our practitioners

Jennifer (Jenny) Corbin is a seasoned acupuncturist and the founder of Barefoot Doctor. She opened the clinic in 2009 after graduating from a 4-year Master of Oriental Medicine program in Albuquerque, NM, and after practicing in Philadelphia for 9 years.

Jenny's early work experience in Philadelphia as a clinician in a nonprofit HIV clinic, within a physical therapy center, and in her own private practice led to her conviction that she needed to find a sustainable way to practice acupuncture for both herself and her clients. She realized that nonprofits can lose funding, individual's health insurance often cuts them off from helpful therapies, and private treatment costs make acupuncture unaffordable to many. She found her solution through a training led by the founders of POCA, a supportive co-op of acupuncturists focused on bringing acupuncture to as many people as possible in a sustainable way. She chose Fishtown and its increasingly diverse community as the home for her clinic.

Jenny brings to her practice over 25 years of experience in treating a wide array of complaints, and she greatly enjoys being able to meet a diverse range of health-related needs. She has focused much of her learning and practice for the past 15 years in the treatment of fertility, pregnancy, and women’s health, with both acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine. She also loves treating children!

Jenny is happy to live in and be an active part of the Fishtown community. Outside of her time in the clinic, she currently works in a hostpital setting as a registered nurse.

 

Charlie Blaskovich has been practicing massage for nearly 30 years, and has practiced in several neighborhoods in Philadelphia since 2016. Some of the therapy styles she incorporates into her sessions include injury rehabilitation, trigger point therapy, deep-tissue, active release therapy, relaxation, and Swedish massage. She also often incorporates the use of gua-sha (scraping) and cupping as adjuncts to manual massage.

Getting regular massage and bodywork can prevent future neck, back, and hip issues, and can aid body awareness and mindfulness. Charlie believes that self-care isn’t a luxury, but a necessity for physical and emotional wellbeing.