Acupuncture Treats Traumatic Brain Injuries or Post-Concussion Syndromes

I was laughing with a patient, DH, recently because I hadn’t treated his carpal tunnel yet. I had totally forgotten that he had first seen me 3 yrs ago intending to get his carpal tunnel symptoms treated, however as I took his initial history he had a far more serious condition that acupuncture could probably help. Read more

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Acupuncture Treats Cerebellar Ataxia

I have been treating a man with cerebellar ataxia using acupuncture for several years with very good results. I will call him TP for confidentiality. He has a rare hereditary form of cerebellar ataxia. His father and uncles all had it and died from complications of the disease. Read more

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Acupuncture Treats Low Back Pain and Hyperactive Bladder

I was recently reminded of  a patient I treated close to 14 yrs ago. His wife was a family practice patient and I had treated her for a serious problem with acupuncture so she sent her husband to me. He had fallen 20 feet at work 4-5 yrs prior and had had 4 surgeries to his low back. Read more

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Acupuncture To Treat Raynaud’s Syndrome

Recently People’s Pharmacy wrote that acupuncture can treat Raynaud’s syndrome. Yes I have seen acupuncture help many of my patients with Raynaud’s syndrome over the years.
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Abdominal Breathing Exercise Instruction

Breathing involves the whole body and I hope to help you become more aware of the movement involved. Correct breathing involves breathing into the chest and into the abdomen. However I find many of my patients are what we call “chest breathers”. When they inhale the chest rises, as well as the shoulders sometimes and the abdomen isn’t a part of the process. It is often the breathing pattern we might revert to when we are very stressed, anxious or fearful.

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Acupuncture Treats Osteoarthritis Of The Knee

Often patients with Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee get relief of pain and increase of everyday function with acupuncture.

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Acupuncture To Treat Allergies, Allergic Rhinitis, Hayfever

If you live in Dallas this is no surprise to you, but Dallas is known as an allergy capital since it has 3 wind currents that “dump” allergens on us. Many patients see me to help with their allergy symptoms and I have observed that acupuncture can often help alleviate their symptoms. Often they take or need standard medication such as anti-histamines, nasal steroids or even allergy shots.

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Acupuncture Treats Brown Recluse Ulcers and Non-Healing Wounds

One of my colleagues, Fred Swing MD from Florida, has been treating patients with non-healing wounds from brown recluse bites with electro-acupuncture around the wound combined with body acupuncture for several years. He first told me about this treatment and his good results in 1998.

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