LOUISVILLE ACUPUNCTURE CLINIC & HOLISTIC WELLNESS CENTEREmpower your health journey with Louisville’s holistic wellness experts.
Are You Ready for a Change?
Health is so much more than just the absence of disease. At Common Ground, we take a comprehensive approach to your well-being. The benefits are many:
Improve your physical and mental health
Treat the root causes of disease
Take your health to the next level
Our Practitioners
We provide compassionate holistic healthcare, patient education and empowerment in Louisville, KY and virtually – backed by over 25 years of combined experience in complementary and alternative medicine.
Shelby Van Cleve
MAOM., L.Ac., FABORM
Clinical Director, Acupuncturist, and Board-Certified Fertility Expert
Shelby specializes in male and female fertility, women's health, and digestive health. She practices a combination of Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine and Functional Medicine. She enjoys helping her patients live more aligned, intentional, and ease-filled lives.
Holly Macias
MSTOM, Dipl. OM, L.Ac., FABORM
Acupuncturist, Board-Certified Fertility Specialist and Office Manager
Holly specializes in male and female fertility, women’s health, and internal medicine. She sees each patient as a unique whole, and instead of isolating symptoms, she works to restore balance to the whole system while helping patients reach specific health goals.
Paige Waggoner Clark
LMT
Massage Therapist
and Doula
Paige specializes in pregnancy, postpartum care, and equestrian therapy. With a background in midwifery, yoga, and massage, and drawing on her own transformative journey and extensive training, she empowers women to tune in to their innate self-healing capacity.
Benefits of Acupuncture
Acupuncture can help nearly any condition in some form by supporting your body’s innate healing capabilities.
Improves Circulation
Alleviates Inflammation
Boosts Energy
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Fertility
Pain
Digestive complaints
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What Our Patients Are Saying
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Shelby is the absolute best! I have seen her for years for general back pain and stress with great relief! When I was ready to start trying to conceive she was a wealth of knowledge and support from trying through my delivery! Her comfort and knowledge was especially appreciated as my third trimester started right when covid restrictions started. I recommend Shelby to everyone I know!
—R.W.
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I can't recommend this group enough. They listen, engage and are the epitome of what consumer centric healthcare should be. Every visit is unique and customized to your current and long term needs and goals. The education and experience that Shelby has is unparalleled. And she has surrounded herself in this practice with people that she would use in her own healthcare journey. If you are looking for a practice to take your whole health into account, or even if you have a very specific goal, look no further!
—B.H.
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Holly is an amazing practitioner, she takes the time to listen and tailors treatment to your needs. She has helped me tremendously with muscle pain and tension and has helped me find my balance.
—D.S.
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I am so grateful that I found Shelby at Common Ground Wellness! My husband and I struggled with infertility for years and just had gone through a failed fresh IVF cycle. I decided to seek more natural ways to help with our next embryo transfer. After several sessions with Shelby before the transfer we were pregnant with our daughter! I continued treatment with Shelby for help with pregnancy symptoms like back pain and also for placenta prévia (which resolved with the help of acupuncture!). I also saw Shelby when we tried for our second and she helped us conceive our sweet little boy. I now have two children that I thought I would never have thanks to the compassionate and knowledgeable care of Shelby.
—B.E.
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I believe the work I did with Shelby and Holly is what led to our pregnancy. I continued to work with them throughout my pregnancy for support. I had a very healthy pregnancy and delivered a very healthy baby girl. I cannot thank Shelby and Holly enough for the mental, emotional, and physical support they’ve provided me on this journey to motherhood.
—B.B.
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I have been treated for headaches for over four years but have not been able to overcome the every three-day ordeal. Shelby VanCleve has been able to control not only my headaches but other pains in my neck, arms and legs. She has been a blessing to me because she restored the quality of life I had hoped for in my retirement.
L.H.
FAQs
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What are acupuncture benefits and how can it help you? Used in China as a holistic system of medicine for over 3,000 years, acupuncture benefits nearly any human condition in some form or fashion. Acupuncture excels at getting things to move in the body, this improves circulation, inflammation and energy flow allowing your body to heal more efficiently.
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Again, this depends on the condition being treated. But as a general guideline, we often start out at once per week until your symptoms stabilize. If you symptoms are severe, such as a pain level of 7 out of 10 or higher, we may suggest you come twice a week until the pain level decreases. Once your symptoms stabilize and you feel well from one treatment to the next, we decrease the frequency. If you are seeking support for low-level chronic issues, we often recommend every two weeks or once per month.
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We try to use as few needles as possible to create the desired effect. If you seek treatment for only one complaint, you may have 6-10 needles. If you have multiple complaints that are long-standing, you may have upwards of 20 needles. But it is important to realize that acupuncture needles are smaller than any needle you have ever been poked with, so the sensation will be nothing like receiving a shot or getting a piercing. It is also much more gentle than dry needling, but often far more effective. It is usually a pleasant experience.
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Acupuncture is an effective treatment for many conditions. In our experience, acupuncture is helpful 80% of the time. Please see our Conditions Treated page to get a list of some of our favorite or most commonly seen conditions. Also, check out the World Health Organization’s Official Position on acupuncture to see an extensive list of conditions that acupuncture can treat.
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Pricing depends on which acupuncturist you see.
Our clinical director Shelby offers the initial 90-minute treatment at $225, the first follow-up with your treatment plan is $175, and all subsequent follow-up one-hour treatments are $150.
Her initial 90-minute fertility appointment is $250, the first fertility follow-up is $190, and all subsequent fertility follow-ups are $165.
All other acupuncturists offer the initial 90-minute treatment at $150, the first follow-up with your treatment plan is $125, and all subsequent follow-up one-hour treatments are $100.
Holly also offers fertility acupuncture and her fees are $165 for the Initial, $135 for the first follow-up with the treatment plan, and $110 for subsequent fertility follow-ups.
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The initial treatment is 90 minutes long. It involves about 45 minutes of discussion about your health history and current complaints. The last 45 minutes are diagnostic procedures, such as tongue and pulse diagnosis, followed by acupuncture.
Read more about what to expect at your acupuncture treatment
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We are happy to provide you with a super-bill that you can submit to your insurance for reimbursement. Unfortunately, most insurance carriers in Kentucky do not cover acupuncture. Please check with your insurance before your first appointment to see if you are covered. If you are seeking treatment for a motor vehicle accident and have filed a claim, we can easily bill your insurance for your acupuncture treatment. However, we do not bill any personal health insurance plans in our office.
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Empower your health journey with Louisville’s holistic wellness experts. Our acupuncturists were trained in Traditional Chinese Medicine. We have also received training in Tung (Korean) style, Tan style, Five Element, Japanese, Channel Theory, and Auricular acupuncture. Each practitioner utilizes their knowledge in a slightly different way, creating their own style in the treatment room. Sometimes it takes a couple treatments of trying different methods to determine which is the right for your body.
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Questions about our services, your condition, or what benefits you can expect?
We are here to answer them. You can schedule a free 15-minute Discovery Call with any of our acupuncturists. They will make sure you get your questions answered and help you choose the right practitioner and treatment for your concerns.