Learn About Your Lombard Acupuncturist
Rina Sem, L.Ac, MSAC, Dipl. Ac
My Calling:
I have been exposed to the beginning of life, handing a newborn baby to a first-time mother, and assisting an elderly man who just had a CAGB (open heart surgery) as we ambulate around the hospital floor. I have comforted a woman who was just diagnosed with cancer. I have said goodbye to children who left this world too soon.
No matter what stage of life, beginning, during, or the end, I have learned much in these decades. I have prayed and meditated, believing with my mind, body, and soul that this is my calling.
As my journey as a Holistic Practitioner continues, it has led me to understand the path for my highest good. I have learned to share my experience through service and education.
I am a passionate healer with an alternative approach, and I am dedicated to helping my patients move through a wide range of physical, emotional, and spiritual transitions in the most efficient and transformative way possible.
Lombard
Our Services
CHIROPRACTIC SPECIALTIES
“The natural healing force within each and every one of us is the greatest force in getting well.” - Hippocrates
Adults, children and adolescents
At our Lombard location, we pride ourselves in providing excellent Chiropractic and Acupuncture care as well as massage therapy to individuals of all ages. We see patients as young as a few months old. We also pride ourselves in being of service to our older population, with our oldest patient being 87 years old.
Neck and upper back pain
In today's technology filled world, almost everyone suffers from neck and upper back pain. At our Lombard location, we provide Chiropractic adjustments along with stretching, muscle therapy, and e-stem. Our Chiropractor uses a combination of adjusting techniques and muscle therapy to help reduce pain and keep the pain away.
Low back pain
Sitting is the new smoking! Research shows that sitting has just about the same negative effects on the body as cigarette smoking. At our Lombard location we will adjust your back, but our Chiropractor will also use McKenzie exercises to help with disc issues. We also use Acupuncture, massage therapy, stretching and muscle strengthening to help you get moving.
Sciatica
Sciatica is a condition that can cause severe pain in the glutes and possibly radiation into the hamstrings and calves. Our Chiropractor and Acupuncturist will work to align your hips using a variety of techniques. Our Lombard Location also has a hylo table, which is often considered the most accurate way to diagnose misaligned hips. Along with adjusting the lower back and working on the piriformis muscle, we can help reduce symptoms caused by sciatica.
Headaches and Migraines
The first vertebra in the spine is called the Atlas. The Atlas misaligns very easily and is a contributing factor in headaches and migraines. Aligning the Atlas along with sub-occipital muscle work to reduce Anterior Head Carriage can help relieve symptoms. Your Lombard Chiropractor and Acupuncturist are excellent with neck adjustments and will also work on reducing any build-up of sinus pressure that can sometimes accompany headaches.
Shoulder, elbow and wrist pain (including Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)
When assessing upper extremity pain, it is essential to not just look to the source of pain, but to start all the way at the neck, the ribs, the shoulder blade, the shoulder, elbow, the 8 bones that make up the wrist and all the muscles along the way. We pride ourselves at our Lombard location to be able to do this particular type of rehab on muscles and joints. Our Chiropractor and Acupuncturist have taken extra training to be able to do this and can help people suffering from extremity pain.
Hip, Knee and Ankle Pain (including Plantar Fasciitis)
When assessing lower extremity pain, it is essential to start with aligning the hips, adjusting the lower back, hips, knees and ankles. We have a variety of tools and tables at our Lombard location to be able to help you with this particular type of pain. It is also necessary to work on the muscles that originate in the low back and insert in different regions of the legs. Our Chiropractor and Acupuncturist have taken special courses to be able to do soft tissue work to help relieve pain in the lower extremities.
Dr. O's special interest.
Research shows that Chiropractic adjustments releases dopamine, epinephrine and possibly serotonin. These neurotransmitters can decrease the stress produced in the body from Anxiety, Depression and Substance Abuse Disorder. Our Lombard office funds a non-profit known as I Health U (formerly 2nd Chances). The goal is to make Chiropractic Adjustments accessible to people who suffer from Substance Use Disorder. A lot of people who have SUD, also have mental health problems. Research shows that Chiropractic treatment can help reduce stress produced in both patient populations. Dr. O's goal is to make Chiropractic accessible to this patient population.
ACUPUNCTURE SERVICES
Acupuncture has overall health benefits of a better sense of control over your health spiritually, mentally, and physically. Supported by cupping, moxibustion, ear seeding, nutritional recommendations, and herbal treatments helps you achieve full balance in both Qi and body.
