Ancient healing techniques deliver modern results.
Specializing in sports, orthopedics and pain management, and using unique sports medicine and orthopedic acupuncture techniques (including dry needling), Dr. Laura King, through her private practice Cascade Wellness, helps athletes, weekend warriors, and those with pain recover, prevent injury, optimize performance and build resilience.
Using Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western nutrition, she also supports patients with other concerns including stress & anxiety management, chronic and acute headaches, hypertension, chronic fatigue, improving sleep, gut health, general health and wellness, autoimmune conditions, and more.
Why Cascade Wellness
With more than 23 years experience in practice and industry, Dr. Laura King provides
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An integrative, functional, whole-body, and partnership approach to supporting you in achieving your performance and health goals
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Unique certifications in sports and orthopedic acupuncture, movement assessment and restoring functional movement
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Accurate and trusted scientific information on the latest trends in acupuncture, dry needling, movement science & nutrition
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Realistic and achievable milestones
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Accountability
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Offering services at a convenient location in Woodbine/Lisbon, right off route 70
"Laura is an incredible practitioner who has cultivated an environment of trust and understanding. She asks questions which help her target specific treatments which work for me. Her thirst to know more always leads her down a path of refining treatment for me which is geared towards my specific energies. This makes her treatments effective, and I consider her services to be an integral part of my wellness. I know that coming to acupuncture helps me feel my best, and whatever comes my way I can always safely and effectively address it."
C. F., patient
"I started seeing Laura in October 2021... After several sessions over the following months, the rash and the gastrointestinal issues had disappeared entirely, and my sleep quality improved. Every session we meet, Laura welcomes me with uplifted energy and creates a healing space where I can share everything happening inside of myself physically, mentally, and energetically."
Y. R., patient
"What I appreciate most about Laura is... she brings her whole self to the treatment room. She is warm and compassionate, she is a great listener, and she develops thoughtful and effective treatments that get to the core of the support I'm looking for. She explains the reasons for the points she's chosen and needles gently. She asks for feedback... to confirm she's achieved her treatment goals. I feel comfortable and safe in Laura's presence. I feel like I can share my concerns and I don't feel judged or like I need to hold things back."
E. L., patient
"Working... in the clinic with Laura is always inspiring and leaves me with a feeling of positivity and a sense of possibility. She approaches [Chinese Medicine] with passion and intelligence. Laura's healing presence instills a sense of welcome and belonging in her patients, and she exudes optimism that is infectious. In her presence I believe her patients can be helped, and they do too. She sees them in wholeness, and they can feel that."
J. K., colleague
Acupuncture and dry needling for pain relief, recovery, and resilience in Woodbine, and greater Baltimore
Choose sports medicine and orthopedic acupuncture at Cascade Wellness
At Cascade Wellness, Dr. King supports athletes, active people, and everyday movers with personalized care focused on pain relief, mobility, and recovery. Her clinic's focus on sports injury and orthopedic acupuncture in Woodbine, and greater Baltimore, is designed to help address injuries such as strain, overuse, muscle tension, and other activity-related pain through a proven approach.
Focusing on muscles, joints, tendons, and movement pattern dysfunctions, personalized acupuncture and dry needling treatment from Dr. King can help reduce pain, build resilience, and improve your return to sport. Depending on your needs, treatments will include movement assessments and orthopedic exams, unique sports injury and pain management acupuncture techniques, dry needling, body work, and fire cupping.
Dr. King understands that pain can affect how you move, train, participate in sport, sleep, work, and enjoy daily life. She also specializes in helping athletes who want support in performance, prevention, recovery, and long-term movement health. That is why her approach, with care that works, feels personal, natural, and performance-based, focuses on helping her patients manage pain, improve body awareness, mobility and motor control, and support a smoother return to movement.
