Cornerstone Acupuncture

Dr. Ma, Tina, and Cindy are amazing! Solid accupuncture that has relieved all aches, pains and issues as well as a massage to take care of gastro ailments. Such nice people. So genuine. I kind of don’t want to review so not too many people know about this treasure.

I was referred to Dr. Ma by my physical therapist, who is also a patient of Dr. Ma. I had a debilitating back issue for over a year, for which I received extensive PT therapy, which Dr. Ma resolved in just 3 sessions. My back pain is all gone and has not returned! This is really incredible as before I saw Dr. Ma I was in chronic pain. When I arrived for my first visit to Dr. Ma, I could not stand up straight from my back pain and now I am completely functioning. I have since continued sessions with Dr. Ma and my sleep and general well sense of well being have dramatically improved. Dr. Ma is kind and genuinely caring. He also has an excellent massage therapist who works on you as part of each session. This is the first review I have ever posted to Unilocal as I am so impressed with Dr. Ma. He is a healer and clearly an expert in his field with years of knowledge and practice under his belt. I highly recommend Dr. Ma and his team at Cornerstone Acupuncture.

I have been seeing Dr Ma regularly for over a year now and have seen impressive results. I had all but given up when a friend of mine with a serious illness started seeing and was really helped.
I have had a chronic autoimmune disease with many debilitating and progressively worsening symptoms for 25 years. All western medicine doctors said there was nothing I could do but live with it. But, since seeing my Dr Ma, I have steadily improved and, as an added benefit, have also lost a significant amount of weight!
Dr Ma is caring and very competent. He was frank from the start and said (rightly) that it would take time to fully improve given the complexity of my challenges. I have to say his treatments (which also include therapeutic massage) have been one of the most important things I have done in my quest to regain my health.
I have seen many gifted TCM /​acupuncturists over the years but Dr Ma stands out amongst them.

When I moved to NY, I was referred to Dr. Ma and it has been 3 years since I’ve consistently come to Dr Ma. I always want to think I receive special treatment because of the warm welcome I receive every time. At the beginning, he focused in making sure my body got detoxed and balance, then he proceeded to treat any ailment I would complain about.
I’ve recently been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and Dr. Ma has been treating my body as a whole, helping me to manage the pain and symptoms without poising my body with the drugs with so many damaging side effects. Every time I leave Dr. Ma’s office, I feel totally renewed and energized.
I can’t thank enough Dr. Ma and his magic’s hands!

Dr. Ma and his acupuncture treatments have changed my life. As a professional dancer he has healed injuries that Western doctors have not been able to help. He is so knowledgable about the body. Dr. Ma has made my overall health so much better. I have been seeing Dr. Ma for 4 years and pray he never retires;)

Dr. Ning Ma is hands down THE BEST acupuncturist in New York if not in the whole US!!! I was having problems getting pregnant, went to the western doctors did all the tests, they couldn’t find anything wrong with me or my husband, said I might have slight endometriosis and pushed clomid on me. I wasn’t into all that and believe in more natural alternatives so I did my research and seeked out Acupuncture to aid me in getting pregnant. I found Dr. Ma and he told me he would get me pregnant in 4 months! I was like is this guy for real, my first pregnancy ended in an early miscarriage after having tried for over a year to get pregnant and now here I was trying to get pregnant again taking more than a year with no luck and this little chinese man is promising me with no doubt that I would be pregnant within 4 months. So I gave it a try and needless to say 3 months later I was pregnant! My son is now 3 and I am back at Dr. Ma’s office to get pregnant again. This man is a Master of Acupuncture and knows his skill inside out. I have been to a few acupuncturists and none of them compare to his knowledge and expertise. I highly recommend him especially to anyone who is having trouble trying to get pregnant.

