Blue Ridge Clinic

Blue Ridge Acupuncture Clinic’s founder, James Whittle, has not only studied Chinese medicine under healers such as Dr. Tran Viet Dzung—he has lectured on the topic in China. He shares his expertise at his clinic, where he inserts hair-like needles painlessly throughout the body to alleviate ailments such as chronic pain, the common cold, and the even-more-common isolated sniffle. Traditional herbal remedies, such as an herbal weight-loss formula, complement these treatments, as do integrative massages from licensed massage therapist Tera Broughton. She targets aches and pains with personalized mixes of modalities such as reflexology, deep-tissue, and scalp massage.