A sports medicine and orthopedic acupuncture session with Dr. King
Whether a patient is coming in with an injury, limitation, or pain Dr. King begins with a mobility and motor control dysfunction assessment and orthopedic exams to help her understand your complaint and design a targeted and effective treatment to support your performance and movement goals. In addition to reviewing your medical history, she will present her findings, discuss treatment options, ensure any questions you have are answered, and perform a treatment. Treatment usually includes sports and orthopedic acupuncture, dry needling technique, electrical stimulation, fire cupping, gua sha, and body work. She will also provide exercises, if needed, to help you regain and maintain mobility and motor control functions for optimal movement health.
In addition, Cascade Wellness offers VO2 Max and RMR testing to help athletes, active people, and individuals work towards performance and longevity goals.
Dr. King's mission is to help her patients move pain-free, feel confident in their movement, return to sport, avoid injury, and achieve their fitness and wellness aspirations. This is achieved through personalized acupuncture, dry needling, nutrition, and other service offerings at Cascade Wellness in Woodbine, and the greater Baltimore area.
FAQs related to sports and orthopedic acupuncture
If you have a question that isn't answered here, please visit the FAQ page or reach out via email.
1. How can sports acupuncture and dry needling help athletes?
Sports acupuncture and dry needling therapy may support athletes dealing with injury, soreness, tightness, overuse, discomfort, or movement limitations by specifically targeting areas of concern. It can be especially helpful when training, competition, or daily movement starts feeling restricted. It does so by improving circulation and the neuromuscular response to pain. Treatments offered by Cascade Wellness may also support injury prevention.
2. What is sports acupuncture and dry needling used for?
Sports acupuncture and dry needling therapy improves recovery after a strain or sprain, training stress, overuse, or other activity-related injury. For active individuals in Woodbine, and the greater Baltimore area, it can support mobility, motor control, circulation, pain relief, and an efficient return to movement or sport.
3. Who may benefit from sports and orthopedic acupuncture and dry needling?
Dr. King specializes in helping athletes, weekend warriors, and anyone who wants to move pain-free and with efficiency. Sports and orthopedic acupuncture and dry needling may benefit people with back pain, neck tension, shoulder discomfort, knee pain, hip tightness, and any joint or muscle-related movement concerns. It can be useful when pain affects workouts, posture, walking, and daily function.
5. How does acupuncture and dry needling for pain management work?
Acupuncture utilizes specific acupuncture points and related techniques to support relieving pain, relaxing muscles, improving circulation, and supporting nervous system balance and response to injury. Treatment is guided by the patient’s symptoms, pain location, activity level, and goals. It works by improving circulation and the body's neurmuscular response to pain.
6. What is dry needling therapy for sports injuries?
Dry needling therapy is a Chinese medicine and acupuncture technique. It targets tight muscle bands and trigger points that may contribute to pain or limited movement. It may support athletes dealing with stiffness, restricted mobility, and muscle tension after training. Dr. King may choose to use this technique however other specific and unique acupuncture points and treatments are usually more effective, less painful, and enable you to exercise same-day.
7. How can fire cupping support athlete recovery?
Fire cupping for pain relief and recovery may help ease muscle tightness, support circulation, and promote relaxation after training or physical activity. It is usually paired with acupuncture or dry needling to support optimal outcomes.
8. Can acupuncture help with recurring sports pain?
Acupuncture may help manage recurring sports-related discomfort or pain by addressing tension patterns, pain response, mobility and motor control concerns, and recovery needs. In Woodbine, and the greater Baltimore area, personalized acupuncture care can help active clients manage pain before it limits performance.
9. Why choose Cascade Wellness in Woodbine, MD?
Cascade Wellness provides personalized acupuncture, dry needling, fire cupping, and other related therapies in Woodbine, and the greater Baltimore area, for sports injuries, orthopedic pain, and those who want to maintain an active lifestyle. Care plans are shaped around each individuals needs optimizing movement patterns to decrease pain and improve performance.
10. When should I schedule acupuncture for pain relief?
Schedule an appointment when injury, pain, tightness, soreness, or limited movement starts affecting workouts, sports performance, sleep, work, or daily life. Scheduling proactively may help address issues before they become limiting or harder to manage. And, as acupuncture in general can help with prevention of sports and orthopedic injuries, it’s never too early to schedule a consultation.