{"id":27,"date":"2016-03-04T23:57:28","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T23:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acupuncturebystorm.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2025-06-30T01:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T01:11:54","slug":"about-storm-morales","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/?page_id=27","title":{"rendered":"About Storm Morales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-120 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/acupuncturebystorm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FB_IMG_1669164749878-298x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FB_IMG_1669164749878-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FB_IMG_1669164749878-1016x1024.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FB_IMG_1669164749878-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FB_IMG_1669164749878-768x774.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FB_IMG_1669164749878-700x705.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FB_IMG_1669164749878.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Storm Morales is a New York State Licensed Acupuncturist and Clinical Herbalist with a lifelong passion for Integrative medicine. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of New York College (2008), he holds a Master\u2019s in Oriental Medicine\u00a0and a\u00a0Bachelor\u2019s in Health Sciences, complemented by earlier degrees in Social Sciences (Stony Brook University) and Liberal Arts\/Political Science (Suffolk Community College).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">His fascination with healing began at just 14 years old, when he devoured books on medicinal plants, bodywork, and alternative modalities\u2014applying his knowledge to help friends, family, teammates, and classmates relieve pain and improve their health. This early curiosity blossomed into innovation during his graduate studies, where he formulated popular herbal remedies for peers and clinic patients, later founding Storm Cloud Herbals, LLC in 2008.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">For\u00a014 years, Storm proudly served Long Island\u2019s South Shore through his\u00a0Sayville acupuncture practice, building a reputation for compassionate, results-driven care. Today, he brings his expertise directly to clients as a\u00a0concierge acupuncturist, offering flexible, private treatments across\u00a0<strong>NYC, Long Island, and Fire Island<\/strong>. His approach blends traditional Chinese medicine with modern holistic practices, prioritizing whole-body wellness and individualized attention.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Beyond his practice, Storm is the acupuncture consultant for Seafield Rehabilitation Center\u2019s inpatient facility for over 16 years, where he serves to support those are in drug and alcohol recovery through integrative care. He has also volunteered globally, including a 2010 medical mission to Guatemala\u00a0with\u00a0<em>Healer2Healer.org<\/em>, where his team provided free acupuncture and holistic therapies to\u00a0600+ underserved patients\u00a0in just three days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Recognized for his clinical excellence, Storm has been honored as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cBest Acupuncturist of Long Island\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Long Island Press<\/em>, 2011)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cBest Acupuncturist of Sayville\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>RateMDs.com<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>Member of the \u201cCircle of Excellence\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>MerchantCircle.com<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Storm Morales is a New York State Licensed Acupuncturist and Clinical Herbalist with a lifelong passion for Integrative medicine. A Magna Cum Laude graduate of New York College (2008), he holds a Master\u2019s in Oriental Medicine\u00a0and a\u00a0Bachelor\u2019s in Health Sciences, complemented by earlier degrees in Social Sciences (Stony Brook University) &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","column","twocol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140,"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27\/revisions\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acupuncturebystorm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}