Acupuncture helps to correct imbalances physically and emotionally in the body caused by external factors such as stress, toxins, and injury by stimulating your body’s natural response. The benefits of acupuncture have been known to help with anxiety, destress, acute or chronic pain, weight management, migraines, enhancing fertility, improving autoimmune conditions, and mood disorders. Acupuncture is also known to improve immune system function, support metabolism, enrich sleep patterns, increase mental clarity, help with allergies, and digestive issues. There is always an acupuncture point that can help balance the scale in life.
FERTILITY CARE
Each sequence in life has a beginning, during, and continuation.
Each birth is a special and sacred journey. Our specialty is understanding traditional and alternative prenatal treatments so that we can offer recommendations to accommodate your personal needs and preferences. In just 9 months, a woman carries and provides for the creation of new life. The most complex system on this planet is formed without help from the outside world. It happens effortlessly with support and connection from the womb of a mother. Constantly changing from the moment of conception, a woman’s body can be supported by gentle chiropractic adjustments to better integrate the experience of this magnificent process.
Evidence that acupuncture may help improve fertility in women with many health conditions. These include polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), hypothyroidism, and ovulation problems. In conjunction with IVF, the chances are more success stories in pregnancy than in IVF alone.
Whether you are trying to consciously or currently expecting, having a nervous system that is free and clear of interference and connected creates the optimal environment for a comfortable and healthy pregnancy.
A freely open nervous system allows your body to optimize position, grow, and connect with the newest member of your family. Our doctors are trained in the Webster Technique. Webster is a specialized prenatal chiropractic technique that helps to ensure the pelvis and surrounding structures are properly supporting the growth and development of the baby. Recent research also demonstrates that prenatal chiropractic helps the pelvic floor to relax, ensuring an easier exit for the baby through the birth canal.
At ACC, we support a growing family pre- and postpartum birth as well as during birth. Our Holistic Doula Care is a certified practitioner who can walk alongside you and your partner - advocate your rights, and support you physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.
We received many referrals from obstetricians for our specific approach to pregnancy moms; our treatments are non-evasive, drug-free and provide considerable relief. At ACC, we support, educate, and empower you throughout your pregnancy. We look forward to becoming a part of your birth team and growing family!
BODY SPORTS THERAPY
Everyone's an athlete whether physically, mentally, or emotionally.
Body Sports Therapy is where the practitioner works together in combination with acupuncture and chiropractic care for better treating musculoskeletal pain and injury in athletes. Along with providing a variety of hands-on treatment, sports therapy have catered design plans to help a patient recover faster and even improve their performances.
By addressing musculoskeletal imbalances and promoting biomechanics, chiropractic helps athletes recover from training sessions and competitions more efficiently, thereby reducing the risk of overuse injuries and facilitating long-term health and performances.
Localized injury will have more items than not, have postural imbalance and a contributing organ dysfunction that are preventing proper healing. Moreover, it is a common clinical finding that a disease organ can manifest pain and dysfunction in its channel, which is a foundational principle of acupuncture.
Upon allegation for pain caused by sports injuries, such as sprains, strains, muscle soreness and tendinitis. By targeting specific points on the body through acupuncture can stimulate the release of natural pain-relieving chemicals such as endorphins and serotonin, providing immediate pain relief and reducing discomfort.
Our doctors are trained in dry needling, trigger point therapy, cupping, infrared heat therapy, electrical stimulation or electro-acupuncture, and other forms of manual therapy can also be used for pain relief and improved healing. We at ACC are here to support and cheer you on, so let the games begin!
WEIGHT RX
The only successful way to reach and maintain a healthy weight is to find what works for you.
Conquer your weight loss goals with expert guidance, accountability, and mindset shifts. Weight Rx is a catering menu with practitioners who coach, mentor, and support your journey with adjustments, hormonal balance, exercise, nutrition and herbal formulas.
Chiropractic adjustments can aid in weight loss by making it easier to exercise and lose weight safely. Spinal adjustments can improve pressure that could be causing subluxations. When your spine is relieved of pressure and the muscles around it are no longer straining to protect it, it allows your body to expend that energy elsewhere. Exercising should be easier, adjustments can supplement weightlifting and can improve muscle tone.
A completely safe, effective, and non-invasive way of treating obesity, Adjustments release toxins by breaking up these waste products, allowing them to be flushed out of your system more efficiently. Toxic release is when it's essential for promoting healing within your body after an adjustment.
By reversing mechanisms that link to appetite and energy metabolism, acupuncture can help reduce BMI and body weight. Acu points are chosen to encourage the body’s natural responses to regulating hormone production, optimize digestion, reduce inflammation, lessen water retention and optimize other bodily functions that are related to obesity and weight loss. Treatments have detoxing effects allowing the body to cleanse and remove toxins and waste build-up from the body.
To change your body, you must first change your mind. It’s a commitment that means staying loyal to you and we are here to be your accountability crew!