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John and Jenny Nieters at Alameda Acupuncture are absolute gems.

I stumbled across John’s radio show, The Balancing Point, and had been a listener for a while when I decided to make an appointment. Years after having my son, my menstrual cycles never really came back and I was having lots of different symptoms that seemed to point to endocrine issues.

My first appointment with John was awesome. He spent at least two hours with me, talking and getting to... Read more »

I am so glad I found John a year ago.. he is absolutely the best acupunture healer, and maybe even the best doctor , east or west.. ever. I originally came to his office with some auto-immune skin problems. His analysis and diagnosis was so thorough that I felt my Alta Bates doc was just not trying hard enough. He took my entire life and psyche into consideration.. or at least it seemed that way.He has helped me with neck... Read more »

I am writing this in efforts of giving hope to women who are suffering from early menopause or menopausal symptoms. I was told by my OB that I could not do anything to ease (let alone even reverse) my peri-menopausal symptoms.
I was suffering with up to 5 hot flashes an hour and was an emotional mess. My blood tests showed an FSH levels in November of 2013 were 67. God awful for a 41 year old.

But fast... Read more »