The Healing Tao

Background

Dean Scarpinato is a dedicated practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine whose roots can be traced back to the mid-1980’s when he began the disciplined and dedicated practice of martial arts.  He began with the secret forms of Pa Kua Chang.  Healing techniques were taught and applied as injuries and mishaps inevitably arose. 

After an intensive program at the Florida School of Massage in 1990 Dean came back to Chicago, began a Massage Practice and began the formal study of Acupuncture at Midwest College of Oriental Medicine.  He graduated in 1993 and aced the National Boards in New York gaining the title “Diplomate of Acupuncture". 

In those days it was a Class 4 felony to practice Acupuncture in Illinois and after a couple years Dean became a Real Estate Broker and enjoyed the boom years between 1995 and 2004.  In 2004 he felt the calling of his spiritual and artistic roots and spent a year in meditation, music, and yoga while writing a book of poetry on the Esoteric principles of the Tarot which is currently in publication.  It was in this period that insights and intuitions lead him back into the practice of Acupuncture.

He fulfilled the requirements and was subsequently granted a license to practice Acupuncture.  Since early 2005 he has been treating a broad spectrum of issues. 

Acupuncture is effective in treating far more than pain.  And while Dean has saved a number of patients from knee and back surgery, he has also restored hearing in patients experiencing temporary deafness for close to a year.

Dean has worked with a number of cases of clinical depression wherein regular Acupuncture treatments combined with regular exercise have reduced or eliminated the need for medication.  And while he cannot claim that he was the only factor of success, he has worked with women and men experiencing fertility issues with positive results.