Pinnacle Integrative Health

I’ve been seeing Mathew for B.E.S.T. for years and recently had a Raindrop treatment with him. He is an amazing and caring practitioner, and I felt rested, relaxed, and invigorated after the Raindrop essential oils treatment. Everyone is a true professional and works with the highest level integrity.

I bought a Groupon a while back and then realized I needed to use it before I moved away from Seattle. Upon setting up an appointment, I was told I’d have to come in twice — once for a consultation and again for my actual service. The consultation was very obviously a way to get more money from me and just felt like a waste of my time. I met with Danny, I believe, who was pretty pushy about getting me to buy a package of 20 visits despite me telling him I was moving in two weeks. My next visit went exactly the same way. After my appointment, it was stressed how much I needed these services and how I should buy more despite leaving Washington.
It may be a good business, but the way they kept pushing their product really turned me off. I’d recommend somewhere else that isn’t so focused on getting all your money.

I am very impressed with Pinnacle Acupuncture and the employees. They are very thorough and great at listening to concerns. This was my first time trying acupuncture and they answered all of my questions and made me feel very comfortable in the process.

I could not be happier with my experience so far at Pinnacle Acupuncture! I first came in because I had a recent back injury with soft tissue damage that was causing me extreme pain. Instead of just treating my back pain, the acupuncturist Dan asked me about my entire health history, including emotional trauma, and treated me for everything. Within just a few seconds of beginning the treatment my back began to feel better and has continued to feel better since. Dan also explained what he was doing and why he was doing it, increasing my own understanding of how acupuncture treats pain as well as disease and old trauma the body is still holding onto. The other acupuncturist Erin and case manager Laura are also incredibly knowledgable about principles of Eastern medicine and lovely people to interact with. After just 3 treatments my back is almost completely pain free, I am less fatigued, less irritable, and feel a lot better overall. If you are suffering from an injury, chronic pain, or disease, or just care about your health and want to feel your absolute best, make an appointment with Pinnacle!

The team at Pinnacle gets five stars for a number of reasons:
— Warm, personalized welcome and goodbye every time I enter and exit the clinic.
— Real, measurable results from the treatments (for me, lower blood pressure, increased endurance, less stress, etc.)
— A focus on holistic health and providing guidance beyond the acupuncture treatment itself (suggested reading, diet, herbs, probiotics, etc.).
The practitioners are knowledgeable and provide a nice counter-​perspective to what we hear from Western medicine.

My journey has just begun.
I come to Pinnacle to help me sleep better and to eliminate some medications. I’ve been having treatments for over a months now. My body is loving it!
Everyone on staff are personable and professional. Danny and Erin are my personal superheros. Most of my treatments have been with Erin, I love talking to her, she has a wealth of knowledge. After missing a treatment she kicked my next one into high gear or something, because I felt like a warm marshmallow in a cup of hot coco for the whole weekend. For me, nothing seems more rewarding than treating yourself to a life of bodily bliss and a lifetime of healing. Thank You Danny and Erin for all you have done for me.
The treatments are completely relaxing with the soothing music and the warm dim lighting. Everyone there really takes the time to explain everything. Go, treat yourself!
I know I deserve it.

This was my first time coming to Pinnacle, I felt safe and comfortable, my treatments begin next week, Daniel asked me questions about issues I never told him and seemed dead on. I can’t wait to see where the treatment leads hopefully no more pain!

Pinnacle Acupuncture is truly an AMAZING place!!! The treatments I’ve received have been life changing! I originally came to acupuncture seeking treatment for 2 herniated disks– I’d been to physical therapy on and off for about 2 years, I tried feldenkrais, and muscle strengthening, but nothing has been as effective as the treatments I’ve received at Pinnacle! In three months, Pinnacle identified, addresses, and fixed issues I’ve been having– besides my back pains– for over 6 years. Things that my Western medical doctors have done test after test for, thrown different medications at, and still came up with no fix. I feel safe at Pinnacle and I completely trust the work of everyone here!
The people at Pinnacle also make the entire experience relaxing, peaceful, and something I always look forward to. Danny, Laura, Michelle, Nicole,… they all truly care about their patients– their physical and mental well-​being. And they take a real interest in their lives. That’s how they make me feel every single time I come in. I love this place and would recommend it to anyone. In fact, I already have– my parents, my boyfriend, and multiple friends of mine are now coming to Pinnacle Acupuncture and every one of them has seen drastic improvements in their health. I suggest you give it a try too! :)

this was my first try at acupuncture. the folks here are friendly professional, knowledgeable and they work to make everything accessible and understandable. they explain everything and tailor the remedy to your needs. i’ve seen impressive results with a problem that i had resigned myself to as unsolvable. so that’s pretty awesome. they take most insurance plans though at this moment. sadly, not regence. although i have not yet taken advantage of it, i appreciate that they offer free acupressure classes to existing patients.

