Treatments at Alter Physio & Acupuncture
Physiotherapy, Japanese acupuncture, and integrated bodywork —
treating the cause, not just the symptom.
At Alter Physio & Acupuncture in Amsterdam, treatment is built around a single clinical question: why does this body respond this way? Physiotherapy, Japanese acupuncture, and specialty bodywork are combined when the situation calls for it — never as a fixed protocol, always as a response to the body in front of the practitioner.
Treatment Categories
Four pathways. Used alone or combined, based on what the body needs.
Physiotherapy & Movement
Pain, injury, and movement — assessed and treated through the lens of how the body actually loads, adapts, and recovers. Evidence-based Western methods.
Clinical Acupuncture
Japanese acupuncture for pain, stress regulation, sleep, and internal balance. Precise, gentle needling rooted in classical clinical method.
Wellness & Aesthetic Acupuncture
Facial rejuvenation, scalp and hair support, and acupuncture-based therapeutic massage. Care that addresses vitality alongside clinical concerns.
Specialty Therapies
Hands-on methods drawn from Japanese traditional medicine. Used selectively when the body responds better to direct manual work than to needles or movement training.
Meet the Practitioners
Three practitioners. Three disciplines. Available together when needed.
Hide Kuwabara
PHYSIOTHERAPIST & FOUNDER
Western movement assessment integrated with Eastern medicine. Sports, chronic pain, and complex cases. English, Dutch, Japanese.
Haruki Sakai
ACUPUNCTURIST — INTERNAL & MOXA
Classical Japanese acupuncture with focus on internal medicine, moxibustion, and constitutional balance. Dutch, Japanese.
Soichiro Funo
ACUPUNCTURIST — ORTHOPAEDIC
Orthopaedic acupuncture with ultrasound-guided precision. Bridges Western diagnostics and Japanese clinical method. English, Japanese.
How a First Session Works
Three steps. Built around what the body actually needs that day.
01
Assessment
A first session begins with listening — movement, history, goals, and what previous treatment did or did not resolve.
02
Plan
Treatment direction is chosen based on what the body needs in that moment — needles, movement, hands-on work, or a combination.
03
Treatment
Begins the same session. Long-term care plans are adjusted as the body responds, never locked into a fixed protocol.
Start with an Assessment
The first session is for understanding — your history, your pattern, your goal.
Treatment begins the same day.
