Electro-Acupuncture Medicine (EAM) EAM is my new passion of study. In November and this past weekend I took the foundation and the advanced seminars in EAM. I learned new acupuncture techniques that are scientifically proven with clinical studies. This week the majority of my patients are receiving EAM and the results have been outstanding. Every […]
Fibromyalgia Treatment Protocol
Fibromyalgia Treatment This past weekend I was in San Antonio, Texas for an acupuncture seminar; I learned an amazing fibromyalgia treatment protocol. The information presented was packed with fascinating, evidence based treatment strategies to enhance my current acupuncture practice. Consequently, I am excited to implement the strategies I learned, because I can help the fibro […]
Upcoming Fibromyalgia Seminar
Fibromyalgia Treatment Center I am registered to attend a seminar called “Fibromyalgia Treatment: Tradition, Psychology, & Science” in San Antonio on March 10th and 11th. The seminar will be taught by Andrew Miles, DOM, Thomas Whalen MD, and Qiu Xuelan Ph.D. This is very exciting news! The three instructors are highly acclaimed in the field. I have very high […]
Acupuncture Treatment for Spinal Stenosis and Failed Low Back Surgery
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. […]
What are those red circles on the Olympians?
Many Olympians are covered in large red circles. That is from cupping, an adjunct to acupuncture. If you want to learn about it or experience cupping contact me for a session. Click here to read an article about the olympians and cupping.
immediate relief!
This is the email I woke up to this morning: “I got up this morning and forgot I even had plantar fasciitis! See you tomorrow at 11” How much more gratifying can my work be? Emails like this thrill me, providing a service that has this kind of effect is why I am an acupuncturist. […]
A technical way of looking at physical pain
My husband is a computer guy. He works for a financial services organization in their technical infrastructure area. They have a system of looking at things like computer crashes, outages, program failures that rings so true for medicine that I needed to blog about it. Incident or Problem. In technology circles, when a system experiences […]
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 […]
Can Acupuncture Help Arthritis ?
Arthritis Pain Introduction Arthritis is generally described as inflammation in any joint area of your body that can affect people of all ages, races and genders. There are two common types of Arthritis: osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoarthritis is the breakdown of cartilage in your body, rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder. Background Different types […]
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 […]