I’ve been a patient of Dr. Ma’s for about 3 years now, having been referred by 2 different friends who were treated (successfully!) by him. Whatever upper back/​shoulder/​neck issue I show up with, I always feel better after an appointment. I’ve experienced instant relief after a single session whenever I show up complaining of sinus infection/​congestion/​pressure (most recently, just this past weekend). These are not issues that I would expect to be solved forever after just a single treatment, but it’s good to know that whenever they pop up over the course of the year, I can make an appointment for instant relief. Dr. Ma has also assisted me with a couple of health conditions that have taken longer to treat, but I have seen a LOT of improvement over the time I’ve been going to him. Over the years, there have been a few different massage therapists working with Dr. Ma, and all of them have been wonderful! Also, not once in the past 3 years have I ever felt pressured by Dr. Ma or his staff to make another appointment to come in.

Dr. Ma has been my acupuncturist for the last 9 years. I’ve gone to many acupuncturists over the years having grown up around Eastern medicine and I can genuinely say that Dr. Ma is an excellent practitioner and has proven again and again to have a foundation of knowledge and experience that is both deep and unique. I have seen him for a number of medical issues, including something that 3 different gynecologists said I needed an invasive procedure to remove. Then I went to see Dr. Ma and he first dealt with the more general imbalances in my body that were connected to the problem and then he targeted, more specifically, the issue I had come to him with and within 6 months, not only was the original issue resolved, WITHOUT any invasive procedures, but my general health also felt better overall.
More recently, I have been recovering from an autoimmune disease with severe symptoms. Through Dr. Ma’s treatment, I have been improving and steadily recovering without the usual high dosages of medication that were prescribed to me. His approach and thinking about the illness has also been more sound than any explanation that endocrinologists I have seen have given me. He goes after the root cause rather than trying to superficially eliminate symptoms, resulting in what I believe and physically feel is more permanent healing.
I highly recommend Dr. Ma. I know from my own experiences and from conversations with other patients of his that he is a special practitioner who is honest, caring, genuine and very talented.

I’ve tried many acupuncturists for various conditions, but Dr. Ma is the only one who really gets results.
In late 2012, I started feeling cold symptoms coming on. He gave me one treatment; 24 hours later, I felt 50% better, and 48 hours after the treatment, I was back to normal. I haven’t had a cold since.
Since then, Dr. Ma has become my family medical doctor. In 2014, he helped me get through a severe health problem. He is one of the most caring and effective doctors I have known.

I have been going to Dr. Ning Ma religiously for over 2 years. He was recommended by a co-​worker after I mentioned about my seasonal allergies. I was determined to feel better and get the right treatment. I’ve been to several acupuncturists both in the west coast (where I’m from) and east coast (NYC, my current residence) and I always feel disappointed and never feel relief or healed until I met Dr. Ma. In a few solid weekly visits, my allergies subsided and eventually disappeared. Then I got tendinitis on my left arm, I could barely move it. But Dr. Ma was able to heal my arm in 2 sessions. Happy to report, pain is completely gone.
Dr. Ma’s methods are not for the faint of heart. He is not your typical acupuncturist. Bigger needles, more aggressive, and goes straight to the problem. But I find my body respond positively to these methods. In addition, I never feel pressured to return for the sake of going back and never has he sold me herbs for additional gain. In over 2 years, I bought 1 bottle of herbs to eliminate my cough which helped me tremendously.
Dr. Ma is a gifted healer, who cares about your wellbeing not your pocket. I constantly recommend him to friends because I want to share a pain free life to everyone I know. Life is too short to live in constant physical pain.

