Different Drummer Acupuncture Marcia Mueller, L.Ac. Acupuncture to relieve pain and stress in Portland

Marcia Mueller, L.Ac.

If you’re looking for an acupuncture clinic in Portland where you’re treated as an individual in a calm and nurturing environment then my practice might be for you. When I started Different Drummer Acupuncture in 1998 I tried to make it a place that people would want to come to and based on the comments I get from my patients I think that I’ve succeeded.  I specialize in using acupuncture and Chinese herbs to treat sports injuries in both adults and children, women’s health including fertility and pregnancy and all types of pain. In addition I work on allergies, colds and flu. By it’s very nature acupuncture is all about balance so I also find myself treating stress, anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, digestion problems and lack of energy. I also do Mei Zen facial acupuncture where I can tonify and lift your face. By treating the person not just the symptom I get better overall results than if I just treat the symptom. One of the things I enjoy most about my practice is that I have entire families coming to me. It’s especially nice to be able to treat a preteen or teen and teach them about acupuncture and the importance of maintaining good health.

I took the name Different Drummer from Henry David Thoreau’s quote: “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”  The original Drummer with the quote was given to me by a friend (Karen Engleman) when we were in high school.

I was raised in the midwest (Iowa) and moved to Portland to go to Lewis and Clark College. I loved Oregon so much I stayed and after college I worked in several sales jobs eventually winding up at Nike as an apparel sales representative. It was during this time that I experienced the power of acupuncture with a health issue of my own.  The acupuncture helped my pain, but what really impressed me was how it helped me deal with stress.  I try to bring both the physical healing and the stress reduction aspects of acupuncture to all my patients. 

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