10.1002/ar.247461 – PubMed
Let Go of Pain — Naturally
Clinical studies show that acupuncture can reduce chronic pain by stimulating the nervous system, relaxing tight muscles, and enhancing circulation.
Research also supports acupuncture’s role in deactivating Ashi Points, which are often causes of radiating or persistent pain.
It works with your body to release held tension and discomfort—offering real relief where it’s needed most
Acupuncture is a scientifically grounded effective health practice that reduces pain, helps your body find its natural rhythm and realign
Moreover, by balancing energy flow, it triggers molecular harmonization and neurotransmitter activity—awakening profound healing mechanisms that nurtures internal health
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Golden Phase
Acupuncture
Tuesday | Thursday
10AM to 8PM
Personalized
TCM health consultation
Tongue & Pulse Reading
Acupuncture treatment
Julie Lee Phok, L.Ac, Dipl. Ac.
Licensed Acupuncturist
Diplomate of Acupuncture
Chinese Medicine Practitioner
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Golden Phase
Health Haven through Acupuncture, near LACMA
Our mission is to assist you in finding your personal balance, your “golden phase” – where health and harmony meet.