Army Veteran · Shoulder Pain
An Army veteran shares his recovery from shoulder pain.
Let a fellow veteran show you how to get it — and save you the headache.
I'm a service-connected Doctor of Oriental Medicine who's navigated the same VA system you're in. I'll help you understand the referral process and get the acupuncture care you've earned.
A free 15-minute call. We'll answer your questions about acupuncture and the VA, and map your fastest path to care.
Utah Department of Veterans & Military Affairs — Veteran-Owned
Your pain is multifaceted — it usually has many contributing factors, and most of them get completely overlooked. Instead, the focus goes to masking symptoms, or jumping straight to the nuclear option — surgery. Neither addresses why the pain started.
Everyone responds differently. Some heal quickly. For others carrying years of chronic injury, progress looks different — real relief, far fewer medications, and for many, life without pain meds at all. But it always starts the same way: we find what's actually wrong, treat the cause instead of the symptom, and give you the tools to keep yourself as strong as possible.
Most people feel real change fast — because we don't guess. We go straight at the root with a full arsenal: electro-acupuncture, moxibustion, fire cupping, infrared heat, manual therapy, joint mobilization, TuiNa, trigger-point work, PNF, and auricular acupuncture. Not a mask. A transformation.
Real health is more than the absence of pain. Through lifestyle strategies, mindfulness, and functional movement like Tai Chi and Qi Gong — practices refined over thousands of years — we help you tune every part of yourself: physical, mental, and emotional. You leave able to keep yourself strong long after your visits end.
You come in hurting. We find the root and get you real relief — fast.
You learn the methods that keep you well — how to care for your own body and mind.
If you choose, you carry it forward — sharing what you've learned with your family and community.
We're building a movement, not a patient list. Hurt people hurt people. Healed people heal people. Get well here, and you become the reason someone else does too.
Acupuncture is one of the most researched forms of integrative medicine — recognized by the World Health Organization for over 50 conditions. Here's some of what people come to us for.
Low back & neck pain, sciatica, arthritis, fibromyalgia, frozen shoulder, carpal tunnel, TMJ, post-surgical recovery.
Headaches & migraines, peripheral neuropathy, Bell's palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, stroke recovery.
Stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, PTSD, addiction recovery support — and the toll chronic pain takes on all of it.
IBS, constipation, indigestion, gastritis, ulcerative colitis, gallbladder disorders.
Seasonal allergies, sinusitis, asthma, bronchitis, ear & throat pain, shingles.
Chronic fatigue, brain fog, sports injury recovery — when every test comes back "normal" but you're still not right.
See the full list of 50+ conditions recognized by the WHO →
Here's the path. On your call, we walk it with you.
Message them on My HealtheVet or the nurse line: "I have pain and want to try acupuncture."
Your provider submits it through the Community Care Network.
When the CCN scheduler contacts you, tell them where to send it — Ignition Health.
Once you're in, keeping your referral active is our job, not yours.
Want a head start? Download the free Veteran VA Acupuncture Playbook — the whole referral process on paper, step by step. And if you have 10 minutes, fill out the Health Discovery Questionnaire before your call. Your call happens either way — but if you do, Dr. Verre walks in already knowing your story, so the call is spent on your plan and next steps instead of background.
Two sessions, back-to-back, the same day — not weeks apart.
A full picture before we treat anything: metabolic assessment, mental and emotional assessment, postural and muscle evaluation, and a traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis.
Right after your evaluation, the same day — not scheduled for later. We start treating what we find immediately.
Clear goals and an individualized treatment plan built around exactly what you need.
Real talk: if you tried acupuncture before and got nothing, you're not wrong to be skeptical. A lot of people got fifteen rushed minutes and the same points everyone gets — or went twice, felt little, and quit. That's not what this is.
As a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, I take the time to find why your body keeps producing the pain, then treat the root — not just the sore spot. Some people feel a shift in the first visit. Others build it over a course of care. You don't have to believe it works. You just have to be willing to find out.
I thought this type of treatment was just fake. After my first treatment, most of all of my pain was gone. Too good to be true — but it did.— Stacy C., 10 years of back pain
In his own words, he was honest that it was early and might return — but he'd felt enough to keep going. That's the honest truth of it: no miracles promised, just a real shot at relief.
Has our healthcare been weaponized? Justus Verre — a service-connected disabled veteran himself — spent years tracing how America's medical system really came to be: the real history behind why natural, effective care got labeled "quackery," and why the VA now covers acupuncture for the veterans it once dismissed. It's not your doctor's fault. The book is almost finished and headed to Amazon — drop your email and you'll be the first to know the moment it's available.
