Healthy Body & Soul, Suwanee

More than 4,000 years ago in China, when dinosaurs still had a parliamentary system of government, a medicinal practice began to take hold—very fine needles were being placed gently in the skin to redirect the body's energy, chi, which would relieve pain, cure common ailments, and promote general health. Today, holistic treatment is known as acupressure, and licensed practitioners Ahmad El and Leena Cook apply the knowledge and skills gleaned over a decade of practicing acupressure to create custom treatments for each patient. These can help to battle the chronic pain of arthritis, back and knee pain, combat infertility and aid IVF treatments, and help to lessen nausea and discomfort associated with chemotherapy. They also prescribe herbal medicine, blended from up to 15 different herbs, as well as provides nutritional and dietary consultations designed to help patients lose weight or break their habit of eating the cellophane around snack cakes.