We went to a relatives over the weekend. My daughter (she’s 6) was on this spinning board and had to use the restroom. When she stood up she was really dizzy … an unusual experience for her. She staggered a bit on the way to the bathroom. Not a big deal. Anyway she started complaining […]
Broaden your thinking about Acupuncture
I guess because it’s not ingrained in our culture, people often come to me for acupuncture and have some success, only later to totally forget that acupuncture once helped them and it may be helpful for different ailments. For examlpe, I recently treated a man for plantars fasciitis where it was hindering him from running […]
Body Mechanics habit changes after acupuncture
I’m a big believer in solving the underlying problem of the pain. Not just treating the symptoms. Many times, The resal problem someone has is something about their lifestyle. It could be diet, improper body mechanics, bad shoes, noi exercise or several more things. The old saying “If you find yourself in a hole the […]
One Key Benefit of Acupuncture – No Side effects
No Side effects We have all seen the commercials… Drug X has nice images of happy people doing fun things. At the end begins the long list of risks and side effects. “Drug X should not be taken by pregnant women, if you have heart disease, if you suffer from kidney problems, consult your doctor […]
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 […]
Acupuncture Case Study – Patient with Severe Shoulder Pain – Part 2
My treatment plan is to aggressively treat any trigger points in the shoulder area. It could be close to the actual shoulder, more towards the neck, is in area behind the arm and on the back where the arm connects to the body or perhaps even the chest area where the arm connects. It could […]
Acupuncture Case study – Patient with severe Shoulder pain – Part 1
This posting is the first in a series of postings about an ongoing case as of Early December 2013. I have a patient who has consulted Orthopedic Doctors about severe shoulder pain. The pain keeps her awake at night and she is really getting to the point where something must be done (Her words). She […]
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”. […]
Avoid Injuries, Learn to fall down
Guest Blogger – My Hubby Ray taught karate for almost 30 years and knows a thing or two about both getting and avoiding injury. Ray, Take it over: The cat has it right. I’ve seen lots of adults be petrified of falling. I ask you, when was the last time you really fell … to […]
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 […]