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| About me |
After graduating from the University of Central Florida, Steven Collins became a paramedic. He worked in Las Vegas and in Florida for eight years before becoming the Director of Continuing Education for Emergency Medicine for Valencia College in Orlando. After becoming a Registered Nurse, Steve took the position of Education Director for Highlands Hospital in North Carolina. Steve has worked in the areas of Chemical Dependency, Psych and ER. In 1997, Steve returned to school once again to study Chinese medicine. After graduating from Northwestern Health Sciences University, he became board-certified to practice and now has his office in Oakdale.
Focusing on acupuncture, tui na, qi kung and other tools from the toolbox of Chinese medicine, Steven treats many complaints including pain of all sorts, fatigue and "sticky" diseases. He is well regarded in the community and by his patients.
Steve has appeared in national publications and lectures across the country.
In addition to practicing Chinese medicine, Steve lectures throughout the Twin Cities. He teaches Southern Chinese kung fu and in March of 2007 was inducted into the USA Martial Arts Hall of Fame. Finally, he has a passion for Star Trek and chocolate.
Steven Collins can be reached at qidoc@qidoc.com or at his office in Oakdale, MN, (651) 777-4040. |
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| Specialization |
| General Health |
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| Experience |
| Years in Practice 7 |
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| Education |
| Mac from Northwestern Health Sciences University, 2001 | |
BA in Psychology from UCF, 1981 | |
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| Licenses |
| Licensed Acupuncturist, Minnesota | |
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| Contact Details |
| 6993 35th St N |
| Saint Paul |
| Minnesota 55128 |
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(651) 777-4040 |
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| Web Address
| | www.qidoc.com |
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| Reviews |
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"I went to Steven Collins because I was desperate with pain and nausea from kidney stones.
I had a lithotripsy and two other surgeries to remove the kidney stones without any success. The kidney stones were still in the exact same positions on the CT scan. The pain medication did nothing to ease the pain. I was in agony. I was desperate and I was considering having the kidney removed.
Steven was able to help me pass the kidney stone in about a month. He also helped with the pain and nausea. I had been suffering for a year and a half with traditional medicine with no results.
I would recommend Steven Collins and acupuncture for anyone suffering from kidney stones.
Steven Collins' expertise gave me my life back.
Sincerely,
Rollene Arndt" - Rollene Arndt |
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"I went to Steven Collins because I was desperate with pain and nausea from kidney stones.
I had a lithotripsy and two other surgeries to remove the kidney stones without any success. The kidney stones were still in the exact same positions on the CT scan. The pain medication did nothing to ease the pain. I was in agony. I was desperate and I was considering having the kidney removed.
Steven was able to help me pass the kidney stone in about a month. He also helped with the pain and nausea. I had been suffering for a year and a half with traditional medicine with no results.
I would recommend Steven Collins and acupuncture for anyone suffering from kidney stones.
Steven Collins' expertise gave me my life back.
Sincerely,
Rollene Arndt" - Rollene Arndt |
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"Steve is a rare healer, teacher and advocate, as well as, an accomplished medical practitioner that embodies his beliefs in not only Oriental medicine, but in providing respectful affirmation to the whole person. His honest and abundant nurturing nature we believe is felt by our child, who due to the walls of autism has difficulty in being touched or to sit still or even to communicate. Yet Steve can treat Ben with ease and compassion.
After the first session we noted profound overall changes and after 6 sessions he is making great strides in multiple areas of dysfunction disturbance and his outward signs of pain are so diminished that he is running on both his feet and his flexion in his feet/ heel cords are almost normal. The doctors are amazed at what a difference it has made in the 2 months of treatment. We await the films to prove his foot is completely healed. At this point we are not even contemplating surgery any longer.
Steve's dedication and manner have made it possible for Ben to progress to lying still with multiple needles in various placements for up to 20 to 30 minutes at a time. We believe very few practitioners would have the skill, competency and intuitive healing ability to work with our son and we look forward to seeing further improvement in his well being, balance and health and believe that Steve will give us the prognosis and directives to help us make mature informed choices about after care." - Lowery |
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"I think so highly of the skills of Steven Collins that I drive 200 miles for an appointment with him and have not sought out an acupuncturist closer to home. Now that's slightly misleading, since I also come to visit the friend who first encouraged me to see him for help with chronic joint pain. It is wholly true, though, that I have developed such confidence in Dr. Collins that I am unwilling to be treated by anyone else. It is the unique combination of his knowledge of Western medicine (as evidenced by his RN degree) with his four-year study of Chinese medicine that made me comfortable with the idea of consulting him in the first place. I have not been disappointed.
Dr. Collins brings a number of skills to bear in addition to his training. He is perhaps the most careful and sensitive listener I have ever encountered in the medical profession. One gets the sense that he develops a course of treatment based on the information he is collecting from his patient, not simply applying a textbook formula to an initial presentation of a complaint. He is calm and patient in exploring the basis of a problem, open to discussing and explaining treatment options in an unhurried manner that makes me both comfortable and confident in his abilities. He also has what I think is an innate gift - something I have encountered rarely and can only call "magic fingers". That is, he listens not only with his ears but also with his hands as he places needles and manipulates pressure points.
I have never failed to obtain at least some amelioration of my pain as a result of his ministrations. My only regret is that distance precludes me from entering into a regular course of treatment that might give me more complete relief.
In short, Dr. Collins is a healer.
Patricia Garnaas Rochert, MN" - Patricia Garnaas |
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| Answers |
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Q Does acupuncture conflict with conventional Western medicine? |
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Acupuncture is one tool of Chinese medicine, but since the question specifically refers to it I will contain my response ... |
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Q How exactly does acupuncture treat pain? |
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The mechanism by which acupuncture relieves pain is not well understood in Western terms. We do know that insertion of ... |
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Q Does acupuncture hurt? |
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The answer is a little more complicated than a flat "no".
Again, it depends on a number of factors such as ... |
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Q Does acupuncture damage nerves? |
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The short answer is no. However, this question goes to training. A doctor of oriental medicine, usually holding the title ... |
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