SEATTLE ACUPUNCTURE ASSOCIATES - Key Persons
Neil Conaty, LAc has been practicing acupuncture for over 25 years.
After having treatment in the mid 80's for hand pain, he became fascinated with acupuncture and soon found himself moving across country from New York City to study in Seattle at the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NIAOM). Soon after graduating, he joined Seattle Acupuncture Associates (SAA), one of the busiest acupuncture practices in Washington state. Simultaneously, he also taught at NIAOM and worked as lead acupuncturist at Therapeutic Health Services treating patients for drug addiction.
His first practice on Bainbridge Island opened in 1996, and he moved into the New Motion Physical Therapy building in 2003. In 2015, he left SAA and started his second acupuncture office in the Cabrini Tower on First Hill in Seattle.
Neil feels very fortunate to have found his profession as an acupuncturist. He is passionate about the practice of acupuncture and believes in a holistic approach - interacting with his patients to understand what is going on in their lives, learning about their tendencies/patterns and how this may affect their overall health.
His Story
I first experienced acupuncture in the mid 80's when I had a mysterious pain in my index finger which made it difficult to play the bass, which was how I was making my living at the time. After seeing a few doctors, over a period of a few months, who were unable to successfully treat the problem, I visited an acupuncturist. After one treatment the pain resolved, never to return. At that visit I asked the acupuncturist if she had any books about acupuncture. My acupuncture education began that evening as I read about it.
Over the next two years, I made all the preparations to move across country and study acupuncture.