Meet Kacey

Meet Kacey 


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Kacey Wardle, Dipl.OM, L.AC. is a Colorado Licensed Acupuncturist and a Certified Chinese Herbalist.  Kacey owns and practices at Highlands Acupuncture in Denver, CO.  

After almost 15 years as an acupuncturist, Kacey enjoys guiding patients to feel better and enjoy living. She is best at stopping nerve pain in the back/hip/sciatica areas but can really help most pain from the head to feet.  She passionately enjoys helping women cultivate harmony in their teenage years, pregnancies, menopause and beyond.

Kacey's treatments combine: 

  • Expert acupuncture to relieve pain, relax and feel better

    • Kacey combines gentle Japanese meridian style acupuncture with more local direct dry needling for pain and balance. She studied at the New England School of Acupuncture, the first Japanese Acupuncture school, as well as post graduate education with Sharon Weisenbaum and apprenticeship with Charles Chase. Both excellent herbalists and Japanese acupuncture practitioners.

    • Her specialties include working with nerve pain, hormonal balancing and wellness support.

    • On occasion, with more stubborn conditions, she is well trained in advanced practice acupoint injection therapy as well as motor point and dry needling to hydrate and quickly address soft tissues issues that can cause linger intense pain.

    • She additionally worked for 2 years with the Spinal Cord Recovery Project to help relieve nerve pain and improve quality of life for people with spinal cord injuries.

  • Gentle healing energy work

    • Kacey skillfully and gently combines hands on healing touch in addition to acupuncture from advanced training in cranial-sacral therapy, reiki and QiGong.

  • Potent plant medicine (supplement and herbal recommendations, essential oils and food therapy).

    • Trust herbal and supplement expertise she gives due to 1000s of advanced plant medicine training, including 250 Graduate Mentorship Herbal Training with Sharon Weisenbaum, 60 hrs Functional Medicine training from the Functional Medicine University, and many continuing education credits learning about essential oils and patent Chinese Herbal Medicine.

After you can expect to feel relaxed yet rejuvenated and leave each session with a greater understanding on how to listen to your own body and take better care.  


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Before practicing Chinese medicine, Kacey worked for the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard’s School of Public Health where she co-authored at CDC study on school nutrition and managed their website on healthy eating, NutritionSource.  She holds a BA from the University of Colorado in Political Science and Economics.

She is the President of the Acupuncture Association of Colorado from 2021-2022. She focused on the 2022 Practice Act sunset review, the law that keeps acupuncturists licensed in Colorado. The AAC broad focused on increasing membership so acupuncturists can better advocate to help regulators, legislators and the general public better understand the safety, efficacy and benefits of Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine when practiced by licensed acupuncturists.

Additionally, she is the owner and creator of the new health and wellness product, Calm Point, that uses ear acupressure to instantly calm your mind and increase sensations of well-being and focus without supplements.

She spent years traveling and working with grassroots development organizations to understand how people from various cultures live and experience health. Her favorite places include Prague, Hong Kong, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Costa Rica.

Currently, she enjoys hiking with her dogs and playing with her awesome nephews.