DR. TODD GIBSON

Dr. Todd Gibson enjoys yoga, bluegrass music and lavishing affection on his three long-haired chihuahuas.

Who better to take on your worst pain?

While patients praise Dr. Gibson’s gentle manner and deft hand with acupuncture needles, they are often (delightfully) surprised to find that he’s fierce when it comes to eradicating pain.

Dr. Gibson has spent the better part of two decades pursuing his passion for Oriental Medicine, with a focus on helping patients with chronic pain.  A classmate of Dr. deWolfe’s in the doctoral program at Emperor’s College,  Dr. Gibson also completed his fellowship at Good Samaritan Hospital’s Acute Rehabilitation Department, working with stroke and traumatic injury patients.  (See Dr. Gibson featured in an article about the program here.)  The experience of treating more serious cases in a hospital setting and watching their progress reignited Dr. Gibson’s enthusiasm for acupuncture;  he then traveled to Yunnan Province, China for a post-doctoral position at Kunming University Hospital.   At Kunming he worked on equal footing with medical doctors in a number of specialties providing integrative care to the population.

Dr. Gibson joins 1st Defense with more than a decade in practice using a wide range of acupuncture styles, including Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Richard Tan, Master Tong and Kiiko Mastsumoto.  Renowned for his refined approach  (“you don’t even feel the needles going in!” enthuse patients),  Dr. Gibson specializes in alleviating all types of body pain, stress
reduction, anxiety, inflammation, as well as respiratory, gastrointestinal and
neurological disorders and insomnia.  He welcomes both reticent and expectant first-time patients, thrilled with the prospect of acquainting them with the marvels of this age-old medicine.

Dr. Gibson is proud to be part of what he calls “an elite team that gets results” at 1st Defense.

Outside the office Dr. Gibson is a health enthusiast who likes hiking, kayaking and camping.  He looks forward to visiting China again, along with a number of far-flung destinations.   He hopes to balance his love of travel with his commitment to his patients, realizing his life’s ambition to be “a nomad with office hours.”