About Me

My name is Dalton Meade L.Ac. EAMP, I am an acupuncturist in the West Seattle neighborhood.

My toolbox includes acupuncture, gentle cranial techniques, trigger point therapy, fire cupping, gua sha, and tuina (Chinese medical bodywork).

My main focus is to provide deliberate, attentive and thoughtful care. To me this means many things, including treating your shoulder, and elbow pain so that you can play your favorite instrument; addressing headaches so that you can enjoy a comedy show; and clearing out trigger points in your neck and back so that you can happily tend to your garden.

My Experience:

Call me at 503.427.8089 with any questions you may have, I am available for free consultations.

To book visit: http://tcmsuite.app/booking/booking.php?i=822

Schedule

Dalton Meade L.Ac, EAMP

In the simplist terms: I listen with my hands → ask questions → treat based on what I've palpated and what we have discussed → treatment → monitor how your body responds over time.

Because your body is unique and dynamic, my goal is to stay present, pay attention to how your body responds, and work with your body's natural feedback.

Here's how that actually looks in a session:

Palpation. When you arrive, I'll palpate key areas — muscles, fascia, joints, channels — to see how your body is showing up that day. I'm feeling for restrictions, tension, temperature changes, joint rhythms, areas where things feel stuck vs. flowing. This tells me where your body is asking for support before we've even talked.

Interview. After I've felt what's going on, we sit down and discuss your health picture: what brought you in, how you've been feeling, how other systems (sleep, digestion, movement) are doing. By feeling first and asking second, I avoid imposing my own assumptions about what is going on.

Treatment & Treatment Plan. Based on what I've felt and what you've told me, we create a treatment plan together. That might include trigger point work to release tight muscles, acupuncture to support specific goals, cupping or other techniques to help restore circulation and balance. Throughout the session, I keep checking in with your tissues — adjusting, refining, following what your body needs in real time.

Track Changes. Ultimately, what matters is how you feel over time — how your chief complaint shifts or doesn't shift, how movement improves, or doesn't improve, and how your body responds to care. The hands-on feedback gives me immediate information, but the bigger picture is your long-term well-being and how your system responds to treatment.

My Process

I've dealt with neck pain and headaches since high school. They were debilitating and confusing — I didn't see a pattern until my 20s, and by then they were just part of my life. Growing up in the woods, I was a happy, dirt-loving kid climbing trees and riding dirt bikes. I'd dunk my head in cold water or stick it out the car window for short-term relief from a pounding skull. I prided myself on never "needing" NSAIDs — but you don't need it until you need it. For me, even a small headache was overwhelming, everything goes out the window (my head, literally) — I couldn't think or rest!

It took a while to find solutions that helped change things long-term. My headaches weren't full-blown migraines, for which I'm eternally grateful, but they were consistent enough that I couldn't push through. Once I started acupuncture school, I began more regular treatment. I worked with mentors who understood not just acupuncture and herbs, but cranial alignment and trigger points. We released restrictions I'd been carrying since childhood — restrictions I'd later learn to identify and release on patients. That's when I caught a glimpse of what East Asian Medicine could offer. Then another glimpse. And another. I became obsessed with helping people break free from debilitating headaches. Now I have one, maybe two headaches a year. It took a long time to unwind my imbalances, and I appreciate a clear mind every single day that I have one!

What I love about this work is that we can initiate sustainable change with minimal side effects. By balancing heat and cold, excess and deficiency, we use acupuncture points as access points — nudging the body toward a healthier baseline. It's like releasing an eddy in a river, we release what's stuck and let the body find its natural flow.

The Why of it all

Location

5410 California Ave SW Suite 202 (green door)

Seattle WA 98136

Hulihan’s is located kitty-corner to West Seattle Nursery. If stairs are fine, parking out front on California is easiest — head up to Suite 202 through the green door. If you'd prefer to avoid stairs, park on SW Brandon St. or the east side near the roundabout and come through the back via the alley.

Hours

By appointment only, visit http://tcmsuite.app/booking/booking.php?i=822 to schedule.

Contact

503.427.8089

daltonm0@gmail.com