I bought a deal and decided to try Pinnacle Acupuncture. I had previously seen another acupuncturist that I liked a lot, but I wanted to see what a different practitioner was like. I was extremely disappointed in Danny’s work and he made me very uncomfortable. He does the first couple of treatments without much explanation or care, and then hits you with the «assessment» during which he tells you that you need to commit to a long course of treatment including multiple cleanses and acupuncture and herbs. In my case the treatment plan would last 6 months and when added up, would have cost over $ 3,500. He wants you to pay for up front for the treatment and really pushes scary supplements including ILLEGAL «herbal» HCG.
He also does not follow through — He promised to get me invoices for what I did pay so I could submit them to my insurance (a compromise, after he failed to submit them on his own) but they never materialized. After he started pushing the HCG and I found out it’s illegal, I decided not to go back. Stay away.
ETA: The deal was for you to mail the invoices to me, but that never happened. We discussed that when I decided not to buy the course of treatment. It’s been over a year now, so probably too late to submit them to my insurance company, but if you do mail them to me I will edit this review again to that effect.
To be clear: The herbal HCG he suggested to me is exactly what the FDA link explains is illegal. Regardless of how you may now market the supplements, the advertising material you gave me clearly stated that it was herbal HCG — yes, it used the term «HCG» which is why I googled it and found out that it is illegal and dangerous.

I have been coming here since last October and I couldn’t be happier to write a review for this company. I met Danny at the Magnolia 7K Race and was training for a half marathon at the time. I was having severe pains in my shins and I was excited to meet him after the race was over. He had a tent set up and was seeing people after they were done with the race and I ended up in his tent. I made an appointment to come see him and I haven’t looked back.
Danny helped me with not only my shin splints but he also helped me with my migraines. I have also learned a lot from Danny when it comes to health and wellbeing. I still see Danny a couple of times a month to ensure my path to recovery. I am very satisfied with him and would recommend him to anyone interested in acupuncture.
Lastly, I had an issue with my insurance and Michelle, the office manager, was very accommodating and helped me get everything resolved. They have great customer service and truly care about their patients.

I’ve been receiving acupuncture on and off for almost two decades now, so I feel like I’ve got a reasonable idea of what to expect. Danny is one of the better practitioners I have worked with, and I have trusted him to help me overcome some very significant health challenges.
I’ve been receiving treatment at Pinnacle for about 9 months now, and Danny and the rest of the Pinnacle staff have always been both caring and professional. I appreciate the wide range of services offered here. And if there’s something I am unhappy about or I’d prefer that he alter his treatment somehow, all I have to do is say so, and Danny has always been good about accommodating my requests.
I haven’t had any problems with billing or trouble making appointments at times that work for me. I have minimal insurance coverage, so the payment plans are very helpful. Appointments can occasionally run long, but I can’t think of any medical office where that hasn’t been an issue at times, and really, acupuncture isn’t the sort of thing you ought to attempt on a rushed timeline.

I used a Groupon to introduce myself to the world of acupuncture. I am always willing to try different types of therapy for minor issues and acupuncture has always been one I’ve wanted to try.
The lady at the front, Michelle (I believe), is very nice and easy on the eyes. Danny was my acupuncturist. His consultations were very cookie-​cut and designed around getting a long and expensive treatment period from you no matter what problems you may have. They were so cookie-​cut, in fact, that gave me the exact same explanation twice, despite having been there no more than a few days prior to that visit. That is when I realized he doesn’t care too much about you personally, just about the next group of sessions he can extort out of you. He wasn’t very personable and I feel like he has the same blanket responses prepared for any set of questions he may encounter. I spent a little more than I wanted to but I did want to give the procedure a try to see if it could alleviate any of my problems. I feel like it didn’t change much for me but I am open to trying it somewhere else. I am not sure he is as experienced as a person should be since he hit a nerve a few times during my several sessions there, causing quite a bit of discomfort.
The location is also quite inconvenient if you are getting there by transportation other than public. Their hours of operation are during normal business hours so parking will be difficult and expensive.
Unfortunately, I feel my experience was very similar to the ones that Ade and Tiana both had (see reviews below).

