Dr. Grace Rollins, DAc
About Grace
Bridge founder and senior acupuncturist Dr. Grace Rollins, DAc earned her BA from Yale in 2001, her Masters of Science from Tristate College of Acupuncture in 2008, and her Doctorate of Acupuncture from Pacific College of Health and Science in 2023. After founding her first clinic down under the Brooklyn bridge, Dr. Rollins moved to beautiful Bucks County, PA where she and her team have been serving the community since 2009.
Dr. Rollins has apprenticed extensively under world-renowned acupuncturist Kiiko Matsumoto and has taught Japanese-style acupuncture in the US and abroad. In support of her specialization in neurological conditions, she has also trained under many top experts in the acupuncture neurology field including Drs. Jason and Linda Hao, Dr. Clayton Shiu, Dr. Ayla Wolf, Dr. John Gorsuch and Dr. Poney Chiang. Dr. Rollins is also one of the few US acupuncturists fully certified in Neuro-Meridian Integrative Acupuncture under Dr. Chiang.
An accomplished martial artist and athlete, Dr. Rollins has always been passionate about physical fitness, travel and cultural exchange, and mind-body wellness. She also seeks to stay connected with nature through healthy eating, lifestyle and time outdoors.
“Years ago, my positive experiences as a patient of acupuncture inspired in me a belief that health care could be about so much more than the disparity, inefficiency and alienation rife in the modern medical environment. A co-worker had recommended acupuncture to me; I went and quickly had success with chronic back pain, skin problems, and fatigue. Working on a profound level, acupuncture also helped me to feel clearer about my path and more in tune with my environment. Here was a practical, safe and inexpensive medicine that dealt with the whole person. Clearly it had endured through the ages because it worked. Soon I knew I wanted to study it on the deepest possible level.”
More about Grace
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Bachelors Degree, Yale University, Magna Cum Laude, 2001
Masters of Science in Acupuncture with Honors, Tristate College of Acupuncture, New York, NY, 2008
Doctor of Acupuncture, Pacific College of Health and Science, 2023
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Certified in Nanopuncture / Xing Nao Kai Qiao neurological acupuncture under Dr. Clayton Shiu for Stroke, Concussion, Gait, Speech/Swallowing, and Cranial Nerve disorders
Neuroacupuncture Level 1 Certified under Drs. Jason and Linda Hao, 2017
Neuro-meridian Integrative Acupuncture certification under Dr. Poney Chiang, 2023
Board certified, National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
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Japanese acupuncture, Kiiko Matsumoto Style acupuncture, myofascial trigger-point needling (dry needling), Chinese scalp acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, French medical auriculotherapy, low-level red light therapy, Japanese-style moxibustion, Qi Gong.
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Ten years of direct apprenticeship with master acupuncturist Kiiko Matsumoto
Approved teacher of Kiiko Matsumoto Style
Annual study with acupuncture and moxibustion masters in Japan
Third degree black-belt in Aikido
Decades of Zen meditation practice
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Neurological disorders, injury, and rehabilitation
Sports medicine and musculoskeletal injury
Nutrition and metabolic health
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Cycling, mountain biking, yoga, hiking and backpacking
Cooking and eating whole food
Printmaking and drawing
Reading and research
