About OYATEC
OYATEC began in Dr. Hui Ouyang's clinic in Friendswood, Texas. He paired a TECAR deep-heat device with an herbal gel of his own and saw his patients recover sooner. OYATEC trains other licensed practitioners to give the same treatment and helps patients find them.
25+ years
Dr. Ouyang has treated sports injuries in the Houston area for more than 25 years.
Our mission
What we're trying to do
We want anyone with muscle, joint or tendon pain to be able to get TECAR from a trained practitioner near where they live.
That means training practitioners well, holding every clinic to the same standard, and making clinics easy to find.
Credentials
DC, L.Ac., Doctor of Oriental Medicine
Trained at
- Texas Chiropractic College
- American Academy of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
- Chiropractor, acupuncturist and Doctor of Oriental Medicine in Friendswood, Texas.
- More than 25 years treating sports injuries.
- Leads OYATEC's training course and sets its treatment protocols.
Founder and clinical lead
Dr. Hui Ouyang
Dr. Ouyang has treated patients in the Houston area for more than 25 years. He is a chiropractor, an acupuncturist and a Doctor of Oriental Medicine. Most of his patients come to him with sports injuries: pulled hamstrings, sore shoulders, knees that won't settle down.
Heat was always part of his work. He used hot packs, heat lamps and moxibustion, a traditional Chinese heat treatment. All of them warm the skin well, but little of that heat reaches the muscle, tendon or joint underneath, where the injury is.
TECAR reaches deeper. The device warms tissue from the inside, at the depth he chooses. He had already developed an herbal gel for his patients' sore muscles and joints. He began using it with TECAR in place of the plain gel the device normally uses.
He saw his patients move more freely after the first few sessions and finish their treatment sooner. Over time he used the combination for long-standing pain, for injuries from car accidents and for stiffness after strokes, and he saw similar results.
Other practitioners asked how he did it. He set up OYATEC to supply a device built to his specification and his herbal gel, and to teach his method in a short course.
Some of my patients didn't want to take pills, and some were afraid of needles. TECAR gave me a way to help both.
The OYATEC network
How the clinic network works
Every OYATEC clinic is independent and run by its own licensed practitioners. What they share is the training, the device, the gel and a listing on our map.
Patients
People with muscle, joint or tendon pain.
- Search by ZIP code and condition
- Contact the clinic directly
Certified clinics
Independent practices run by licensed practitioners.
- Give the treatment
- Set their own prices
- Renew every two years
OYATEC
Dr. Ouyang's team in Friendswood, Texas.
- 10-hour training course
- The TECAR device
- The herbal gel
- A listing on the map
Step by step
- 01
Practitioners train with us
Licensed acupuncturists, physical therapists, chiropractors and massage therapists complete our 10-hour course before they can buy the system.
- 02
Their clinics go on the map
Each certified clinic appears on our clinic finder with its practitioners, the conditions it treats, hours and starting price.
- 03
Patients search by ZIP code and condition
A patient enters their location and what hurts, and sees the certified clinics nearby.
- 04
The patient contacts the clinic
Appointment requests go straight to the clinic. The practitioner and patient take it from there.
- 05
Certificates are renewed every two years
Practitioners complete a continuing-education update to stay certified and stay on the map.
Co-founder, brand and business
Peter Kuo
Peter runs the business side of OYATEC: the brand, the clinic network and our partnerships.
He works with each new clinic from its first demo to its first patient, and he looks after the clinic finder that connects patients with practitioners.
How we work
What we hold ourselves to
We sell only to licensed practitioners.
The OYATEC TECAR system goes only to acupuncturists, physical therapists, chiropractors and massage therapists who hold a current license and have passed our course.
We tell patients what TECAR can and can't do.
It eases pain and stiffness and helps tissue heal. It doesn't cure arthritis or undo a stroke, and we don't say it does.
Every patient is screened first.
Practitioners check every patient for reasons not to treat, such as a pacemaker or pregnancy, before the first session.
Every clinic follows the same method.
Certified clinics use the same device, the same gel and the same protocols, so a patient in Dallas gets the same care as one in Friendswood.
Certified practitioners renew every two years.
Each renewal includes a continuing-education update covering what we've learned since they trained.
Find a clinic or request a demo
Patients can search our map by ZIP code. Practitioners can request a demo and ask about the next course.
