Department of Sports & Orthopedic Injuries · East to West Wellness Center
Tennis elbow, knee, shoulder or heel pain keeping you from doing what you love?
You rested, iced it, braced it or had an injection. It settled down, then flared when you tried to return. The injury may need more than time.
Sound familiar?
If this is you, you’re in the right place
- Tennis or golfer’s elbow keeps limiting daily activities
- Knee or shoulder pain interrupts training or recreation
- Plantar fasciitis hurts most on the first steps
- Hamstring, hip or Achilles pain will not finish healing
- The injury returns whenever activity increases
What medicine does well, and what it wasn’t built for
Why it keeps coming back
Rest and anti-inflammatories can calm an injury. A cortisone shot can quiet it for a while. But tendons and ligaments heal slowly because they receive little blood flow, while tight tissue can keep reloading the injured area when activity resumes.
That’s the part we work on. We don’t replace your doctor. We optimize the systems underneath, your metabolism, mitochondria and immune response, so your body can do what it’s built to do: heal and stay well.
Systems biology, applied to Sports & Orthopedic Injuries
The three systems we see most often
Local tissue inflammation
The injured or overworked area stays inflamed, which keeps the pain signal on.
Low oxygen-rich blood flow
Tissue repairs only as fast as blood can bring oxygen and nutrients, and painful areas are often poorly supplied.
Mechanical myofascial strain
Tight, guarded muscle and fascia pull on joints and nerves, and keep the area loaded wrong.
Systems we check in every sports & orthopedic injuries evaluation:
Diagnosis decides what we fix. If a system tests fine, we leave it alone and put your time and money where it matters.
How we fix it
In the order that matters
Treat the injury directly
Address the injured tissue and surrounding area.
Bring blood flow in
Support oxygen and nutrient delivery.
Release the strain
Reduce the tension that keeps reloading the injury.
Return to play
Build a clearer path back to activity.
What we measure
Your numbers, re-tested
We only order what would change your plan, and we tell you up front which tests may be covered.
Our tools
Acupuncture and electroacupuncture, clinical nutrition, medical-grade supplements and herbal prescriptions, moxibustion and red light. When you need more, our physician partners and your own specialists are part of the plan.
What patients say
★★★★★I have been seeing Greg and his team for about 8 years in order to treat chronic nerve pain, disc herniating, sports injuries, and arthritis. The treatment that I receive along with the information is far superior than any other doctors office or acupuncturist that I have seen previously. …
Joe S. · Google review, 2026-01
★★★★★I am making significant strides in alleviating the upper back and shoulder pain I had been experiencing. The staff is very friendly, welcoming, and knowledgeable. My specific issues are being identified and treated with great success. Ample parking on site. Never a wait time for appointments.
Arthur Z. · Google review, 2025-05
★★★★★If you are looking for knowledgeable and heart felt care, this is the place you need to go to. After an MRI, and being told I would need knee surgery, Greg's treatments have resulted in a stable and pain free knee which has, and continues to strengthen each visit.
Donna J. · Google review, 2024-10
Verbatim Google reviews (207 reviews, 4.96 average). Individual results vary; no outcome is promised.
Our offer
A personalized care plan, backed by your own markers
Every department offers the same thing: a time-based plan built for your issue. Testing, mapping where the problem started, a written plan, treatments, clinical nutrition, and supplement and herbal prescriptions, all aimed at your issue instead of piecemeal visits. Acupuncture is our super-specialty, and many plans work with or without it.
| East to West care plan | One-size protocol | |
|---|---|---|
| How it’s built | From your testing and your history | The same steps for everyone with the same complaint |
| What it targets | The systems underneath, in the order that matters for you | The symptom you walked in with |
| How you know it’s working | Markers agreed up front, re-tested | You guess |
| What backs it | Progress Guarantee tied to those markers | Nothing |
| What you take home | A System Map and a roadmap for you and your doctors | A product list |
Every plan comes with our Progress Guarantee. Before we start, we agree on the markers we’ll track: your symptom score plus two or three lab or clinical markers that can realistically change. If you’ve done your part and we haven’t hit them in your plan’s time frame, we keep working with you at a reduced rate or add complimentary care. We promise the work and the measurement, not a cure.
Care plans: Compare Reset, Rebuild and Thrive for this department — see included tests, visits and holiday enrollment savings.
The one place to start
Plans, not protocols. It starts with your Systems Biology Evaluation.
You know you have the problem. What nobody has shown you is how your symptom ties back to your metabolism, inflammation and immune system. That connection is our specialty.
- We map your chief complaint back to every system driving it.
- We decide which tests you actually need, and tell you which may be covered and which aren’t.
- We lay out your plan and timeline, with options for how many treatments and how long.
- You leave with your one-page System Map: where the problem sits, which systems are involved, and how we’ll address each one, in order.
Sometimes the answer is simple. If it’s a local problem, you may only need acupuncture, and we’ll tell you that.
Systems Biology Evaluation for Sports & Orthopedic Injuries
$100
30–60 minutes, in person in Huntington. A $350 evaluation, $100 to start.
Book your Systems Biology Evaluationor call (631) 416-4940
By your fourth visit, we’ll both know whether it’s working. We score your symptoms at visit 1 and visit 4, and if it isn’t working we’ll tell you and point you to what will.
Sports & Orthopedic Injuries questions
Do I need new imaging?
Usually not. We review imaging and notes from your orthopedist or physical therapist.
Is acupuncture appropriate for sports injuries?
Acupuncture and electroacupuncture may be used as part of the plan. The evaluation determines what is appropriate.
What if the injury is simple?
Sometimes the answer is simple, and we will tell you that. Not every problem requires a large plan.
Do you replace my orthopedist or physical therapist?
No. We work alongside your existing providers and use their notes and imaging when helpful.
What happens at the Systems Biology Evaluation?
In 30 to 60 minutes we map your chief complaint to the systems driving it, decide which tests you actually need, and lay out your plan and timeline. You leave with a one-page System Map. It’s a $350 evaluation, $100 to start.
Do you take insurance for acupuncture?
For some pain conditions, insurance may cover the acupuncture part of your plan. Send us your card and we’ll check for you. Testing, nutrition and supplements usually aren’t covered, which is why every plan is bundled. Check your benefits.
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Your body is a system. We treat it like one.
Start with a $350 Systems Biology Evaluation for $100. You leave with your System Map and a plan.
