Autumn Health Clinic
Autumn Professional ClinicExpert care in Lower Sackville, NS
Our Focus
Chronic Pain Relief
Discover a holistic approach to treating chronic pain. Our Registered Acupuncturists at the Autumn Health Clinic in Lower Sackville are chronic pain specialists, using time-tested techniques to alleviate pain and discomfort with lasting results.
We get to the root of your pain while also addressing the other symptoms that pain causes. Holistic treatment means we don’t just attack the pain – we look at pain referral patterns, movement imbalances, mental health, and internal organ dysfunction, to getting you back to living the life you want.
Back Pain
Acupuncture is proven to be one of the most effective treatments for chronic back pain. Acupuncture provides lasting results for chronic back pain without risk of dependency or harmful side effects.
We directly target the root of the pain, also also help with knock-on effects of chronic back pain, like poor sleep, fatigue, weakness and balance problems.
We help with:
Low back pain and sciatica
- Herniated disc
- Degenerative disc disease
SI joint pain
- Poor posture
- Spinal cord injury
Concussion
Discover a holistic approach to post-concussion symptoms that can ease headaches, neck tension, and sensory overload, while supporting sleep and focus.
We address the whole picture—cervical mechanics, autonomic balance, stress, and pacing—so recovery feels steady and sustainable.
We help with:
Headaches and neck pain
Dizziness, light sensitivity
Brain fog, irritability, anxiety
Sleep disruption
Delayed recovery after minor exertion
Inflammation
Our Registered Acupuncturists blend classical methods with evidence-informed care to reduce soreness, improve mobility, and support recovery between flares.
We look beyond the painful area—movement patterns, stress load, sleep quality, and digestion—to help your body settle and heal.
We help with:
Tendinitis and tendinosis
Bursitis
- Arthritis pain and stiffness
Overuse and repetitive strain injuries
Post-injury or post-surgical inflammation and recurring flares
Autoimmune inflammatory pain
Neuropathy
Chronic pain often involves nerve compression or nerve damage, leading to numbness, tingling, weakness, and a mess of difficult-to-describe sensations.
Our Registered Acupuncturists take a holistic approach to neuropathic pain that will calm tingling, burning, and numbness while supporting circulation and function.
We help with:
Peripheral neuropathy symptoms (tingling, burning, numbness)
- Weakness and balance problems
Post-chemotherapy neuropathy support
Nerve-related pain after injury or repetitive strain
Meet Our Practitioners
Henry Claflin, R.Ac
Acupuncturist
Henry (he/him) is a registered acupuncturist, teacher, and martial artist. His clinical practice specializes in chronic pain care, including treatment for spinal disorders, concussion, migraines, inflammatory conditions, and neurological disorders.
Henry has extensive training in modern and ancient styles of acupuncture. In a session, Henry may use single-use sterile filiform needles, gentle non-insertion tools, moxibustion heat therapy, massage and cupping. Herbal teas, movement exercises and nutritional advice may also play a role.
With a patient-centred and trauma-informed approach, treatments are gentle, dynamic, and effective for both adults and children. Henry aims to help his patients feel more at ease in their body, more at peace in their heart and mind, and more connected to their environment.
With over 3,600 hours of training, Henry graduated with a Diploma in Acupuncture & Chinese Herbal Medicine from the Institute of Traditional Medicine in 2013. Henry interned at the Toronto People With Aids Foundation, and with leading acupuncturists in integrative cancer care and reproductive health in Toronto. After graduating, he travelled to China to teach English and study acupuncture, qigong and martial arts. Henry was fortunate to study with world-renowned acupuncturist Dr. Wang Ju-yi, his senior apprentice Jonathan Chang, and one of his students Dr. Yu Kan.
Henry’s professional continuing education has delved into refining palpation skills for diagnosis and treatment, methodologies for autoimmune disease and integrative cancer care, classical Neijing acupuncture, traditional Japanese acupuncture methods, and classical Chinese language. Together, these clinical skills are used to apply the teachings of the East Asian medical tradition to contemporary health care practice, achieving transformative results for his patients.
Stephanie Rybczyn el-Khatib, R.Ac
Acupuncturist
Stephanie Rybczyn El-Khatib is a graduate of the Autumn Institute of Health’s Diploma of Acupuncture program and is in good standing with ATCMANS (Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine Association of NS). She is a queer, Lebanese-Ukrainian artist and arts worker. She recently completed additional training in Engaging Vitality – palpation-based acupuncture. She trained briefly with Julie St-Pierre, a local specialist in women’s health, fertility, and gynecology. She is the recipient of the Stil Space Rooted in Care award, an award given to graduates with a strong focus on making medicine accessible in community.
Coming from an active arts background, her treatments are informed by a creative lens that witnesses the body in constant flux. This is amplified by her relational experiences with epigenetic trauma and chronic pain conditions, forming one of the pillars of her practice: that change is always a possibility.
Her treatments are rooted in palpation, meaning she spends a lot of time manually assessing tissues and structures to determine root causes and systemic effects of her client’s presentations. This is done with ongoing verbal check-ins to ensure her client’s comfort. Her treatments focus on helping clients feel better now, while addressing the underlying causes of their symptoms to provide increasingly long-lasting windows of relief. She uses several modalities (acupuncture, non-insertive needling, acupressure massage, gua sha, cupping, and moxibustion) based on what her clients need.
Stephanie has special interest in treating head injuries, sensory disturbances, digestive imbalances, chronic pain, anxiety, and trauma/ PTSD/ C-PTSD. She is happy to work with clients on whatever conditions, experiences, or feelings of “not-quite-right” they bring to her.