Let me start off by saying that this review is not because I don’t believe acupuncture as a practice works, or that I dislike alternative medicine. I go to hypnotherapy regularly and use herbs in my normal health care practices. However, I had a terrible experience with Pinnacle and with Danny.
I got a groupon for two sessions and a consultation. At the consultation (the first meeting), the very sweet but obviously heavily coached «patient care specialist» told me about the basics of acupuncture and how sessions would go. She was courteous and professional, but I got the immediate impression that her job was to sell me as many extras as possible. I was told that I needed the $ 400 detox cleanse (mostly protein powders and teas), and that I needed to sign up for at least three sessions (my groupon had only two) before I could expect to see results and that I should sign up for the third session and pre-​pay $ 75 right then. I was further told that I would probably need at least two $ 75 – 90 sessions a week for months to see any real improvement, and that my improvement would be charted numerically according to their algorithm, rather than my own impression of health. It was pushy and uncomfortable, right from the start.
Danny (the acupuncturist) came in for about 5 minutes of my consultation, did a pulse check (that is to say, took my wrists into his hands abruptly without a word besides «hi, I’m so-​and-​so»), told me I probably had blood in my stool (which I do not), and that I should buy the detox program. He left without asking me anything about why I even came to the practice. He also treated the patient care specialist with a supercilious, detached manner that irked me. Shaken but as I had already paid for two appointments, I scheduled my sessions as directed and was able to fend off yet another attempt to buy the detox program.
Later that week, I found out through my partner (who had also had his consultation that week) that not only did they treat him similarly, they spoke to him about things I had mentioned in my assumedly private consultation. I found that extremely unprofessional.
The initial session was similarly uncomfortable and impersonal. Danny decided to work on my extremely minimal lower back pain first (rather than the anxiety I had spoken about as my primary complaint), and to identify where the pain was, he roughly shoved his arm under my hips while I was lying on the table without asking or warning. I’m not used to being touched by health professionals without at least an explanation of what they’re doing. He also commented on my tattoo and stroked it several times. I don’t mind being touched in general – he just has a creepy, nonconsensual way about him. When he inserted one needle, he hit a nerve and my arm jumped. He explained it as «bad energy release» and my arm was sore for days afterwards.
The second session was more of the same. A creepy sort of treatment from Danny, more touching without warning, a weird cookie-​cutter feel to the session, and more pressure at the end to schedule my third appointment, along with ANOTHER consultation with the patient care specialist, whom I can only assume would have spent plenty of time selling me even more appointments and treatments and detox programs. Furthermore, when asked how my back pain was and I reported that it was somewhat worse, Danny explained that as a «healing reaction.» He has an explanation for everything, it seems. Your pain is better? His treatment made it that way. Your pain is worse? It’s just healing. Your pain is the same? You can’t expect it to work that fast.
Feeling the heat, I paid for a third appointment and consultation (a 2.5 hour commitment). After having to reschedule because of a bad cold (which the patient care specialist did not seem particularly concerned about – she urged me to make the trek downtown anyway, even when I told her I had a high fever and needed to stay in bed), I have decided not to go back.
Now, I wasn’t looking for a quick fix – I understand these things take time. The overall impression I was left with, though, was that the practice does care about its patients’ health. I’m tired of being seen as dollar signs. The treatments, though vaguely comfortable (besides the touched nerve and the multiple bruises I had afterwards), the money-​centered atmosphere, sadly, ruined any real positive effect.
If they were to restructure their setup, perhaps, to one where patient care was the real focus, and to cut it out with the corporate detox program (stop telling me how cavemen ate whey powder), and if Danny stopped touching nonconsensually and started listening to his patients, I would go back. At the moment, though, I have no interest in being treated this way again.
P. S. The receptionist is a dear and extremely lovely. Best part of the whole place was talking to her about tea.

If you are looking for Acupuncture… This is where you want to be!
Fantastic Customer Service, Knowledge and Skill. They take the time to explain everything till you understand what you need to know.
Very comfortable settings… I will become a regular!

