About Polly Christy
Who I am
Polly Christy, B.A., M.Ac, L.Ac, Dipl.Ac (NCCAOM), NADA Certified, received her Master of Acupuncture Degree from the prestigious Tai Sophia Institute (now known as Maryland University for Integrative Health), where she maintained a private practice and has served on their Masters level faculty and senior staff and coordinated the clinical resident program at Tai Sophia, providing mentorship for recent graduates. Tai Sophia Institute is America's first accredited acupuncture school founded in 1975 in Columbia, Maryland. She completed a post graduate apprenticeship with the president of Tai Sophia Institute, Robert Duggan. Polly has studied with Chinese Master Tom Tam in Boston, Massachusetts and Mayan osteopathic and herbal healer Don Aurelio in Yucatan, Mexico and Balinese healer Jakorde Rei who was spiritual healer to the king of Ubud and people who came worldwide for his mastery.
She earned her B.A. in International Studies with magna cum laude honors from the University of San Diego. Ms. Christy is fluent in Spanish, and integrates acupressure, massage, cupping, gua sha and aromatherapy therapies into her practice.
She is licensed by the South Carolina board of Medical Practitioners.
Polly maintains a busy private practice in Charleston since 2004.
The designation Dipl.Ac.(NCCAOM) indicates that the practitioner is certified by the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncturists and Oriental Medicine. The designation L.Ac. indicates that the practitioner is licensed to practice in the state of South Carolina.
My philosophy
I am dedicated to helping people achieve and maintain wellness and to providing excellent care to people in the midst of illness. I respond to each unique situation and believe that keeping open communication between patient and practitioner is necessary to assure that people are taken care of beyond their expectations. I am committed to relationship-centered care in which you are invited into a partnership with me to observe your symptoms as teachers, and to make choices that will serve you in body, mind, and spirit. My role, as your practitioner is to guide you to increased awareness so that together we can transform your experience. In the course of treatment: pain gives way to ease, rage to forgiveness, isolation to connection, stiffness to flexibility, resignation to hope. In partnership, we will encourage this process of healing and change.
About josh coates
Who I am
Josh began studying massage therapy in 2002 at Palmetto Jujitsu and Healing Arts in Columbia SC where he learned Okazaki Restoration Massage. For the last 6 years he has done Sports Massage for the USC Football and Basketball Athletic departments. His nickname is the "body mechanic"! He uses deep tissue, swedish, neuromuscular, and Rolfing elements to help heal and rehabilitate. You are in good hands and will leave feeling the benefits of his outstanding resume and kind nature! Please come see Josh on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays!