The future is calling out for us to re-frame healthcare beyond alternatives – we must see past the dilemma of managing disease versus supporting a healthy life.
Indeed, our turning point has already begun! The role of the medical system is being redefined in context to the shifting agents of individual awareness, responsibility and informed choice. The way each person, family, and culture within our society understands, engages, and fosters health is the foundation of this change.
Healthcare will continue to embrace technological advancements in diagnostics and treatments. And yet we are discovering that sustainable and resilient health crucially depends on a more holistic approach encompassing disease prevention, health promotion, and supporting the unique solutions each needs to thrive.
Optimum, accessible, and sustainable healthcare for all, through quality services and partnerships, and the mindful integration of traditional and modern systems.
Our Mission
We facilitate positive change, with those who seek balance and a better life.Through our extensive therapeutic training and experience, we provide affordable, practical and evidence-based alternatives that complement western medicine.
We engage our patients in a committed partnership of healing, no matter what their age or condition.
The holistic principles that guide us*
Optimal Health is the primary goal of holistic medical practice. It is the conscious pursuit of the highest level of functioning and balance of the physical, environmental, mental, emotional, social and spiritual aspects of human experience, resulting in a dynamic state of being fully alive. This creates a condition of well-being regardless of the presence or absence of disease.
Whole Person. Holistic health care practitioners view people as the unity of body, mind, spirit and the systems in which they live.
Prevention and Treatment. Holistic health care practitioners promote health, prevent illness and help raise awareness of dis-ease in our lives rather than merely managing symptoms. A holistic approach relieves symptoms, modifies contributing factors, and enhances the patient’s life system to optimize future well-being.
Innate Healing Power. All people have innate powers of healing in their bodies, minds and spirits. Holistic health care practitioners evoke and help patients utilize these powers to affect the healing process.
Integration of Healing Systems. Holistic health care practitioners embrace a lifetime of learning about all safe and effective options in diagnosis and treatment. These options come from a variety of traditions, and are selected in order to best meet the unique needs of the patient. The realm of choices may include lifestyle modification and complementary approaches as well as conventional drugs and surgery.
Relationship-centered Care. The ideal practitioner-patient relationship is a partnership which encourages patient autonomy, and values the needs and insights of both parties. The quality of this relationship is an essential contributor to the healing process.
Individuality. Holistic health care practitioners focus patient care on the unique needs and nature of the person who has an illness rather than the illness that has the person.
Teaching by Example. Holistic health care practitioners continually work toward the personal incorporation of the principles of holistic health, which then profoundly influence the quality of the healing relationship.
Learning Opportunities. All life experiences including birth, joy, suffering and the dying process are profound learning opportunities for both patients and health care practitioners.
The Healing Power of Love. Holistic health care practitioners strive to meet the patient with grace, kindness, acceptance, and spirit without condition, as love is life’s most powerful healer.
* These holistic principles are adopted from list created by The American Holistic Medical Association
Beyond Alternatives - a sustainable, adaptable vision
The time has come. A turning point is happening in healthcare; although maybe not the one you think! The future is not about life extension through technology and micromanaging diseases — at least not for the majority. Emerging from a former focus on disease detection and symptom mitigation is a network of progressive health professionals who will help reframe the very idea of healthcare itself. They represent a paradigm shift by both average citizens and healthcare practitioners alike. It can be seen in the evolving ways clients and healthcare professionals interact with each other. We are moving away from the current dichotomy of making choices between mainstream medicine or “alternative” practices, and facing more toward a legitimate system of complementary choices that people are making for better health.
We live in a time defined by change. Our modern wealth and scientific knowledge have enabled better and longer lives, and yet we are overwhelmed with more information than we can understand and use effectively! Ironically, modern day afflictions are closely aligned with changes of lifestyle and diet that the new area has afforded. Contemporary lives are now rooted in unhealthy choices that bring us to both insidious excesses and deficiencies. Excesses of fat, sugar, salt, and emotional stress on the one hand, and deficiencies of whole foods, basic nutrients, sleep, exercise, and bodily awareness on the other! But despite living longer than ever on average, we don’t live any longer than the longest lived people did before the scientific revolution. Sadly, many of us now will live out the last decades of our longer average lifespan under intensive medical management for chronic and possibly preventable diseases. We no longer die of old age, but rather fight a series of long battles against chronic pathologies. What is our future? Read ATP blogs that embody our vision and what inspires us
I had neck pain for a year, and I tried many treatments, but nothing seemed to work. Then I decided to try acupuncture with Gord, and it was amazing! The pain went away after the first treatment. Today, after almost three months, I visited again. I still don't have any pain, but I do have some muscle tension. I hope that will also go away with time. If you're looking for pain relief, I highly recommend visiting Gord!
What a beautiful space! Tea and books as you wait among the beautiful greenery.Gord is deeply insightful and is an expert at what he does. He always knows exactly what to do and say to help make one feel heard and understood. Super grateful to have stumbled upon this place and can definitely say that meeting Gord was indeed a turning point in my life
I’ve been going to Gord for acupuncture treatments for the past 4 years, and he’s been so consistently great at what he does. He’s always so warm, welcoming, knowledgeable, and there’s no doubt that you’ll leave ATP relaxed and better than when you came in. Him and the environment are just good vibes - highly recommend.
Love his approach on treating issues. Highly recommend. Clinic is set up nice. Waiting room is full of plants and books while you wait. Clean washroom and tea avaliable while you wait.
Gord really helped my sciatic issues. I found him to be very knowledgeable and so easy to talk to.. His Cupping and acupuncture techniques relieved my pain and I’d highly recommend Gord.
Gord, at Acupuncture Turning Point, creates a warm, relaxing and inviting atmosphere at the clinic. His philosophy about health and wellness and life comes from a place of whole body/mind awareness - covering mind, body, emotions and spirit this is a refreshing change from western healthcare beliefs.Gord has provided me relief from pain and the release of tension to allow healing to begin/continue, with both needling, cupping and taping. I always feel comfortable, safe and at ease when in Gord's care. And I always feel a sense of release and renewed strength after treatments.
This was my first ever experience with acupuncture and cupping therapy and Dr. Grant made me feel especially welcome and I immediately felt a certain comfort & relaxation after first talking with him.He is extremely thorough & really takes the time to understand your situation and shows a lot of compassion for what it is you’re going through. He provided excellent conversation throughout and gave helpful, knowledgeable tips & remedies to try on my own as well.I immediately felt a release of tension throughout my entire body after my session was complete, so much that it even brought me to tears(happy tears not sad lol)The office space is also very serene using water fountains and plant life to really help in calming your mind and energy upon arrival. Highly recommend!!! I’d give a 6 star rating if I could!And to top it all off, I even left with a very thoughtful gift! A beautiful jade plant for myself and my gf. Come on… how can you beat that!?
I finally decided to give acupuncture a try to help with my severe neck pain that had been keeping me up at night. After just one session, most of the pain had disappeared, although I was still a bit sore, which I assume is normal. Two months of pain seemed to vanish, and today, my shoulders and neck feel incredibly light for the first time in what feels like forever. I can't even recall the last time I felt this amazing! I'm so grateful to Gordon for his help, and I will recommend him to everyone I know. 😊
Wow. Came here today for my first session to assist with some mental health issues and pain symptoms I am experiencing. Being new to eastern medicine, my doctor pushed me into going and said there's many benefits to doing acupuncture. I took the plunge at the very last second and called Gord. I'm glad I did. He took me in at the last minute and was patient while I navigated some traffic issues and was a little late for my appointment.Gord has one, if not, the most professionally calming demeanour I have ever witnessed. I instantly felt calm and comfortable in his presence. Not only is this gentleman an excellent acupuncturist - he gave me some really solid advice and words that is now engrained in my head. I was literally saying to myself, "Is he trained in therapy and just not tell anyone about it?" Gord has excellent intuition. What a great conversation.The icing on the cake was when he graciously offered me (of course I forget the name of the plant) a beautiful plant that he has been growing in his surprising, have never seen it in a business before, greenhouse, that was gifted to him from a family member many years ago. I'll be taking good care of it and am looking forward to watching it grow, just as I am now doing.Gord, I appreciate everything you said to me and I have wrote down several things you said.Can't recommend this place enough. I'll be there for sure next week and I'll be recommending this place to everyone I know.Thanks again.
This was my first experience with acupuncture and Gordon was very nice and personable. We shared some great conversation and I left feeling rejuvenated not only physically but mentally as well. It was the wholesome experience I didn't fully know I needed. I was also gifted a beautiful succulent plant to bring home 🙃 I definitely recommend Gordon for any of your future treatments!
Always have a good experience when i go and see Gord. Very Knowledgeable, he takes you through what he is doing and how this will help. I just came in with a knee injury and left feeling better then i have in weeks. Cant go wrong going and seeing Gord.Went again for hip injury. Getting old sucks. Again, such a great experience. Felt better as soon as the session was done and I expect to be fully healed in a couple of days.
