
Our Philosophy
Getting to the root of your health problem.
Welcome to our Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine Centre. Our holistic-minded approach uses natural healing methods based on Modern and Traditional Oriental Medicine to help uncover and treat the root cause of your health problems, safely and effectively.
Our team of expert practitioners have accumulated decades of experience and we look forward to the unique opportunity to help address even the most complex conditions of dis-ease that you or your loved ones may be experiencing.
Yours In Health,
The Brevard Acupuncture Team

Services
Our methods
Acupuncture
Acupuncture works primarily by increasing circulation and blood flow to specific areas, stimulating our body’s own healing processes.
Massage Therapy
Therapeutic massage deep tissue and relaxation for pain conditions.
Dry Needling
Dry needling is a skilled intervention that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate and release underlying myofascial trigger points.
Nutrition & Supplements
Herbal Medicine
Our herbal pharmacy allows us to create a customized natural medicine approach to support your health and promote healing.
B12 Injections
Vitamin B12 is an essential vitamin that keeps the body’s blood cells and nerves healthy.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture works primarily by increasing circulation and blood flow to specific areas, stimulating our body’s own healing processes.
Massage Therapy
Therapeutic massage deep tissue and relaxation for pain conditions.
Dry Needling
Dry needling is a skilled intervention that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate and release underlying myofascial trigger points.
Nutrition & Supplements
Herbal Medicine
Our herbal pharmacy allows us to create a customized natural medicine approach to support your health and promote healing.
B12 Injections
Vitamin B12 is an essential vitamin that keeps the body’s blood cells and nerves healthy.
Detoxification
Environmental pollutants and toxins are all around us. Our simple program uses a special diet, supplements, and hydrotherapy allowing you to heal and excrete toxins.
Therapeutic Foot Soaks
Giving the feet a break can be a wonderful, holistic way to return the body to a healthy state.
Stress & Relaxation Analysis
We assess the condition of your stress and relaxation systems, showing you in an easy to understand graph whether your body is adapting to everyday life in a healthy way.
Herbal Injection Therapy
Taking the effectiveness and safety of herbs a step further, injectable solutions offer many advantages to the traditional route of herbal medicines.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture works primarily by increasing circulation and blood flow to specific areas, stimulating our body’s own healing processes.
Nutrition & Supplements
Herbal Medicine
Our herbal pharmacy allows us to create a customized natural medicine approach to support your health and promote healing.
Detoxification
Environmental pollutants and toxins are all around us. Our simple program uses a special diet, supplements, and hydrotherapy allowing you to heal and excrete toxins.
Stress & Relaxation Analysis
We assess the condition of your stress and relaxation systems, showing you in an easy to understand graph whether your body is adapting to everyday life in a healthy way.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture works primarily by increasing circulation and blood flow to specific areas, stimulating our body’s own healing processes.
Massage Therapy
Therapeutic massage deep tissue and relaxation for pain conditions.
Nutrition & Supplements
Herbal Medicine
Our herbal pharmacy allows us to create a customized natural medicine approach to support your health and promote healing.
Detoxification
Environmental pollutants and toxins are all around us. Our simple program uses a special diet, supplements, and hydrotherapy allowing you to heal and excrete toxins.
Therapeutic Foot Soaks
Giving the feet a break can be a wonderful, holistic way to return the body to a healthy state.
Stress & Relaxation Analysis
We assess the condition of your stress and relaxation systems, showing you in an easy to understand graph whether your body is adapting to everyday life in a healthy way.
Reiki Treatment
Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by “laying on hands” and is based on the idea that an unseen “life force energy” flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one’s “life force energy” is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

Modern Herbal & Supplement Pharmacy
Our granule herbal & supplement pharmacy allows us to create a customized natural medicine approach to support your health and promote healing. The common cold, digestive complaints, skin problems, and more can all be treated safely and in conjunction with professional-grade prescription medications.
