Jake Rockwell

I have been on the receiving end of East-Asian Medicine and acupuncture since I was a small child, and today I continue to choose this powerful healing art as my first choice to stay upright on my snowboard, yoga mat, and the trails I run.

In practice, I treat injuries due to sports, motor vehicle accidents or any of the many ways we find to bang, bruise and break ourselves. I have great solutions to both acute pain, and nagging chronic pain from unresolved injuries, repetitive motion, and postural challenges.

My approach to resolving any ailment is to search the body for points of imbalance or blockage, and use the tools of our profession to bring equilibrium to the tissues in question. This allows the intuition of our bodies to take over, working towards their natural state of well-being and painless movement. I look at the whole health of my patients to determine what unrecognized internal patterns and ailments may be interrupting their healing process.

As a result of my experience as a personal trainer and recreational athlete, I have developed a depth of knowledge in Kinesthetics, defined as “the study of body motion and the conscious and unconscious perception of one's own body motions”. Acupuncture is a potent tool in someone's training regiment or rehabilitation in both the physical and mental realms,

I offer an open-minded and non-judgmental space for people to come in and be honest with any of their thoughts, feelings and needs, as what happens in our spirit reliably exposes itself in our bodies and vice-versa.

Jake is part of the team at Mandala Medicine & Wellness in Portland. Read Jake’s full bio on the clinic’s website.