Pins and Needles: Would You Try Beacon Street Acupuncture?

If you have a pain in your shoulder, you might not think that the cause might be in your hip.

Scott Cedeño can tell where you might be in discomfort by the touch of his hands.  

Once he determines the pain source, he sticks a needle in you.  

Scott Cedeño is a licensed Japanese style acupuncturist who specializes in traditional and contemporary approaches to Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion at Beacon Street Acupuncture at 1101 Beacon Street.

“It shouldn’t feel like a syringe or an IV,” Cedeño said. “It’s a painless procedure, but it can produce sensations.”  

Cedeño offers Japanese acupuncture treatment in group or individual settings in reclining chairs or tables. Japanese acupuncture can treat acute and chronic pain, back pain, joint pain, muscular tension, stress, adrenal exhaustion, headaches, migraines, autoimmune disorders, allergies, depression, anxiety and a lot more.   “Acupuncture is not a panacea,” Cedeño said. “It’s no magic pill. I could treat 10 different headaches in 10 different ways for 10 different reasons.”  

Cedeño said that in the Japanese style, there is little verbal dialog between the patient and the acupuncturist.  

The acupuncturist can feel imbalances and discomforts within the patient. “We learned a phrase called roots and branches,” Cedeño said. “Headaches are the branches. Acupuncture treats the roots. I don’t do anything to you, I redirect your healing powers.”  

Cedeño said that acupuncture treats very specific aches and pains. “If you were in a car accident, obviously you want to go to a hospital. The same can be said for fevers or infections, you want antibiotics,” Cedeño said. “If you were in an accident but you are still sore or aching a few weeks later, acupuncture might be for you.”   Cedeño wanted to be a doctor since childhood. He was studying at Boston College and took a philosophy course and switched majors in his last semester.  

He started off studying western philosophy but shifted his focus towards the eastern approach. During a Tai Chi class, Cedeño talked with a fellow student who told him about acupuncture.  

Cedeño graduated from Boston College with a B.A. in philosophy and went on to earn a Master of Acupuncture degree from the New England School Acupuncture.   Group treatment for 60 minutes costs $50 and a follow up costs $45. Individual treatment for 1.5 hours is $95 and a follow up costs $85.  

Cedeño is offering free information sessions on Sunday at 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. on April 7, May 12 and 26, June 9, 16, 23, and 30. “Come by and ask questions,” Cedeño said. “Learn what acupuncture can do for you.”  

Trust me, it does not hurt.  

“The Chinese approach to acupuncture is different from the Japanese style,” Cedeño said. “The Chinese style involves extensive conversations about discomfort. With the Japanese style, the body tells the complete story.”