Meet Our Team
Brendan Zachar D.O.M.
Brendan Zachar D.O.M., is a Board Certified Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Licensed Acupuncture Physician. In practice since 2010, Dr.Zachar became introduced to Holistic Medicine during his undergraduate years while studying Health Sciences at the University of Central Florida. This introduction led to his eventual pursuit of Chinese Medicine, where he earned his Masters of Science in Oriental Medicine from the Florida College of Integrative Medicine in Orlando, Florida. Dr.Zachar has trained overseas at the prestigious Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine where he interned with dozens of specialist doctors. He is certified as a Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist for Dry needling by Myopain Seminars, a global leader in dry needling education. Over the years he has witnessed both personally and professionally the immense healing power that “alternative” medicine can provide.
Theresa Anderson AP, DNCCAOM
Theresa Anderson, AP, DNCCAOM is a licensed and insured Acupuncture Physician in the State of Florida. She is also Nationally Board Certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. Dr.Anderson holds a B.S. in Science Education specializing in Biology from the University of Central Florida and completed her acupuncture post graduate school at the nationally accredited Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine in Bloomfield, New Jersey. She has over 13 years of experience in acupuncture and other healing modalities. She has taught yoga, tai chi and is a master at helping people relax and calm their mind through meditation. To further address the needs of her patients she is currently studying Functional Medicine which uses laboratory testing to provide a natural and curative approach to health using supplements, lifestyle changes and other modalities.
Karen Hedley
Karen is a Licensed Massage Therapist in the state of Florida, specializing in Swedish relaxation, Deep Tissue, and Reiki. She is a Holy Fire III Reiki Master and teacher, and a certified reverend from the IM School of Healing Arts in NYC. In the past, Karen was a Certified Rolfer of Structural Integration and incorporates that knowledge into her massages. She is certified in pregnancy massage and currently pursuing certification in medical massage. Besides doing massage, Karen teaches Reiki and Restorative Yoga with Sound Healing, and holds an annual Yoga Nidra Meditation training.
``Dis-ease``
Conditions That Can Be Treated
Many medical disorders and patterns of disease are effectively treated within an Integrative Medicine model ranging from the common cold to chronic and complex illnesses.

FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
How does acupuncture work?
Integrative Medicine is a holistic approach to the practice of medicine that takes into account all factors that influence health in an individual, such as: body, mind, spirit, and community.
- Patient and practitioners are partners in the healing process.
- Natural and non-invasive techniques are used whenever possible.
- Patients are empowered with self-care tools and the ability to use their own inner resources to promote healing.
- A focus on the digestive system, a key component of health and longevity and the elimination of toxins (organ detoxification).
- Lifestyle changes which may include nutrition, supplements, exercise and other therapies.
- A personalized treatment approach is used for each patients unique condition and circumstances.
Oriental Medicine also know as (TCM) Traditional Chinese Medicine, Eastern, or Asian Medicine is a distinct practice of medicine developed over the course of 2,000 years in Asia. Oriental Medicine adheres to a unique science and logic that recognizes the interconnectedness of the body and its organ systems in the maintenance of health and wellbeing.
Practitioners of Oriental Medicine are called Doctors of Oriental Medicine (D.O.M.’s) and are nationally recognized to practice this style of medicine in the United States. Diagnosing a condition in Oriental Medicine is based on visual inspection, often looking at a persons tongue to aid in diagnosis, listening to a patient and asking questions, and palpation of the wrist for an in-depth analysis of their circulatory function.
Treatment is given based on a patients unique constitution and may involve acupuncture, herbs, and dietary therapy to restore balance and health.
Many high quality studies across the globe support the claims of effectiveness of acupuncture and Eastern Medicine practices. Studies reveal that acupuncture specifically has been found particularly effective for pain management. For further information and a more detailed analysis into the latest evidence and research in the acupuncture field, see also: Acupuncture Scientific Evidence.
