Acupuncture of America Bakersfield

Very thoughtful and caring patient care.Clean and welcoming environment. The noise from the front office can sometimes filter into the rooms and it makes it less relaxing but other than that. Great place

After my acupuncture plus wet cupping on my right upper back, that back portion went softer and I felt that my back was lighter. I was also able to move my right arm better than before after two sessions of acupuncture. Planning to go back for my third session. :)

I decide to give acupuncture a try for my sciatic nerve pain I had been experiencing on and of for several years. I could not sit in my vehicle comfortably even after several Chiropractor appointments in one week. After the first visit with Dr. Kim I felt like i was walking on a cloud! I can sit and stand pain free only and It's only been two visits with Dr Kim. I highly recommend Dr. Kim.

Dr. Kim is very effective in helping pain go away. Acupuncture is fascinating to me. It WORKS! He doesn't make much conversation or really explain what he is doing but since it is so effective, I can overlook that caveat.

I first came to see Dr. Kim because I was having numbness in my hands while working as a dental hygienist. After only a few sessions the function in my hands has tremendously improved and I no longer have numbness in my fingers while scaling teeth. I continue to see Dr. Kim to work on my neck and shoulders which also suffer due to my work. I am so glad I made the decision to start seeing Dr. Kim and I look forward to continuing my maintenance to help my body and my career.

I originally went to Dr. Kim after learning my daughter was breech. In an effort to avoid a c-section, we completed 2 sessions of moxibustion treatment. My daughter didn't end up turning around, but I truly believe the treatment could have worked had we not been nearing our 39th week into the pregnancy. Since the moxibustion treatment, I have seen Dr. Kim for treatment of migraines, which I got after delivering my daughter, and am currently in treatment for inflammation in my right shoulder blade area. I have a tremendous amount of gratitude for Dr. Kim and his practice. I really feel he has saved my life. He's experienced, intelligent, confident, has healing hands, and really cares about his patients wellbeing. I really don't know what I would've done without his help! Thank you so much, Dr. Kim!

This is an amazing place to go. My wife found this for an issue she was having and recommended I give it a try. Her second trip in I went along. In talking to this friendly Doctor I learned he had spent over 28 years of school including 8 hour tests to learn what he knows. I asked because I was curious... I could only imagine that was hard so hard he also added out of 30 only a few 3-5 had graduated. Well this has really helped me with my issues with my foot and today my wife had a huge amount of toxin-y puss filled blood that he took out and said to her "huge success". His English is obviously a second language but he has a good sense of humor also. Be ready for a little shock if this is your first time he has a liquid to clean and another to desensitize the area and a special heat lamp to prep the area where he is about to poke with some almost painfully pleasant (think icy hot) needles heated up to 150 degrees. He does use a hammer and there apparently may be some blood. I haven't seen it because my feet are off the end of the bed. But what he knows seems to me some sort of magic where he is just tapping and waking up the body to heal itself. My wife explained it like a deep penetrating signal to the body to send the helpers but there really is no threat present so they then repair the area where they were sent... makes sense in a different way of thinking which from my understanding of Chinese culture is how their language and society functions. Very interesting culture if you want a past time to learn about. I knew already and had a concept of what acupuncture was. Be ready because the first appointment he will go right to work and he actually asked me if I was going to cry because I felt the puncture of the heat. He was not meaning it in a bad way but just checking on me. I laughed though really hard because here I am a grown man on his table and feeling a little like the Panda on Kung Fu Panda when Mantis is twerking the pins you feel that it is tapping into a tissue or nerve and then you get some gentle or if you want it turned up (I asked) and got a few really good jolts but wow it was amazing to feel a reflex action from a machine jolting me. But it was like a kind of massage where the muscles are pulsing with this icy hot thing going on and just clearing the body out. They have said bleeding is good to us that it is the toxins leaving the body. Definitely recommend if you have an ailment of some sort. My wife also has another spot with a lot of inflammation and she showed him today and so we are expecting that just like magic next time he can suck out some of that inflammation. Really great business.

I've had lower back/hip pain since the beginning of the year and I've tried doing physical therapy, cutting back on my active work-outs and doing more yoga but I've never experienced more relief than after seeing Dr. Kim. Merce the office manager is so friendly and easy to deal with. She gives me appointments that fit my busy schedule as a career person and mom to a teenager. She helps coordinate my insurance co-pays and explained my benefits clearly. Dr. Kim is so good at what he does. He did cupping, acupuncture, herb and massage therapies to alleviate my back pain. I know that I can get back to my old self. THANK YOU so much Acupuncture of America! Big hugs!

Never called me back to schedule an apt and I called three times and left three messages

We started acupuncture 3 weeks ago for my husband and so far everything has been outstanding. Even after his first visit he started to see results. Dr. Kim and his staff are very nice and very accommodating for me and my husband. I would highly recommend their services.