Yin’s Acupuncture Massage & Chinese Medicine Center

While on a business trip to Bellevue I got sick and ended up with a bad migraine. Not having my regular doctor aside, I was getting worried for rest of my trip and upcoming conference. A colleague referred me to see Dr. Yin for acupuncture. Couple treatments later, all my symptoms had gone away. I felt much better. Dr. Yin also told me about what to eat and avoid. She is a decent and very nice lady.

If you’re coming to this place just for relaxation, that works too, but that’s really the least of what this place is for. Chinese Acupuncture & Massage goes way back and is a proven medical solution to many diseases and injuries. Unfortunately, given the number of Chinese massage places that are really prostitute places or for relaxation only, people easily look down on massage.
This place is really about «medical massage & accupuncture.» I came to this place as one day when I sit down and stood up, my back began to hurt and I couldn’t stand straight easily. I couldn’t sleep well either. This has happened before, and I went to the Swedish medical center where the doctor really couldn’t do anything because my bones look fine and x-​ray looks fine. The western doctor would send me off to do exercises or physical therapy, but they can’t solve my immediate problem of pain (no I don’t want to use pills) and difficulty to sleep.
I came to find Yin’s from referral, and after a few sessions, I’m healed. I know I still have to do exercises to better my muscle, but this solves my immediate pain and difficulty to sleep. I could stand straight again.
Btw, sometimes the reason why they do acupuncture before massage is to relax your muscles first, for those who don’t know. Because when the muscles are stiff, it takes the massage doctor to spend quite amount of effort to loose them up first.
I think for the person who gave this place 1 star, there’s a clear misunderstanding somewhere.

I had my left facial nerve disorder caused by Bell’s palsy, I got referral of this place from my colleague in Microsoft, I got combination of acupuncture, message and Chinese medicine treatments from the clinic, after four set of treatments, my face went almost back to normal, I really appreciate the professional treatments from Angie and her dad, I would highly recommend this clinic to anyone needs Chinese medicine and acupuncture/​massage treatment.

First timer there. Had some back issues and the female doctor and male masseur both did their magic to help relieve the tightness in the back.

The practitioners are very passionate about what they do, and are very knowledgeable and amiable. The male practitioner speaks limited english, but I seriously wonder why there’s a review of this clinic describing a rude woman that doesn’t speak English. There’s no such person – and if you read that full review, you can probably tell what is true and what’s not. Better yet, just stop by the clinic and find out. Anyway, I will definitely go again and I look forward to seeing more positive reviews by real patients.

These people need to go out of business. I’ve never had an experience like this before.
Was on my way to a great foot massage place in Overlake today and, turning into the strip mall, I noticed a new place in the same center, advertising «China Acupuncture Massage.» Now, I’ve had acupuncture before and I’m a big massage fan, but I’ve never heard of getting the two simultaneously. I mean, how do you massage a porcupine?
Thinking that they might have forgotten to put a comma between the words on the sign or actually meant «acupressure,» I stopped to investigate because there’s nothing better than a great workout on all those «chi» points.
So I walk in to find a nice fellow behind a counter, and politely ask, «You have ‘acupuncture massage’…what is that?» Clearly limited with English, he started to stammer out an answer when a woman popped out from behind a door and in barely better English, insisted «What you want?!»
For the next few minutes, we went back and forth in pidgin English as I tried to explain that I didn’t want acupuncture (with needles), but acupressure (without needles). Frustrated with the language barrier, she suddenly challenged, «You ever get massage?!» When I said yes, she demanded to know where. I pointed up the mall to where I’d been originally headed and she snorted, «We REAL massage place… not like that place… we have license!» Since the place up the mall is limited to foot massage, I added that I also go to a Chinese acupressure place in Redmond (great, by the way). Again, she snorted, «We not like those places… we REAL massage… we have license!» Informing her that they also have licenses (I’ve seen them), she huffed loudly.
Cutting to the chase, I asked about prices. Indignantly, she asks, «You get massage?» I said, «If price OK… how much?» Almost yelling, she said «We no say price unless you get massage… you get massage?!» You get the idea. She finally pointed toward the door saying, «We no say price to somebody who only want shop price but no get massage. You go other place!!» Throwing my hands up in disgust, I turned around and walked out the door. The guy behind the desk was fully aware of what was going on, but didn’t say anything to curb her attitude.
My friends will attest that I’m usually pleasant and easy-​going. All I can say is if that’s how they do business where they come from, they should go back there. The sooner the better.
POSTSCRIPT: I just read the owner’s reply to my review. All I can say is that right after they opened, the temporary banner over their front door said «China Acupuncture Massage.» And, on their main Unilocal page photo, it now says «Yin’s Acupuncture Massage.» Hello? Seeing the owner’s picture and from the tone of her response, I’m sure she’s the one who threw me out. She’s right about one thing: I’ll never be a customer. And, in case it gets overlooked, this isn’t about a punctuation error… it’s about attitude. As they say, «You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression.»