What We Treat
Ask Dr. Melissa Franklin what she treats, and the honest answer is: the whole system behind your symptoms.
Because often, where you feel the pain is not where it started. Acupuncture and integrative medicine work for many conditions – explore the conditions we’re asked about most.
Treating the Source, Not Just the Symptom
Your symptoms tell part of the story.
The connections matter, too.
Pain isn’t always rooted where you feel it, and concerns like fatigue, digestive discomfort, poor sleep, and balance problems don’t always happen in isolation. Your body’s systems continually influence one another, so a change in one area can affect how you feel and function in another.
Dr. Melissa Franklin, DACM, takes a whole-person approach, looking beyond individual symptoms to understand what may be contributing to them. By considering how you move, how your body functions, and the demands of daily life, she connects the pieces to guide care that helps ease discomfort, improve function, and support your overall health.
Conditions We Treat
at Teton Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine
Each area opens with what you're likely feeling, then how we help.
Acute & Chronic Pain
How We Help
Most chronic pain traces back to how you sit, stand, and move. The body works as one kinetic chain, so a problem in your alignment often shows up as pain, stiffness, headaches, or lost mobility somewhere else entirely.
We assess your stance, gait, and alignment, then combine acupuncture with functional movement (Egoscue and ELDOA) and hands-on work to get you aligned and steady.
Whether you're recovering from an injury, surgery, or facing chronic pain – Teton AIM can provide a real path to healing.
Facing surgery? Ask Dr. Franklin how integrative medicine helps support prehabilitation and post-surgical recovery.
Conditions
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Elbow pain (tennis, golfer's, climber's)
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Wrist pain & carpal tunnel
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Arthritis & joint pain
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Sports & overuse injuries
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Post-surgical recovery & prehab
Conditions
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Forward head & rounded shoulders
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Postural pain & stiffness
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Balance & stability
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Neck and shoulder pain that keeps coming back
Posture & Alignment
How We Help
Poor posture affects about 80% of adults, and it shows up as pain, stiffness, headaches, and lost mobility. We assess your stance, gait, and alignment, then combine acupuncture with functional movement (Egoscue and ELDOA) and hands-on work to get you aligned and steady again.
Nerve & Neurological
How We Help
Numbness, tingling, burning, or balance that feels off. When nerves are irritated, that's how it shows up, and nerves heal slowly, so we work steadily with acupuncture, electro-neuro, and microcurrent, plus balance retraining. After an accident, the sooner we start, the easier recovery tends to be.
Conditions
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Post-concussion & traumatic brain injury
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Post-accident & whiplash care
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Nerve pain & radiculopathy
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Balance, dizziness & vertigo
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Parkinson's, Alzheimer's & neurodegenerative support
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Epilepsy support
Conditions
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Menopause & perimenopause symptoms
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Hormone & cycle irregularity
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PMS & PCOS
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Endometriosis & fibroids
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Fertility support
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Pregnancy & postpartum care
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Pelvic floor dysfunction & incontinence
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Weight & metabolic changes
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Erectile dysfunction
Fertility, Pregnancy, & Hormonal Health
How We Help
When your hormones shift, it shows up everywhere: your sleep, your weight, your mood, your cycle. We treat the whole picture with acupuncture, custom herbs, and real nutrition and lifestyle changes through perimenopause, menopause, fertility, and pregnancy.
Conditions
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Chronic stress
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Anxiety
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Low mood & depression support
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Insomnia & sleep disruption
Conditions
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Fibromyalgia
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Rheumatoid arthritis
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Lupus
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Hashimoto's & thyroid conditions
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) support
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Long COVID
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Autoimmune-driven inflammation
Autoimmune & Inflammatory
How We Help
An autoimmune diagnosis usually comes with a long run of flares and a lot of managing symptoms. We use microcurrent, electro-neuro, biomodulation, and herbs to calm inflammation and steady an overactive immune response, alongside the basics of digestion, stress, and sleep. We explain the why, and we never overpromise.
Conditions
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Seasonal, environmental & food allergies
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Sinus congestion & pressure
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Frequent colds
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Skin reactions (hives, rashes)
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Proactive immune support
Conditions
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IBS
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GERD & acid reflux
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Bloating & irregularity
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Food sensitivities
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Gut-linked skin issues (like eczema)
Treatment Methods
Care at Teton AIM is integrative by design.
Dr. Franklin reaches for a broad set of evidence-based tools to fit your case:
Acupuncture & needle-based
Acupuncture, auricular therapy, electroacupuncture / electro-neuro, moxibustion
Energy & device-based
Frequency Specific Microcurrent (FSM), biomodulation, infrared therapy, ozone & hydrogen therapy
Manual therapy & bodywork
Cupping, Gua Sha, myofascial release, TuiNa and massage, KT Tape, essential oil therapy
Movement, postural & neuro
Postural Alignment Therapy (Egoscue & ELDOA), functional movement and corrective exercise, neuro training / "Gravity Reset"
Herbal & nutritional
Custom Chinese herbal medicine, supplement therapy, nutrition and blood-sugar guidance
Frequently Asked Questions
What if my condition isn't listed?
There's a good chance we can still help. Dr. Franklin treats the system behind your symptoms, so a condition doesn't have to be on a list to be worth a conversation. Reach out and we'll give you an honest read on whether this is a good fit.
Can you help if I have more than one thing going on?
Yes, and it's common. Most people who come in are dealing with more than one issue, and often they're connected. The assessment is built to find what's actually driving the main complaint, even when it shows up somewhere else.
How many visits will I need?
Most plans run about eight to twelve treatments, usually twice a week for the first two weeks, then we reassess. If you're doing well by around visit six, we move to a maintenance plan. This isn't one-and-done, and the homework between visits matters as much as the visits.
What happens at my first visit?
A quick intake Dr. Franklin has already reviewed, then treatment the same day for nearly everyone, plus homework to take with you. Most patients feel more relaxed the moment they get off the table.
Do you take insurance?
Not directly. Dr. Franklin provides a superbill you can submit to your insurance for possible reimbursement. Medicare covers acupuncture only for chronic low back pain. HSA and FSA cards are welcome. We'll be straight with you about cost before you commit to anything.
Where Our Patients Come From
Teton Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine is in Alpine, Wyoming, in the heart of Lincoln County.
Patients drive in from across Star Valley, Jackson Hole, and eastern Idaho.
Alpine · Hoback Junction · Jackson · Pinedale · Swan Valley · Smoot · Afton · Thayne · Moran · Idaho Falls · Victor · Driggs
Book Your Consultation Today
If you've tried everything and still don't have answers, come get an honest assessment.
Dr. Franklin will tell you what treatment could realistically look like for you, and whether she's the right fit.
Care here is a partnership: you do the homework, she brings the plan.