opiate free pain relief

take a step towards pain relief

Your body has what it needs to manage pain, inflammation, and the stress and anxiety of our modern world.  We will support your own capacity to live pain free without as much dependency on drugs.  We also empower community health centers in the border region with acupuncture techniques to help reduce opiate use.

integrative health approach to pain management

  • Medicare Low Back Pain Program

    If you are disabled or retired, and have chronic pain, Medicare will cover up to 20 visits per year. We will set you up with a consult with our Primary Care Physician to evaluate your condition. Our integrative model will offer you a path to pain relief beyond medications and addictive drugs.

    Request medicare referral

  • Sports medicine and chronic pain management

    Do you have injuries or chronic pain problems that affect your quality of life? Are you finding it difficult to exercise because your pain won’t let you do the things you used to do? Our acupuncturist and Doctor of Oriental Medicine, Ryan Bemis, brings over 10 years of experience reducing pain for veterans, soldiers, athletes and everyday working-class people in the borderlands.

    Schedule your first session now

  • Training for front line providers

    We train nurses and doctors, on the front lines of integrative healthcare in the borderlands. We teach them techniques like acudetox, an ear acupuncture technique proven to help people get off or reduce opiates and pain medications.

    Request training

HOW CROSSROADS WORKS

WHAT IS ACUPUNCTURE:

We use thin, sterile, disposable needles inserted superficially into specific areas of the body that promote the body's natural healing response.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND US:

We offer private sessions including cupping as well at our Las Cruces clinic, and we also offer mobile services within community centers throughout the border region.

our process

The most common experience is that after the points are placed, people usually fall asleep for a half an hour or so, and awake feeling relaxed and refreshed.

  • The goal here is for you to feel seen and heard. Together, we design a treatment plan that addresses your questions and concerns. Ryan, our Doctor of Oriental Medicine will review your medical history in depth with you, and understand exactly what you want to change about your health. Based on this, he will determine where to put the acupuncture points. After, you’ll receive an integrative treatment plan and a grounded explanation of what to expect over the course of care.

  • This is where we will walk with you to put your treatment plan into action. The number of treatments for you depends on how much support that healing response needs. To get you out of a high level of pain or distress, you may need a few visits a week until you start to feel better. Moving forward, we can help you correct the underlying causes of your symptoms. And once your problem is out of a crisis or severe stage, we will help you maintain health by keeping you tuned up, taking care of little problems before they get bigger. Our commitment is to walk with you and help you decide as you go along how acupuncture can help as an integrative healthcare solution.

  • Before paying anything or committing to acupuncture, you can ask for a free consultation with Ryan Bemis, our Doctor of Oriental Medicine. You’ll be able to share with him what problems you are facing, and ask him any questions you have about acupuncture and cupping. He will determine if our clinic is a good fit for you. He will also give you some grounded, realistic expectations about how acupuncture might be able to support you with your healthcare goals.

PAIN CONDITIONS WE TREAT

  • LOW BACK AND NECK PAIN

  • ARTHRITIS AND JOINT PAIN

  • FROZEN SHOULDER

  • RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND AUTO-IMMUNE PAIN PROBLEMS

  • HEADACHES AND MIGRAINES

  • SINUS CONGESTION

  • MENSTRUAL CRAMPING AND ENDOMETRIOSIS

  • PROSTATITIS AND URINARY PAIN

  • NERVE AND MUSCULAR PAIN

  • POST SURGERY RECOVERY

  • ATHLETIC AND COMBAT-RELATED INJURIES

  • COMPLEX TRAUMA, MYOFACIAL PAIN, AND FIBROMYALGIA

INTEGRATING ACUPUNCTURE WITH OTHER HOLISTIC Therapies

We have seen that everyone has more capacity within them to manage pain, emotional distress, and chronic illness. Our commitment is to help you tap into that inner resilience. We will empower you with simple but powerful activities for you to take your healthcare back into your own hands. 

I WANT TO TRY ACUPUNCTURE

WE MAKE ACUPUNCTURE SIMPLE, GENTLE, AND AFFORDABLE FOR YOU

Meditation Training &Acu

You don’t need any prior experience. Difficulty sitting in silence? No problem. Targettting your needs and tuning into your limitations, Dr. Bemis will teach you how to incorporate breathwork, movement, and simple meditation and mindfulness exercises into your daily life. Each session will also include a full acupuncture treatment.

Resililence Coaching +Acu

Wanting to make changes in your life? Recovering from illness or trauma? Dr. Bemis helps you tap into that inner resilience where transformation is possible.  He’ll work with you to bring tools into your daily life that will help you transform pain into potential. You’ll also receive an acupuncture treatment to cultivate insight and inner resolve.

Trauma & Tension Release Exercises(TRE)

Dr. Bemis will teach and guide you through a series of exercises designed to activate reflexes deep inside your nervous system and fascial system, which will allow your body to literally shake off stress, tension and anxiety. Acupuncture is optional as a support to your integration process.

breaking down

barriers

to integrative healthcare

As a 501-3-c non-profit organization, Crossroads supports the growth of clinics for the homeless, for people with addictions and psychiatric problems. We also train nurses and counselors how to offer acu based care within jails, hospitals, recovery programs, refugee care, and disaster relief.