This was my first experience with acupuncture. I did not know what to inspect. I felt at ease from the time I walked in to the completing my session. I felt great after my session. Gord is incredibly knowledgeable and skilled. I would definitely recommend Gord to my family and friends.
Gordon was intuitive and attentive. He addressed my concerns and tried a variety of treatments for my issues. The office is warm and inviting. He's a wealth of knowledge.
Gord is absolutely amazing !!He has treated me on several occasions, for different problems. Each and every time, I leave his office, I feel better immediately. For myself, there is always a marked improvement with each treatment.Please, do not hesitate, if you are considering seeing an acupuncturist, do yourself a favour, and see the best.Gord, at “The Acupuncturist Turning Point” is in my opinion, one of the very best you will ever find !!
After trying my usual go tos ~ Physio and chiro for aches and pains, I decided to try acupuncture for a complicated ankle injury. Chiro and Physio weren’t able to help with this issue at all. After one session it was clear that acupuncture was the answer. I have felt significant relief with Dr. Grant’s work and am very grateful that I tried it. I would highly recommend.
Really calm and relaxing space. Gord was really great at communicating his process and attentive to checking in. I felt like he understood my concerns right away and knew exactly how to treat them. Would highly recommend!
Gord has a great understanding of the human body, his knowledge of TCM to accurately apply his needle at the right spot is excellent. Take the time to listen to him and share his knowledge, sometimes the message is more important than the treatment :).
Acupuncturist Gord is excellent. He listens to your concerns; provides excellent options and is very diligent in his treatment. Very friendly and explains what he is doing as he is applying his craft. Highly recommended.
I went there today for the first time to get Accupuncture for my knee with Gord. I had a wonderful experience from the moment I entered the receptionist is really kind and Gord worked on my knee and listened to everything I said. I will definitely go back I didn't feel rushed and my knee felt better I will definitely be back.
It sounds like Gordon is not only a skilled acupuncturist but also has a talent for storytelling, which adds an extra dimension to his practice. His ability to address areas of concern and alleviate pain effectively makes him quite impressive!
This place is amazing. I randomly found it on Google as I was looking for a new place to get my acupuncture done so I thought I’d check it out. Gord not only cares about his clients recovery but he also wants us to be well knowledgeable about how our bodies work and the benefits of acupunture. I would recommend this place to everyone.Ps. He has a beautiful living wall in the waiting room for patients to enjoy!
Gord does amazing work. I go in for many reasons. This visit was for my elbows aching very badly. I have absolutely no aching today! We works wonders!!
1st visit here, and with acupuncture in general, and I left extremely happy.Gord was extremely knowledgeable, utilized multiple different relief techniques for my back pain (cupping, acupuncture, and electro-puncture, athletic tape), provided me with additional materials to attempt toitigate pain moving forward on my own, and only recommend a follow up if I thought I needed it.I'd recommend him and his practice to anyone, and if I need additional treatment, I will gladly be returning.
Dr. Gord is such a kind soul and his treatments have been so helpful with my anxiety, chronic pain and overall wellbeing. His honey is also delicious and the clinic has such a calming atmosphere! Thank you
Gord is an incredibly knowledgeable and kind practitioner that I’ve been seeing for acupuncture for 10+ years. I always leave my session feeling better and inspired by our conversation. Acupuncture treatments from the Turning Point has benefitted my overall health and has improved some physical discomfort in my muscles.
Very very pleased with my first time experience with Gord. I went in for acupuncture therapy but it was WAY more than that. He truly is in it to genuinely help people, whether it be one thing or another, he is all in. Really takes the time to get to know you and dig deep into how to REALLY help you. Not just a quick fix and out the door. I felt heard and really connected throughout my entire session. Gord is a very educated, compassionate and knowledgeable man.
Gordon is amazing. He is extremely knowledgeable and thorough. I can tell he loves what he does and is extremely passionate about helping people. He took the time to get to know me and treated me as a whole. I went in with two concerns I wanted help with but he ended up helping me with many others. I left feeling so supported and inspired. I highly recommend seeing him!
Optimum, accessible, and sustainable healthcare for all, through quality services and partnerships, and the mindful integration of traditional and modern systems.
We facilitate positive change, with those who seek balance and a better life.Through our extensive therapeutic training and experience, we provide affordable, practical and evidence-based alternatives that complement western medicine.
