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sports medicine Acupuncture & Traditional Chinese Medicine in Metairie, Louisiana

my mission is to help louisiana with their pain, mobility, & overall health

restore mobility & strength
recovery & maintenance to keep you going

Feel Right

Move Free

Live Easy

Whether you’re training hard, burning out at work, or managing long-term health concerns — Here is where your care becomes structured, consistent, and built around you

We treat pain, mobility issues, and stress by reading the body’s patterns so we can provide the personalized treatment to fit your needs

Who We Help

📂 The Active Professional

Long hours, high stress, poor sleep, tech neck—you push hard, and your body pays for it.
We help you recover faster, think clearer, and feel more like yourself again.

🏋️ The Athletic Enthusiast

From nagging gym injuries to stalled recovery—we help you train smarter, not harder.
Restore balance, mobility, and performance with care designed for movement.

🌿 The Holistic Health Seeker

Natural care that supports your energy, balance, and resilience—from your 20s through your 70s, 80s, and beyond.

Our Treatment System

Effective and Evidence Based Techniques

(EXSTORE) Strength & Mobility Assessment: Pinpoint weak or overactive muscle patterns through orthopedic muscle testing

Electroacupuncture: Stimulation of your body’s pathways and reducing inflammation for deep, lasting change.

Acupuncture & Dry Needling: Target and release chronic issues, tensions, and trigger points.

Cupping Therapy: Gentle suction to release tight muscles, increase circulation, and speed up recovery. Ideal for stubborn tension and deep tissue relief.

Manual Release Techniques: Tension & tightness relief through hands-on soft tissue and joint work

Take-Home Corrective Exercises: Reinforce results with simple, customized mobility & strength exercises between sessions.

Herbal Medicine: We craft personalized herbal formulas to treat the root of your symptoms, offering powerful support for healing even when you’re not on the table.

In combination these techniques help you move better, recover faster, and stay out of the pain cycle

What We Treat

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Big Easy Acupuncture | Glenn Braud

My mission is to help Louisiana with their pain, mobility, and overall health

– Glenn Braud 

Acupuncturist performing hip flexion mobility assessment on a patient during treatment session.

strength and mobility assessment

Sports & Traditional Acupuncture

Hand performing fire cupping therapy with flame inside glass cup

Fire
Cupping

Practitioner preparing herbal medicine granule powder

Herbal Medicine

Manual Muscle Release

Manual Muscle Release

Take-Home Corrective Exercises

Corrective Exercises

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Needle by Needle: Acupuncture and Healing from Trauma

People can experience trauma in a variety of ways. Trauma can be physical or emotional. It can be the result of an event like a car accident or through a relationship like with an abusive parent, teacher/coach, or spouse. Trauma doesn’t just reside in the mind but rather embeds itself deep in the body. 

It can be tricky to

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Acupuncture for Arthritis Relief in Metairie, LA Big Easy Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine

Does acupuncture help with arthritis?

Yes, acupuncture can relieve arthritis pain by releasing tight muscles, improving blood flow and oxygen to affected joints, reducing inflammation, and restoring mobility.

How Acupuncture Supports Healing in Autoimmune Diseases

In January 2025, Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have described — for the first time — the prevalence of autoimmune diseases in the U.S. Their research, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, reports that about 15 million people are estimated to have one or more of 105 autoimmune diseases. Treatments can vary but more and more people are looking

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