An Army veteran shares his recovery from shoulder pain.
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Finally found the correct help for my spinal instability. I searched over a decade in this state — Dr. Verre knows exactly what to do.T. S., U.S. Army Veteran
He helped me survive recruit school when my body was being pushed to its limit. Intentional, knowledgeable, and genuinely caring.David M.
Three decades of headaches and chronic pain. I tried everything my doctors suggested. This is the only treatment that's given me relief.Ronald M.
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You already know this story. Maybe it's yours. Too many veterans come home with injuries they earned in service — and no way to prove it. The records that would document what happened were never made, or lost to war. So when they ask the VA for care, the claim gets denied — because the proof doesn't exist. No rating. No coverage. They're left paying out of pocket for conditions their service caused, or going without. We're building a fund for them. No veteran left behind.
This is already turning into something bigger than we expected — and it's just getting started. The fund isn't open yet, but the response so far tells us it's going to matter. Leave your email and you'll be first to hear when it opens, plus an invite to our kickoff event.
Justus Verre is a service-connected disabled veteran and Doctor of Oriental Medicine.
He didn't set out to build a clinic — he set out to build a movement: to be a driving force in the renaissance of holistic medicine, after a century of care that profited more from managing people than healing them.
Over twenty years of Tai Qi instruction. A chronic pain and functional-medicine practice built to find root causes instead of masking them. And a veteran's firsthand knowledge of exactly how slow and confusing the system can be when you need care fast.
That means when you choose Justus Verre as your Community Care provider, you're not choosing someone reading from a script — you're choosing someone who's lived both sides of the exact situation you're in now, and built a better way through it.
You can discharge the soldier from services — but you cannot discharge the acts of service from the soldier.
At Ignition Health, we don't just chase your symptoms — we get you feeling better quickly, then teach you to keep yourself well long after you leave. Real relief now. Real independence for good.
Applying is just a free 15-minute conversation — no commitment. We work with a limited number of patients at a time, so we make sure we can genuinely help before you spend a dollar.
Not ready yet? Get on the book list →
You've probably already tried everything they told you to. The pills that dull the symptom but never touch the cause. The specialist who spent seven minutes with you. The scan that came back "normal" while you still suffer every day.
Here's the part no one says out loud: in 1910, a single report got natural, holistic medicine legally labeled "quackery" — clearing the way for a system built on managing symptoms instead of resolving them. A hundred years later, we're still living in that system. Meanwhile, your body quietly absorbs environmental and dietary burdens that conventional care was never built to screen for. Your symptoms get managed, never resolved, because managing you pays better than helping you live a cleaner, healthier life. But there's a root cause — and we don't stop until we find it.
Other clinics create patients for life. We create people who are grateful they no longer need us.
It doesn't have to be that way. And that's exactly why Ignition Health exists.
Most care stops at the first root cause it can find — a scan, a label — and stops looking. But real problems are rarely one thing. They're the environmental and dietary burdens quietly stacking up, the emotional patterns nobody ever asked about, and the physical damage layered on top. Standard treatment stalls because it's built to look at one layer at a time. We don't stop there — we get you real relief fast, then keep looking until we find everything driving the problem, and teach you to keep it that way, for good.
Most people feel real change fast — because we don't guess. We go straight at the root — including environmental and dietary burdens your body's been carrying — with a full arsenal: electro-acupuncture, moxibustion, fire cupping, infrared heat, manual therapy, joint mobilization, TuiNa, functional medicine, diet and nutrition, and Chinese herbal medicine. Not a mask. A transformation.
Real health is more than the absence of pain. Through lifestyle strategies, mindfulness, and functional movement like Tai Chi and Qi Gong — practices refined over thousands of years — we help you tune every part of yourself: physical, mental, and emotional, including the patterns you've never had a reason to look at before. You leave able to keep yourself strong long after your visits end.
We don't hand you a belief. We help you tune the instrument — the music is yours to play.
Acupuncture is one of the most researched forms of integrative medicine — recognized by the World Health Organization for over 50 conditions. If you see yourself below, we should talk.
Chronic fatigue, brain fog, functional & metabolic assessment — when every test comes back "normal" but you're still exhausted.
Low back & neck pain, sciatica, arthritis, fibromyalgia, frozen shoulder, carpal tunnel, TMJ, post-surgical recovery.
