WHO WE ARE
DR. ADAM GRIES, DACM, L.AC.
Adam Gries is co-founder, Acupuncturist, Herbalist, and Personal Development Coach for Awakenings Health.
Licensed in North Carolina, New York, and California.
Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, Diplomate of Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology, Certified professional life coach
Adam practices as a Licensed Acupuncturist and Certified Life Coach. However, his approach to healing and personal enhancement has been developing since early childhood. As the son of a Psychologist, Adam was taught early on about the power of the mind and the importance of making it work for us, rather than letting it run rampant. As a teenager, the constant analysis and mind shaping had become tiring and Adam determined to steer his career path in the physical realm. Adam has always been an ardent athlete and his passion for maximizing potential led him to study body mechanics and human physiology. He was on his way to become a Physical Therapist when he realized most patients had problems that went beyond their presenting condition. He was determined to find a more comprehensive medicine so he could oversee the many aspects of peoples’ wellbeing. In 1998, Adam moved to San Diego to attend a Masters program in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Chinese medicine provided the platform to tend to every aspect of one’s life. Chinese Medicine has all the components of health integrated into one medicine. Upon graduating in 2002, Adam was employed as the director of Chinese Medicine in a busy Multi-disciplinary Medical center. He was in charge of ensuring the smooth transition from Acupuncture to Chiropractic care, Physical therapy, and internal medicine. His ability to work between different medical systems awarded him the opportunity to teach Chinese Medicine to M.D.’s at SUNY Downstate Medical Center. In 2005, Adam moved back to S.D. to join Kaiser Permanente in a specialized study to determine the viability and effectiveness of acupuncture in the hospital system in treating chronic pain patients. That same year, Adam joined forces with Awakenings Health Institute to establish and run a Chinese Medical department tending to the disabled population. Working to create a truly innovative and integrated facility aimed at tending to all levels of dysfunction became a passion. Adam and his wife Laura (the founder of Awakenings) have now started their own family and have moved back to the east coast to be near family and team up with physical therapy, athletic enhancement, and sports teams, in an effort to redefine what we should expect from a 21st century healthcare system. Personally, Adam strives to lead a balanced lifestyle. He has played organized baseball for the past 15 years and maintains an active lifestyle. He meditates to reset the unconscious patterns of dysfunction. He is conscious of what he puts in his body. He is not afraid to sit with his emotional discomfort and see what wisdom it can impart. Adam’s goal is to provide others with a means to heal anything that needs attention, and to leave everyone he sees closer to finding their own personal peace and human potential.
