I explained to a patient today that acupuncture treatment can be like cleaning out a clogged drain. It takes time, with periods of relief in the process. This patient was coming to me for chronic hip and leg pain. I explained to him that his...
Much of what I do as an acupuncturist is detoxification therapy. Patients come to me complaining of (often strange) symptoms affecting their physical bodies (pain, digestive, respiratory, skin, muscle, joint issues), their minds (anxiety, depression, obsession) or quality of life (insomnia, fatigue). In my experience...
Chinese medicine, and acupuncture in particular, contain powerful treatments for alleviating joint pain. There are many types of joint pain according to WebMD: “Osteoarthritis, a “wear and tear” disease, is the most common type of arthritis.” Whereas Rheumatoid arthritis is seen as an autoimmune disorder. Other...
Last week a patient visited with neck, shoulder and jaw pain. As we’d playfully say, he’d come to me so I could “dismantle the bomb” threatening to go off in his body. We’d brought him back several times from debilitating pain, tension and inflammatory crisis....
Trauma can leave its remnants throughout the body and mind. For example, physical trauma due to injury, if it fails to fully heal can result in periodic rheumatism (joint pain). Emotional trauma that fails to fully heal can also leave remnants. Such remnants can periodically...