End Your Pain Now

Structural Reduction Therapy: A New Approach to Pain Relief.

We examine differently.

We treat differently.

We design your home practices differently.

And we back it all with a zero risk guarantee you won’t find anywhere else.

See What MRIs Can’t

Our unique exam uncovers hidden structural issues—like it did for Mr. M, who suffered from severe wrist pain despite an MRI showing nothing significant. (See his case in Google Review!)

Zero Risk Guarantee

Trying something new can be intimidating. We’ve got your back! If it doesn’t work, your money’s back.

Innovative and Personalized Treatment

We use common tools in innovative and personalized ways to heal what others can't.

Targeted Home Practices

Our care doesn’t stop when treatment ends. We give you simple, custom exercises based on our unique findings—accelerating your recovery in a way generic advice from other places can’t.

With a Truly Revolutionary Method That's Changing Lives

Discover the Difference

Does Structural Reduction Therapy work?

Discover how our revolutionary SRT method delivers lasting relief.

See what other patients say.

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At Different Acupuncture, we specialize in Structural Reduction Therapy (SRT) — a groundbreaking approach to physical examination that lets us “see” a patient’s actual structural issues in real time.

This changes everything.

Here’s how it works:

A patient who had her shoulder problem resolved with us in just one session came back with a new issue. Her right foot felt no pain normally, but whenever she pointed her toes up or down, she experienced moderate pain in her right foot.

Unique Examination

Through SRT, I identified a 4 cm muscle adhesion in her foot (an adhesion occurs when muscles or tissues stick together, causing pain or stiffness). Knowing the issue, I began needling the area. (Don’t be alarmed — we offer multiple needle-free treatment options.)

Precision Treatment

After the first needle, I re-examined and observed that the adhesion was mostly resolved in the middle third of the 3 cm area. So, I began needling near the root of the 3rd and 4th toes.

After the second needle, I checked again and saw that the adhesion was mostly resolved in the forward and middle thirds. I then moved on to needle the last third of the adhesion, which took two needles to fully resolve because this area was thicker than the other sections.

Why does this matter?

Unlike other methods — such as physical therapy, chiropractic care, or traditional acupuncture — SRT allows us to observe the adhesion live and in detail.

Most practitioners can only tell you an area feels “tight,” but they can’t pinpoint the exact pull and folding structure of the adhesion. This vague observation is problematic because even simple foot pain can have multiple, often overlapping causes, making generic treatments hit-or-miss — like shooting a shotgun blindly into the air, hoping to hit a target.

If the treatment you’re receiving feels slow, inconsistent, or temporary, this is likely what’s happening under the hood.

What’s more, these issues are often invisible to MRIs.

In the case above, the patient felt no pain when she was not bending her toes or pressing on her right foot, indicating minimal inflammation. That’s why the issue was undetectable on an MRI scan.

But the pain is real — and SRT found the root cause.

Would you drive on a freeway with blurry vision?

Then why trust someone who only “kind of” knows what’s wrong?

Being able to see is the key. That’s why:

What is Structural Reduction Therapy (SRT)?

We can treat differently.
We can design your home practice to truly target your issues.
We have the confidence to offer a zero-risk money-back guarantee.
Our patients often say, “My problem improved greatly after the first treatment,” or
“I’ve tried many other things but found only temporary relief. With Different Acupuncture, I finally resolved my pain!”

That is the Difference.

Location

Address

4000 Barranca Pkwy Ste 250 Room 16

Irvine, CA 92604

Hours

Tuesday 9am - 6:30pm

Friday 9am - 6:30pm

Saturday 9am - 6:30pm