I am back in Somerset at my office after a great seminar on acupuncture treatment for spinal stenosis and failed low back surgery. The class was very good, the actual treatment techniques were very similar to what I use in my practice. I found the comradery to be amazing with the group of acupuncturists there. […]
Acupuncture Seminar on Spinal Stenosis
Next weekend I will be going to Orlando for an acupuncture seminar on treating spinal stenosis and other back problems. I am very excited to see what will be taught and come back with refined skills for the treatment of lower back pain. Lower back pain is the most commonly treated problem with acupuncture and […]
Acupuncture Case Study – Burning sensation on Spine
I recently treated a middle aged woman who had a burning sensation running down her upper spine, from about the bottom of her neck until about 1/3 the way down her back. Due to a small logistical problem I could not give her a proper treatment on her first visit, so we did a full […]
The Mind-Body connection is visible in Acupuncture
I see it often. People have a pain. It is often the neck or back. I touch around and find a crazy-tight muscle or muscle group. The muscle is as tight as a guitar string, only bigger. I insert a needle and prob it to create an involuntary twitching and get the muscle to “release”. […]
Computer Neck
Are you a high user of a computer? Do you have pain in your neck and shoulders? You need to fix the underlying problem. You need to work on your posture, maybe your need new glasses or perhaps change your screen resolution. Maybe it’s your chair or screen height. It’s probably your posture habits. In […]
Lower back pain
I am currently treating a 74 year old man for lower back pain. He came to me for acupuncture because he was experiencing acute pain in his hip and lower back. He actually has 2 problems, the acute pain in his hip and buttock region and chronic pain in the lumbar area due to arthritis. What I […]