Dr. Heidi Golding, DACM, Dipl OM, LAc
Dr. Golding’s passion for healing dates back many years. Her sister suffered from a terminal childhood disease in their late teens. After spending over a decade in the corporate world, Dr. Golding found it important to transform the pain of losing her sister into something positive. She chose to study and gain insight into the healing process via the ancient art of Chinese Medicine, a profound medical system thousands of years old.
Through her extensive practice, research, and studies, Dr. Golding believes the most profound improvements are made when there is alignment body, mind, and soul. Therefore, treatments are focused on helping patients regain a sense of internal balance within their internal environment as well as their external.
Dr. Heidi Golding is Nationally Board certified with NCCAOM as well as maintains a Diplomat of Oriental Medicine (Dipl OM) status. She holds her Doctorate in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, San Diego and is certified by Sloan Kettering to treat Cancer patients. She uses a gentle Japanese approach from her teachers: Kiiko Matsumoto and Masakaza Ikeda. She also has an advanced certification with Dr. Carol McMackin to use Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM) during acupuncture greatly enhancing treatment.
When not treating patients, Dr. Golding loves Qi Gong, Meditation, Pilates and Yoga. She resides in beautiful Colorado with her husband and two active teenagers. Her family skis, hikes, back-packs, does slot-canyoning, rock-climbs, and loves tubing down the Poudre River.
Dr. Golding is truly honored to be a part of your healing process.
How it Works
What is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture Promotes Healing by acting as a catalyst via small electrical signals to achieve homeostasis and balance triggering events in the endocrine, neurological, immune, and autonomic nervous system.
The stimulation of specific points located on the surface of the skin along energy channels that connect all internal organs through the human body with the head, torso, arms, hands, legs, and feet is one way to describe it. The life energy which flows along the course of the channels is known as Qi (pronounced chee); it’s also understood to be electricity in the body. When the concurrent flow of Qi in the channels becomes unbalanced or blocked, disease, or illness occurs. Stimulation of specific points can help restore the normal balance and flow of Qi so organs and systems can work together again in symphony. This sets the stage for the body to repair itself and maintain its own health.
Improves Circulation
There’s a classic Chinese saying: “If there is free flow, there is no pain; If there is no free flow, there is pain.” Acupuncture uses the electrical energy within the body to increase circulation. Inserting filiform needles into precise acupuncture points will promote circulation, and reduce pain. Color Doppler imaging (CDI) can be used to noninvasively create images of human blood vessels and quantitatively evaluate blood flow in real-time. See Research Article
Release Blockages
The body can be viewed as a river with dams blocking flow in certain areas. Acupuncture may be used to unblock these “dams” the body has created thus stimulating/increasing organ function and movement. See Research Article
Decreases Pain
One of the most researched areas of Acupuncture is in the area of pain relief. Acupuncture can act as a tremendous analgesic to relieve pain and interrupt afferent (towards the brain) nerve signaling. See Research Article
Reduce Inflammation
Inflammation, so prominent in the United States, can easily be measured/monitored. Acupuncture has the unique ability to decrease proteins and pro-inflammatory markers. See Research Article
Balances Body Chemistry
Balances biochemical responses via the nervous system by heavily utilizing the body's parasympathetic response to Acupuncture and balancing the autonomic response. See Research Article
The Science
Originating over 3500 years ago, acupuncture remains one of the oldest, most commonly used medical systems of healing in the world today. Science can now begin to explain much of what this ancient tradition of healing understood so many years ago and why it is still effective today after thousands of years of usage.
Connective tissue winds around the needles, increasing electrical conductivity
Doppler ultrasound shows that acupuncture increases blood flow and circulation.
MRI readings demonstrate that acupuncture prompts observable changes in the brain.
Thermal imaging reveals that acupuncture reduces inflammation.
Google Reviews
- Google review from a verified patient
“I can't say enough positive things about Dr. Heidi! Not only is she excellent at what she does but she is also just a pleasure to be around. I had shoulder and knee pain which she was able to heal in my first session. I will choose Dr. Heidi everytime when I need healing. I highly recommend her!”
-Joe Castillo, patient Google review
“I have been living with knee pain since 1994. I was to the point of considering amputation. After seeing Heidi I am in disbelief that I have very little pain after one visit. I couldn't be happier. WOW!!!”
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