The system of acupuncture used at the Arkansas Acupuncture Center is very effective for treating a number of diseases that affect vision, including macular degeneration, retinitis pigmentosa, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy.  This unique form of acupuncture is thought to have been developed approximately 30 years ago in Europe. There is uncertainty surrounding the history of the treatment as a number of practitioners discuss involvment in it's discovery and development.  Irrespective of it's roots, it is a treatment that has proven repeatedly to be one of the most powerful and effective for helping patients who suffer from these insidious conditions, evidenced by the large number of patients who have experienced positive results. 

Dr. Ryan was fortunate to learn this effective acupuncture method for treating eye conditions in 2003. She has worked continually for nine years with hundreds of visually impaired patients, first as  chief acupuncturist in a clinic in Hot Springs, Arkansas where she spent six years working with patients suffering from degenerative eye disorders.  During that time she developed an understanding of the various aspects of eye diseases; their development and their treatment.  She then opened her own facility where she continued to treat visually challenged patients.  In 2009, she relocated her clinic to Rogers, Arkansas.