“I believe that true health encompasses mind, body & spirit. If one gets affected the others lose their balance and the wheel of health starts to break down. Traditional Chinese Medicine looks at the patient as a whole.

I help my patients by giving them the individual care and treatments that they need while giving them tools and lifestyle advice that can help them live in a healthy balance.”

- Dr. Dominique Vallée

Dr. Vallée has been exposed to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) most of her life. She started utilizing the benefits of TCM as a professional snowboarder & Olympian to help with her injuries and quickly felt the incredible benefits it had on her overall health from boosting her immunity to releasing stress. After 11 years of competing for the Canadian Snowboard Team, she discovered a growing passion for medicine. The individual approach and being able to treat the root of the problem instead of the symptoms are what attracted Dominique to pursue her studies in TCM here in Vancouver.

Dr. Vallée assesses each patient by connecting with them personally, by asking specific questions while taking the pulse and looking at the tongue for a complete understanding and diagnosis before starting the treatment. She combines acupuncture, personalized herbal formulas, cupping, diet & lifestyle advice as a complete treatment plan.

**For more information please visit her website at A Healthy Balance for more in-depth information on TCM, herbal formulas, acupuncture, FAQ’s and blogs.**

 Dr. Vallée is well versed and has specialized in:

- Well-being and Performance: Whether you are superwomen, a professional athlete, work hard, or are a stay-at-home parent, everyone deserves to feel their best. You don’t need to have specific pain or symptom to come in for treatment. A good time to come in is during the change of season to ward off common colds and other bugs to boost your immune system and balance your body. Think about it as a regular tune-up for your body to maintain general health, reduce stress, and feel great.
- Women’s Health & Fertility: Prenatal & Postnatal Care (cervical ripening prenatal treatments), Trouble getting pregnant, fertility support with IUI & IVF treatments, PMS, Menopausal Symptoms, Menstrual Irregularities, PCOS, Repeat miscarriage, Dysmenorrhea, Establishing a cycle post BCP use, Chronic Fatigue, Acne.
- Musculoskeletal: Chronic Muscle/Joint Pain.** Weakness, Sprains & Injuries, Sciatica Pain, Back Pain, Bone Fractures, Concussion, Tendinitis, Carpal Tunnel, Numbness & Pain of all sorts.
- Gastrointestinal: Constipation, Diarrhea, Abdominal Pain, Ulcers, Nausea, Vomiting, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), Acid Reflux, Bloating, Gas, Stomach Pain.
- Neurological: Headaches, Migraines, Facial Paralysis, Post-Operative Rehabilitation, Concussion & Post-Concussion Syndrome.
- Emotional: Insomnia, Depression, Nervousness, Anxiety, Stress, Burn out.
- Respiratory: Rhinitis, Sinusitis, Cold, Bronchitis, Asthma.
- Urinary Tract Health: Recurrent UTI’s, Frequent urination, Interstitial cystitis

Training & Experience:
-Graduated from the Doctor of TCM program at the International College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Vancouver
- Medical Internship at Tzu Chi Taiwan Hospital
- Advance pulse diagnosis with Dr. Brian La Forgia, Shen-Hammer Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis.
- Dr. Vallée treats many professional athletes in various sports. She was also the in-house lululemon TCM Practitioner at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Techniques & Treatments:
* Traditional acupuncture
* Individually formulated herbal medicine (powder or pill form)
* Electro-stimulation acupuncture

* Topical herbal ointments
* Dietary therapy
* Moxibustion
* Auricular acupuncture
* Scraping (guasha)
* Fire glass cupping
* Silicone cupping