Nathan Parker

If you are looking for Nathan and you can’t find him its because he moved. You can now find him at 411 30^th Street, Oakland, CA
And you want to find him! Nathen is wonderful. He is helping me heal a 4 year old injury and made me a wonderful tea blend to help balance and strengthen my constitution. I’m loving it!

I have been seeing Nathan for about 6 weeks, because of issues with chronic pain. He has two offices, one in Oakland and one in San Francisco, and is super flexible with appointment scheduling in order to accomodate my schedule.
Nathan takes time every visit to assess how I have been doing since my last visit — what seemed to work and what has not. Each week he tweaks the acupuncture treatments with the new information that he has received. He prescribes herbal formulas, which help with the symptoms that I am experiencing. I was on several medications when I had my first appointment and hope to be medication free by the end of the month.
If you are experiencing health issues that western medecine doesn’t understand, are hitting roadblocks in your quest to find pain relief or would like to move away from Western medecine, I highly recommend that you schedule an appointment with Nathan.

Nathan is one of the most competent, thorough, and effective acupuncturists I’ve met. He’s helped me with everything from recovering from reconstructive knee surgery, and serious chronic asthma, to cervical cancer, and depression. He’s relentless in his pursuit to understand the body and it shows in his work. I can’t recommend his work highly enough.

Had some major pain with my knee last week to the point where I called in to work for fear of all the stairs and driving that I’d be required to face. Nathan was able to see me same-​day and within one session I went from limping to walking normal. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the guy is magic.

Nathan is a person who truly cares, and it shows in his acupuncture treatments.
I’ve had quite a few acupuncture treatments in the past (an old girlfriend was going to school for it when we were dating so I had the pleasure of being her living voodoo doll) and have a layman’s idea of what I want to feel — that exquisite rush of blocked energy being released, having a point hit and feeling it in another part of my body — that’s what I *love*, and, be it right or wrong, it tells me that the treatment is being effective — and that those are the points that are the correct ones for complaints my body is having.
Without fail (and not telling him this beforehand) every point that Nathan addressed gave me that feeling. Woohoo! (Except one where there was lots of scar tissue — so he remedied that by hitting another point that *was* effective.)
Not only that, but he was incredibly good at assessing what I needed to have done even through my inability to accurately describe it too him — he asked the right questions which *really* helped me to reach beyond «Well, I just kind of feel like I need it — low energy, etc.» He was gentle, patient, and even though I’ve had, like I mentioned, many treatments from others in the past, he made me feel through his good humor and warmth even *more* at ease with it than I already was.
This review truly doesn’t do Nathan at Touch the Sun acupuncture the justice he deserves, as there are so many small things that make a good acupuncturist great, and Nathan — well, he is, without question, great.
I couldn’t recommend him more — be you a first-​timer, or someone who regularly has acupuncture treatments.

Nathan has a very gentle, supportive presence in the acupuncture room. He is extremely good at patient assessment and is very collaborative in his treatment planning. He’s been very helpful to me for general stress relief and also pain management of specific injuries and misalignments.

I would definitely recommend getting acupuncture from Nathan! I have been suffering from major digestive issues for the past year, leaving the doctors stumped… prescribing tons of medications which have failed… the results being me unable to eat ANY solid foods for months, extreme pain and nausea.
I had never had acupuncture before and adimittedly was skeptical, yet hopeful!
Nathan saw me almost immediately and got started discussing the long backstory of my health. He has a very gentle touch. the needles didnt even bother me at all which was of course a concern.
Literally by that evening I already felt a tremendous difference.
The next day I ate a real meal, with solid foods that didnt hurt (and stayed down)!! I know im not out of the woods yet, but atleast I can finally see the light at the end of them now.

I’ve gone to acupuncture before and had good results, but nothing /​no one compares to Nathan. It’s like comparing fast food to a gourmet meal. Nathan is 100% five stars all the way. He actively listened to my health concerns and we put together a plan that would work for me and my schedule. I had great progress and really could not even possibly recommend anyone more.

The history of my back problems could fill up a couple volumes. I had spinal surgery in October of 2011, but 8 months later I am an inch and a half shorter and still having pain at similar levels to where I was last summer before the surgery. Frustrating.
Enter Nathan. I had seen an acupuncturist, mainly for other health problems, years before and was excited to start up again. When I arrived at Touch the Sun, we spent a while going over the various health issues I want to address, Nathan asked plenty of questions, and then it was time to get undressed and on the table.
One thing I truly appreciated about Nathan that I, in my limited scope of experience, think sets him apart from other acupuncturists is that the whole session felt very interactive. He checked in with me about everything — if I was comfortable, at what point I could feel the needles in various spots, if the music being played was to my satisfaction, etc.
I left feeling much less mentally and physically stressed/​pained than when I arrived. I didn’t even make it home before deciding that I needed to book my next appointment as soon as possible. All in all, I was impressed by Nathan’s manner as well as his skill and technique. Couldn’t recommend more enthusiastically.
Try to book your appointment 3 – 4 days ahead of time, because it seems that Nathan is in high enough demand that his schedule fills up quickly. He did mention that under emergency circumstances he may be able to fit someone in sooner.
Final note: the availability of a sliding scale for those on tight budgets (like myself) makes Touch the Sun Acupuncture a godsend.