I went at least four times last year. First visit was just regular. Danny said he’d review my progress after the third session, so he didn’t really talk to me about anything the first few times. No doubt his strategy to get you to come back. So –1 star for being uninformative.
After the first session, Danny was extremely pushy and I felt bullied into immediately making another appointment. So I did. –1 star for bullying.
Since I work 9 – 5 on weekdays, like most people, he made me an appointment at 7:30am. I waited for 45 minutes before his colleague showed up, gave me his cell phone number and told me to call him. He made an excuse about his alarm not going off and, instead of offering to reschedule, told me to wait for him to catch a bus to the office. –1 star for having to sit in the hall outside his office for at least an hour.
Danny knew I had to be at work by 9, but left me alone in the room until 9:05, after just a 30 minute session. He charged me for a full hour and once again pushed me into making another 7:30am appointment. I was 20 minutes late for work. –1 star for poor customer care, ripping me off.
At the next 7:30 appointment, I show up and the office is once again closed and dark and no one is there. I waited 10 minutes for him to show before calling his cell phone again. And again, he tells me to wait for him to catch a bus to the office. Same issues as the previous session.
At our 4^th appointment, he failed to have his chat with me about progress of my condition/​pain, if I had any feedback, etc. He really acted like he didn’t care about anything except booking the next session. Always so pushy. Also in our last session, he hit a nerve in my right hand, made up some BS about «release of bad energy». I have had issues with my right arm ever since. Painful issues that have me in physical therapy to this very day. I’m out of stars to deduct for actual physical damage.
Danny might shower you with what seems like genuine knowledge, but he’s just in it for your money. He doesn’t seem to care about his clients’ time or health.

Danny is really great — thorough, kind, accomodating, and helpful. I can’t say his treatment made me feel much better over the longer term, but I really appreciated how he explained everything and was very concerned about how I felt. My only drawback was that he sold me an expensive bottle of naturopathic meds. I asked him if they were OK for someone with my condition. He said they were and I took them home only to find out that they weren’t. Honest mistake, I’m sure, but one that cost me more than I would have liked.
The issue I had was with his billing service. Getting the services paid for was a complete nightmare. It took months for me to get a bill and to get information I repeatedly asked for. It was a huge hassle. I’d recommend him highly if you know that your insurance provider fully covers him — I would not recommend going here if you plan to pay out of pocket. Just a massive headache.

I know no one who had done acupuncture before. I found that it may have been a last resort to the excruciating amount of pain I’ve had in my back and shoulders after a highly invasive back surgery I had about a year ago. No medicine could help me, and I was willing to try anything. As I knew no one to refer me a practitioner, like yourself, I looked to Unilocal.
I had one visit with Danny, and literally I was brought to tears as his treatment was so amazing it about completely erased my pain. To be honest, of course I was a little skeptical if it would work at all, but I am now a strong believer and continue to work with him. His knowledge of the treatment, and willingness to tailor a plan for each individual client depending on their situation, he is truly an amazing therapist. I highly recommend Danny to work with. Good luck and I can only wish my same fantastic results to any and all who try!

WOW is all I gotta say!
. Ok, that is not completely all: I had previously gotten acupuncture in Atlanta and didn’t think it did anything. Daniel with Pinnacle is so incredibly knowledgeable and really explains what it is that acupuncture does. I really felt the electricity going through my body when he was opening up areas that needed to be worked on… My circulation is poor due to a kidney deficiency. Now I know why my hands are feet are always cold!.. Cold hands, bad kidney’s (although I will continue to say, «Cold hands, warm heart» :)
Furthermore, through feeling of my pulse on my hand, he was able to detect that my right side is worse off. Initially I was a little skeptical about these findings, but while getting the acupuncture I could feel my right side being treated the most. How rad is that!
I have always been a proponent of Eastern medicine and Daniel at Pinnacle solidifies this feeling. After your session he also mixes a blend of herbs to correct whatever ailment or problem you are having. I am looking forward to being a regular customer of his and getting this kidney situation kicked to the curb!

Daniel was fabulous, he was prompt (even at 7:30am when I wanted to come in to the office). it was my first session, so he takes 90 minutes, using the first half to discuss the treatments and his procedures and explain anything you may have questions about. He was VERY knowledgable and quite happy to answer my questions. It’s a very comfortable and private setting with individual rooms. Since it was my first acupuncture session, I can’t say if it was better than others, but I will be going back for ongoing sessions to help with preventative care.