Headaches & migraines, peripheral neuropathy, Bell's palsy, trigeminal neuralgia, stroke recovery.
Stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and the toll chronic pain takes on both.
IBS, constipation, indigestion, gastritis, ulcerative colitis, gallbladder disorders.
Seasonal allergies, sinusitis, asthma, bronchitis, ear & throat pain, shingles.
No endless referrals, no runaround. Here's exactly what happens from the moment you reach out.
A short form — two minutes, no sales pitch. Just tell us what's going on so we know how we can help.
A free 15-minute conversation to make sure we're the right fit — for both of us — before you spend a dollar.
Two sessions, back-to-back, the same day: a Comprehensive Evaluation, then your first treatment. You leave with answers and relief already underway — not just a plan for later.
Care that fixes the cause, plus the tools to keep yourself strong — so you leave dependent on no one but yourself.
We take a limited number of patients so every person gets real time, real attention, and a real plan — not a conveyor belt. Applying is simply how we make sure we can genuinely help you before you commit a dollar. If we're a fit, you're in.
If you tried acupuncture before and it didn't work, you're not wrong to be skeptical. Most people got fifteen rushed minutes at a high-volume clinic, the same handful of points everyone gets — or went twice, felt little, and understandably quit. That's not what this is.
As a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, I take real time to find why your body keeps producing the signal, then treat the root cause with a plan built for you. Some people feel a shift in one visit. Others build it over a course of care. You don't have to believe it works — you just have to be willing to find out.
I thought this type of treatment was just fake. After my first treatment, most of all of my pain was gone. Too good to be true — but it did.— Stacy C., 10 years of back pain
He was honest that it was early and might return — but he'd felt enough to keep going. No miracles promised. Just a real shot at relief.
Getting energy and clarity back after fatigue and brain fog.
A massage therapist finds relief from carpal tunnel.
Relief from persistent neck pain and headaches.
Recovering faster and fuller after surgery.
Getting past lingering pain after knee surgery.
Lasting relief from long-standing neck pain.
Quick relief from neck pain.
Finding relief from recurring headaches.
Six months of a chiropractor, nothing helped. After one session with Justus my neck and back felt 60% better.Karla J.
My arm went numb at night for months. We worked together about two months — it's been over a year with no pain since.Sally H.
I've seen a chiropractor too, and I believe I get more out of acupuncture. It's been life-changing.Micah V.W.
He was quick to treat my whole self, not just the pain. Acupuncture and cupping got my energy flowing again.Jeannie S.
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From patient, to student, to teacher.
You come in hurting. We find the root and get you real relief — fast.
You learn the methods that keep you well — how to care for your own body and mind.
If you choose, you carry it forward — sharing what you've learned with those around you.
We're building a movement, not a patient list. Hurt people hurt people. Healed people heal people. Get well here, and you become the reason someone else does too.
Has our healthcare been weaponized? This book traces exactly how we ended up with a system that profits more from managing your symptoms than curing you — the real history, the real money trail, and the real way back to taking your health into your own hands. It's almost finished and headed to Amazon — drop your email and you'll be the first to know the moment it's available.
Too many veterans come home with injuries they earned in service — and no way to prove it. The records that would document what happened were never made, or lost to war. So when they ask the VA for care, the claim gets denied. No rating. No coverage. They're left paying out of pocket, or going without.
We're building a fund to change that. Becoming a patient here has nothing to do with it — this is completely separate, and completely optional. But it's already turning into something bigger than we expected, and we'd love for you to be part of it from the start.
Join the list and stay up to date as the fund comes together. No veteran left behind.
Justus Verre is a service-connected disabled veteran and Doctor of Oriental Medicine.
He didn't set out to build a clinic — he set out to build a movement: to be a driving force in the renaissance of holistic medicine, after a century of care that profited more from managing people than healing them.
Over twenty years of Tai Qi instruction. A chronic pain and functional-medicine practice built to find root causes instead of masking them. And a veteran's firsthand knowledge of exactly how slow and confusing the system can be when you need care fast.
That means when you choose Ignition Health, you're not choosing someone reading from a script — you're choosing someone who's been the patient the system failed, and built a better way through it.
You can discharge the soldier from services — but you cannot discharge the acts of service from the soldier.
Keep doing what you're doing — the same pills, the same appointments, the same "let's keep an eye on it" — and where does that leave you in a year? In two? Or you could be stronger, clearer, and free of it — with the tools to keep yourself that way.
Pain and disease don't wait. Neither should you.
Just a free 15-minute conversation — no commitment, no pressure.