REMI ADLER

I am an acupuncturist, herbalist, and bodyworker in SE Portland, and I am here to help you feel more free. Freer from physical, emotional, and spiritual pain; freer from fighting against your body and mind; freer from the idea that it will never get better. Free to be more of who you truly are. 

As an East Asian medicine practitioner, I will look at your health as a unique constellation of patterns that your body has knit together over the course of your lifetime.

I specialize in working with patients who are (or suspect they might be) neurodivergent. Working with the neurodivergent population is personal: After years of confusing health challenges, I was diagnosed with AuDHD (autism and ADHD) in my late 30’s and realized that navigating the world as a highly masked, neurodivergent person was the cause of many of my somatic and psychological struggles. I have found East Asian medicine’s focus on treating the unique individual especially apt for working with the neurodivergent population because our presentations and challenges are more diverse than what is captured by a single diagnostic label.

Even if you are not neurodivergent, I am excited to work with you! Many of the health conditions that affect the neurodivergent community also afflict the general population, and I am drawn towards working with anyone who is curious about what East Asian medicine has to offer and looking for support with their physical, emotional, and spiritual well being.

Conditions I enjoy treating (which can be experienced by all folks, but neurodivergent folks more commonly): 

•     gut / digestion issues like IBS, GERD, chronic bloating

•     sleep issues like insomnia, 3 am wakeups, nightmares

•     joint hypermobility issues like Ehlers-Danlons syndrome (EDS)

•     cardiovascular issues like POTS/dysautonomia

•     allergy issues like allergic rhinitis, asthma, Mast Cell Activation syndrome (MCAS), autoimmune diseases (Hashimotos, RA, etc.)

•     chronic pain conditions like Fibromyalgia, Raynauds, etc. 

•     menstrual cycle health and reproductive concerns including Endometriosis, PCOS, PMDD

•     mental health issues like anxiety, depression, rumination

•     conditions that have been with you since birth, or as long as you can remember

•     history of relational or collective trauma

•     physical and psychological effects from masking

•     sensory sensitivities

•     emotional meltdowns/shutdowns

•     fraught relationship to time

Additionally, as a life-long mover, and a person living in an aging body, I know how important it is to manage physical pain that keeps us from doing movement activities that keep us feeling alive, happy and connected to our bodies. Skin care has been a special interest of mine for decades, so I’m happy to be offering microneedling sessions in addition to the East Asian medicine modalities and focuses listed above.

I am a West Coast native; California, Washington, and Oregon have been my homes. I am a white, mostly able-bodied, neurodiverse, owning-class, queer person. Like you, I am in process, always learning, growing and working towards being a better neighbor to fellow humans and the rest of our natural world. It is a privilege to practice medicine on the current and ancestral unceded homelands of the Clackamas, Stl’pulmsh (Cowlitz), Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde. 

When I’m not in the clinic, you can find me lifting heavy weights to metal music, attempting to embrace my tight hips in yoga class, spending time with my two loving partners, and trying to convince my cat to sit on my lap.