RECOGNIZED EXCELLENCE
RecognitionRooted in Care,Leadership, andCommunity Trust
Blue Root was not created to pursue awards. It was created to offer a different kind of healthcare — one that takes time to listen, looks beyond isolated symptoms, and recognizes the complete person behind every diagnosis.
The recognition Blue Root has received belongs, in many ways, to the people who made this work possible — the patients who trusted us with their health, shared their experiences, referred the people they love, and helped this practice grow.
15+
Years of practice
2025
KNOW Women to Know
Whole-person
Care, always
FEATURED RECOGNITION
Named One of Charlotte’s Women to Know
In 2025, Dr. Angela Soto was recognized by KNOW Charlotte as one of Charlotte’s Women to Know — honoring women whose leadership, entrepreneurship, vision, and contributions are creating meaningful impact within their communities.
For Angela, the recognition reflects a journey that began long before Blue Root: leaving an established career, following a calling into medicine and healing, and ultimately creating the kind of healthcare practice she believed should exist.
More than 15 years later, Blue Root has grown from an acupuncture practice into a multidisciplinary center bringing together Chinese Medicine, integrative care, regenerative therapies, nervous-system support, restorative treatments, and transformational mind-body experiences.
“This recognition represents more than a professional achievement. To me, it honors the courage to follow a calling — and the community that allowed that calling to become something real.”
— Dr. Angela Soto
COMMUNITY RECOGNITION
Honored by the Charlotte–Fort Mill Community
Community recognition carries a particular kind of meaning because it reflects the experiences of the people who have walked through Blue Root’s doors, returned, shared their experiences, and referred the people they love.
2026
Best of South Carolina
Guide to South Carolina
2026
Best of Award Winner
BusinessRate
2025
Best of South Carolina
Guide to South Carolina
2024
Top Doctor
FindATopDoc
2024
Best Doctors
South Carolina Magazine
2014–2016
The State’s Best
Community Recognition
These honors belong to the patients, families, and community who trusted Blue Root with their care and helped this practice grow.
WHAT THE RECOGNITION REPRESENTS
The award is a moment.The work behind it is continuous.
01
Listen to the complete story
Symptoms are considered within the context of the person’s health, life, stress, and lived experience.
02
Look for meaningful connections
Care is designed around patterns and root causes — not a collection of isolated complaints.
03
Personalize every next step
Treatment responds to the individual rather than asking the individual to fit a predetermined plan.
04
Keep learning and evolving
Clinical knowledge, careful observation, human intuition, and continued study all shape the work.
MORE THAN 15 YEARS OF LISTENING, LEARNING & EVOLVING
A Practice Built toSee the Whole Person
Blue Root began with a simple belief: symptoms make more sense when we understand the person experiencing them.
What began as an acupuncture practice has continued to evolve through more than 15 years of clinical experience, study, observation, and listening to patients.
Today, Blue Root brings together Chinese Medicine, integrative and regenerative care, restorative therapies, nervous-system support, and mind-body experiences within one multidisciplinary center.
The modalities may be different. The philosophy connecting them is not.
Every person deserves to be seen.
Every symptom belongs to a larger story.
Meaningful care begins by taking the time to understand both.
Meet Dr. Angela SotoTHE PEOPLE BEHIND BLUE ROOT
Excellence IsNever Created byOne Person Alone
While many honors carry Angela’s name, the experience recognized by the community has never been created by one person alone.
Blue Root is shaped every day by the people who care for our patients, answer their questions, welcome them through the door, support their treatments, and make the experience feel personal from beginning to end.
Recognition may begin with one name, but the work behind it belongs to a team.
A MESSAGE FROM ANGELA
The Greatest Honor Is Your Trust
“When I think about what these honors represent, I don’t think first about the awards. I think about the people.
I think about every patient who trusted us with a story they may have carried for years. Every person who arrived frustrated, exhausted, afraid, or simply unsure where to begin. Every family who sent someone they loved through our doors.
Blue Root has grown because people trusted us enough to let us care for them — and then trusted us enough to tell someone else.
The awards may carry my name, but the work behind them belongs to all of us.
Thank you for trusting Blue Root.”
— Dr. Angela Soto
RECOGNITION IS MEANINGFUL. YOUR EXPERIENCE MATTERS MORE.
Experience the Blue Root Difference for Yourself
Awards can tell you something about a practice.
But the experience of being listened to, understood, and cared for as a whole person is something you have to feel for yourself.
Simply begin with what you are experiencing.
We’ll help you determine the most meaningful place to begin.