I’ve been going to Dr. Ma almost every week, and it will be a year in January 2016. Before having treatments, I had a consultation with Dr. Ma first. I am a former healthcare practicioner and since this is my first time trying a non-​Western treatment, I wanted to have a level of comfort that I was signing up with a reputable establishment. During our consultation, Dr. Ma listened to my health history and was very clear about the following: (a) that acupuncture does not produce instant results, and is something that needs commitment and dedication. This makes sense to me as I would be very wary of someone who guaranteed immediate results. When I asked how long he thought my treatment would take, he told me that he would not be able to predict it because it will largely be dependent on my body’s reaction to the treatments — I was ok with this because any effective treatment takes time — any western MD worth his degree would say the same; (b) that the benefits of acupuncture differ from person to person — again, makes sense, and this is even something that pharmaceutical companies say about their drugs; © that while he can guarantee results for a lot of what ailed me (e.g., gastrointestinal (GI) irritability and inconsistency, chronic sinusitis, chronic back pain), acupuncture is not a cure for everything — again, sensible. In addition to these, Dr. Ma also counseled me about diet and the types of foods that are more optimal for health. So after the consultation, I began my treatments.
I saw results for my sinusitis within four sessions — I was constantly congested and since treatment, I was breathing easier without any sinus flare-​ups. I haven’t taken any antibiotics since I started. My chronic back pain took a little longer, about eight sessions. I used to take Advil almost every day and now, I don’t. My GI problems took the longest to show results, approximately five months. My results varied from week to week but the good weeks encouraged me to keep at it. This slow progress didn’t surprise me because I had been on constant antibiotic treatments (about four times a year) for my sinusitis for more than five years, which disrupts your GI system. Dr. Ma tried different ways and areas to prick, and from month 6 onwards, it improved tremendously.
I also noticed some unexpected benefits. Every time I was in treatment and for a few hours after, I felt deep relaxation. I know it’s difficult to imagine that one could feel relaxed with needles all over your body and face but there are a lot of sessions when, after the last needle, was inserted, I fell right asleep! It’s incredible because I have a difficult time falling asleep. On evenings after my treatments, I experience deep sleep.
I also love the therapeutic massages that I receive with my treatments. Tina has been doing my massages since I started, and I see tremendous results for many days afterwards.
I’ve kept coming back even after I’ve seen results because I believe in the effects of maintenance. You should check your insurance coverage because most now cover acupuncture, and I am very lucky that mine covers unlimited sessions. This is definitely a worthy alternative to Western treatment, but you should be open to it and commit to it. I trust Dr. Ma with my treatment and I am glad that I did!

I have been a patient of Dr Ma for almost 2 years and always feel amazing after treatment. I’ve been treated for back and hip injuries, as well as for sinus and sleep issues. The results are always the same… fantastic!

I have been a patient of Dr. Ma’s for 2.5 years. Since receiving his acupuncture treatments, I have seen dramatic improvements of my health. My blood pressure is better and my chronic headaches have disappeared! Also, I see improvements in swelling/​bloating of my stomach, hands and feet since becoming Dr. Ma’s patient. Additionally, I feel so relaxed and rested every time I leave his office. In a nutshell, I just feel SO much better overall. I was not a believer in acupuncture until I met Dr. Ma. He’s the best!

One star for the smile and the location.
A friend referred me to this acupuncture Dr. Ma following a jogging accident in which i twisted my Ankle. Ma. told me I had to come multiple times and asked for cash payments only. He also suggested I drink herbs. The treatment was useless. After two weeks during which I visited the Dr 6 times and not seeing any results I went back to my orthopedic Dr. who laughed at the treatments and told me to deep my ankle in Epson salt twice a day. That worked great.
My suggestion is, don’t waste your time and money going to Dr. Ning Ma. He’ll look at you and see cash, not a patient in need. Shame he gives bad rap to accupuncture.
MS.

I had a chronic inflammation in one knee for five years. I went to Dr. Ma through a friend after trying everything including arthroscopy and in 5 sessions he relieved about 90 percent of my symptoms and I was back to my cherished bike riding. Recently I had a flair up and went right back to him, recovery under way! It is my impression that his abilities and methods are more sophisticated and empirical than the vast majority of people practicing out there, and of course, he also clearly has a gift. He has an MD degree from China, and works in hospitals in New York City. I was a complete acupuncture skeptic, but out of solutions. No longer. Too important not to mention is George, Dr. Ma’s accupressure and massage therapist, a man of few words and much skill, whose work is integral to the process of my healing. Thanks!