Acupuncture works primarily by increasing circulation and blood flow to specific areas, stimulating our body’s own healing processes. Modern research shows that endorphins, our body’s natural pain-killing and mood enhancing molecules are increased after acupuncture is performed as well as the functioning of our immune system.
Acupuncture also helps to decrease our body’s “fight or flight” mechanism and to enhance our rest-and-digest mechanism. When we are in fight or flight mode for too long we feel on edge, anxious, and have a higher resting heart rate with increased blood pressure. This state of hyperexcitability diminishes blood flow to our cardiovascular, digestive, and reproductive systems and can lead to disease states. Chronic stress, whether physical or emotional tends to keep a person in fight or flight and diminishes our rest and digest capabilities. This state of being out of balance does not fulfill the needed life sustaining requirements of the body. See testing for rest and relaxation with the ANS Analysis. Acupuncture when performed by a skilled practitioner helps to create a healthy balance between these two modes of the nervous system, thus explaining in a scientific way how it helps to rid the body of disease.
An acupuncture treatment is a very new experience for most people so it is not uncommon to have a few questions of what to expect during a session. The following are a few tips that will help make your first experience a breeze.
Allow yourself to relax
Although the notion of having needles inserted for healing and relaxation is a bit counter-intuitive we promise it really does feel good to receive acupuncture. Rest assured that you will be in a soothing, safe, healing environment and your physician is going to be doing everything possible to make the process comfortable and enjoyable.
Have a bite to eat
Acupuncture is known for moving circulation which can affect your blood sugar level so make sure to eat something, even a little bit, prior to receiving acupuncture treatment. This will help ensure that your blood sugar level stays balanced throughout the visit.
Wear comfortable clothing
Your attire should be something you feel comfortable in and that allows for easy access to different parts of your body. Depending on your individual treatment your acupuncturist may choose to needle areas that may require you to wear loose fitting clothing. In general, athletic clothing seems to work the best although it’s certainly not required for treatment.
Acupuncture is safe
Acupuncture is an extremely safe procedure and rest assured that you will be getting new, sealed & sterilized needles. The sensation of acupuncture is relatively pain free and virtually side-effect free. Remember to take a deep breath and enjoy the treatment. Don’t worry, what you are about to experience is perfectly safe and many find it completely enjoyable.
Acupuncture is not an instant fix
True healing takes time and dedication. You may feel results soon after the first treatment, or you may need treatments for weeks, months, or even years to achieve the results that you desire. It is typical that you will feel positive changes during your first few weeks of acupuncture treatment. This is encouraging and lets the physician know that the process is working.
Every person, condition, and circumstance is unique and individual. What may take one person a matter of weeks to resolve can take another a much longer time. This variance has to do with many factors, such as: a persons overall health at the time of treatment, their lifestyle, diet and nutrition, and hereditary variables.
Treatments at our facility are synergistically combined in a way to achieve a therapeutic response as quickly as possible. For instance, massage when combined with acupuncture alleviates much of the discomfort of the needling process and enhances therapeutic outcomes, and nutrition and lifestyle modifications when used with acupuncture provide for better and longer lasting outcomes.
A treatment plan with our recommendations will be given during your initial examination. This will help to determine the most accurate timeframe for your health to improve.
Many insurance companies will cover services rendered by a Doctor of Oriental Medicine. Medically necessary treatment, such as acute and chronic pain syndromes may be reimbursed for acupuncture and/or physical medicine rendered. Additionally, routine office visits in the form of Primary Care may be covered on certain policies.
Please use our online form or call our office to verify your insurance benefits.
Get In Touch
Contact Us Today!
To find out how our services can help you please call (321) - 802 - 1046 to schedule your initial consultation. Alternatively, please provide us with some brief contact information below and your interest and we will do our best to connect within 1-2 business days.
Please note we are NOT able to answer specific health questions via this form.