Acupuncture

Acupuncture at CorePoint means a full hour alone with Dr. Tina Navarifar, who holds a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine degree from SCU Health Sciences. Your first visit costs $220 and includes a complete intake, a traditional Chinese medicine assessment, and your first treatment. Follow-up visits are 45 minutes and cost $185.

This is care for people who want time and attention rather than a needle assembly line. Dr. Navarifar is a solo practitioner, so there is no row of curtained beds with someone rotating between them. The whole appointment, start to finish, is yours.

What the first visit looks like

The first twenty minutes or so are questions, and some may surprise you if you are new to Chinese medicine. Alongside the obvious ones about your main complaint, expect questions about sleep, digestion, stress, body temperature, and, for women, the details of your cycle. In this system those details are diagnostic, not small talk.

Dr. Navarifar will also look at your tongue and feel the pulse at both wrists. These are traditional assessment tools in Chinese medicine, used to decide which points to needle. Then you lie on a padded table, face up or face down depending on the points chosen, and the needles go in.

What the needles actually feel like

Acupuncture needles are hair thin, closer to a whisker than to anything ever used to draw blood. Every needle is sterile, sealed, and single use, discarded after your treatment. Most insertions are barely felt. At some points you may notice a brief dull ache or a spreading heaviness. In Chinese medicine that sensation is considered part of the treatment, and it fades within moments.

Then you rest. The needles typically stay in for twenty to thirty minutes while you lie still in a quiet room, and it is completely normal to fall asleep. Many patients describe the after-feeling as heavy limbed and calm, something like the first minute after a long nap.

Follow-up visits are 45 minutes and cost $185. They begin with a short check-in on how you responded since the last treatment, because point selection is not fixed. Dr. Navarifar adjusts it visit by visit as your situation changes, which is the entire advantage of seeing the same clinician every single time.

A focus on women's reproductive health

Alongside general care, Dr. Navarifar's practice has a particular focus on women's reproductive health. Acupuncture at CorePoint is commonly used to support hormonal balance, fertility, and menstrual health, whether the concern is painful periods, irregular cycles, or support while trying to conceive.

Honesty matters here. The research on acupuncture for these uses is mixed, with some encouraging studies and others showing little effect beyond placebo. What is not in dispute is what the visit itself gives you: a full hour with a doctorate trained clinician who asks about your whole cycle instead of a rushed recap. Many women find that alone changes how they understand their own health.

What else acupuncture is commonly used for

Beyond reproductive health, patients book acupuncture for stress and anxiety, headaches and migraines, and everyday muscle and joint pain. Many patients find it pairs well with hands-on care. Because Dr. Navarifar also holds a Doctor of Chiropractic degree, both kinds of treatment can happen in one clinic, planned by one clinician who sees the whole picture.

Herbs and cupping can fold into a visit

If your case calls for it, a Chinese herbal consultation is part of the initial appointment at no extra charge. You can read exactly how that works on the Chinese herbal medicine page.

Cupping can be added to an acupuncture visit for $15 to $25. Patients with tight backs and shoulders often like it as a finishing step while the needles' calm is still settling in.

Pricing and policies

Acupuncture care has exactly two prices: $220 for the initial hour and $185 for each 45 minute follow-up. Payment is direct, the way this whole clinic runs, so the pricing conversation begins and ends with this page.

If you need to reschedule, the clinic asks for 24 hours of notice.

How to prepare

Wear loose clothing that can be pushed above the knees and elbows, since many commonly used points are on the lower arms and legs. Eat something light an hour or two before your visit. Acupuncture on an empty stomach leaves some people lightheaded, and a small meal prevents it.

Plan a soft landing afterward if you can. You do not need to clear your calendar, but few people enjoy sprinting from the table into a meeting.

Booking

The clinic is at 25411 Cabot Road, Suite 204, Laguna Hills, CA 92653. The booking page lays out every appointment type, and (949) 377-4707 reaches the clinic directly. If you are not sure whether acupuncture fits your situation, call and ask before you book.