About Dr. David Cherry
David Cherry is a Licensed Acupuncturist and Doctor of Oriental Medicine based in Roseville, California. Dr. Cherry is a 1985 graduate of California Acupuncture College in Santa Barbara, now the Santa Barbara College of Oriental Medicine. His practice is concentrated in both female and male infertility. He is a professional member in good standing of RESOLVE, the national infertility awareness group, the American Society of Reproductive Medicine and the California Society of Oriental Medicine and Acupuncture.
Read a profile from Sacramento Magazine— Dr. David Cherry dispels three myths about acupuncture.
About Vanessa Stretton
Vanessa Stretton came to Chinese Medicine by way of studying natural medicine and healing traditions from around the world. She found the ancient art of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal medicine to be very effective, fascinating, and beautiful and wanted more people to have access to its profound healing powers.
Dr. Stretton holds a Doctorate degree in Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, CA with a focus on Evidence Informed Practice and Integrative Collaborative Care. She holds a Master of Science degree in Oriental Medicine from Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine College, in Berkeley, CA. There, Dr. Stretton received special training by Atsuki Maeda, L.Ac. in Japanese needling technique; a very gentle style of needling that focuses on painless insertion. She is also trained by the late Suzanne Friedman in Medical QiGong; a hands off approach to energy work, similar to Reiki. Dr. Stretton has completed continuing education with Randine Lewis on the spiritual aspect of fertility, Will Morris on clearing trauma, and Jane Lyttleton, Debra Betts, Heather Bruce, and many others to deepen her understanding of Fertility (both male and female factor).
Dr. Stretton sees her patients pre-conception through pregnancy, postpartum recovery, and beyond. She has completed training as an Innate Postpartum Care Provider with Rachelle Garcia-Seliga and will complete additional birth and bereavement Doula training in 2018. She will also be attending the International Fertility Symposium in Vancouver in 2018 to stay current with the most effective approaches acupuncture and herbal medicine has to offer.
Before joining Acupuncture Fertility Specialists in 2014, Dr. Stretton worked in the natural supplement field, as a consultant, and had a general practice acupuncture clinic in Napa, CA. Dr. Stretton has worked with Dr. Lifang Liang, an expert in gynecology, acupuncture, and integrative fertility in San Francisco, CA and now works closely with Dr. David Cherry, adopting his techniques and effective approach to fertility.
Dr. Stretton is known for her gentle healing touch, her warm demeanor, and her profound compassion for her patients. Her life philosophy is “Always Be Healing!”
About Caroline Floyd
Caroline Floyd graduated from Guilford College in North Carolina with a BA in East Asian Studies and a concentration in Mandarin. She lived in China for 3 years teaching, traveling, and studying Chinese Medicine.After returning from China, Caroline enrolled at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego where she graduated magna cum laude with a Masters in Traditional Chinese and Oriental Medicine (MSTOM) and a Doctorate of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine (DACM).
Dr. Floyd completed her doctoral externships at Rady’s Children’s Hospital in the pediatric oncology unit, UCSD Integrative Oncology Center, and City Heights Family Practice. Throughout these externships Dr. Floyd’s passion turned towards women’s health. She noticed that all of the families she worked with who had physically and emotionally healthy moms had healthy babies. She is a firm believer that parents who want to be parents create children who are loved and supported. This can change the world!
Dr. Floyd’s focus is on pre and postpartum care and mental/emotional health. She believes the key to physical health is through a strong emotional foundation. She approaches patient care with love, humor, and kindness. When she is not working she is outdoors hiking, camping, and exercising. She is a true believer that physical health and maintenance contributes directly to each person’s mental and spiritual health. She incorporate fitness, dietary, and health regimens into her treatments whenever necessary, providing patients the opportunity for a true lifestyle change.
About Christine Trice
Since 1998, Christine Trice, CMT, CIMI has been the premiere provider for prenatal, postpartum & corrective bodywork in Sacramento. Christine is the veteran among only several other therapists in the entire valley who are certified perinatal massage specialists. Sutter Hospitals and the area’s most respected OBGYN’s, perinatologists and birth professionals have trusted Christine with their patients for two decades.
Choosing the right therapist to support you from preconception through your pregnancy is an important decision. She’s not only a therapist but an educator, having run a massage institute for several years where she not only taught but also developed advanced curriculum, all while building her private prenatal practice. Coincidentally, she was inspired to pursue various levels of perinatal massage certification during her first pregnancy when she discovered that there literally was not a single therapist in all of Sacramento who had proper training. Her second pregnancy was high risk. And so began her pursuit…
Most of Christine’s clients have been with her from their first pregnancy to their third (and sometimes fourth…) and everything in between: kids with sports injuries, partners with old injuries and moms working hard to maintain their bodies to keep up with their growing families. It’s been a gift to serve so many families over the years and she’s looking forward to the opportunity to serve you, too!
Christine is available by appointment only in our Sacramento location and can be reached:
(916) 838-2448
christine@thebellybeautiful.com
