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 [...]

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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.
The cerebellum is in the back of the [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

Raynaud’s syndrome occurs when the blood vessels constrict in the hands and toes causing the fingers or toes to turn white or blue. It can have numbness, burning or other [...]

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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 [...]

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