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VOLUME 39, NUMBER 12
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A New Way to Pay for Credentials, Certifications and More

While 529 accounts are commonly utilized to pay for postsecondary education including tuition, books and other qualified expenses, they can’t be used to pay costs for postsecondary credentials, certifications or workforce training. New legislation aims to change that.


Palpating for Pain Relief

Postcard Marketing on a Shoestring Budget
Out of all the possible ways to market your services and reach a new audience via the mail, postcards are the most effective. Even though marketing has shifted to digital media, snail mail and physical paper have not become obsolete and in fact are quite the novelty!
CranioSacral Therapy & The Rare Case of Vertigo
I had heard of folks getting dizzy and nauseous when experiencing vertigo, but I had never heard of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) until my husband Joe was diagnosed with it.
Sleep as Medicine: Essential Formulas
In my last Planetary Herbalism column [October], I discussed important TCM formulas for boosting the immune system response via targeting qi and blood deficiency.
What It's Like to Be a Hospital-Based Massage Therapist
It was the early 1990s the first time I ever saw a massage therapist in a health care setting in my home state of Minnesota. I was working at a nursing home at the time, and I learned of a resident who would receive weekly massages (which I thought was great).
The Benefits of Teaching Touch
This month the MTF took a look at a massage research review titled "The Effect of Massage Therapy on Children's Learning Process: A Review," written by Majid Emtiazy and Mahboobeh Abrishamkar. The article was published in the Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences.
Alligator Skin (Part 2): A Second Look at Business Contracts
I joined as the only female partner in an integrated medicine practice, shared with three other disciplines. Having developed a few scales (the first stages of alligator skin) and some good business sense, I started out with a one-year contract.
Multiarticulate Muscles & Injury: Understanding the Mechanical Load
Muscles have a primary role in creating and limiting movement in the body. They are also the major focus of our work in massage therapy, with many injuries caused by improper loads on the muscular system.
The Anatomy of Expression (Pt. 2)
For each of the basic emotions, the diagnosis and treatment methods can be designed based on the different AUs involved. One method of treatment is directly addressing the acupuncture or motor points responsible for specific muscle movements.
Learn to Speak the Language of Personal Injury
For many providers, personal-injury cases and working within the med-legal arena can often be a confusing and frustrating endeavor. After all, for the majority, personal injury is a niche.
An Arthritis Program That Works - With a Bonus Clinical Benefit

A Postoperative Story: The Surgery Explained & Secrets to My Recovery
If working with a joint replacement patient, be sure you know the rehabilitation protocols of the particular appliance. If you don't, with permission, consult with the surgeon to learn them. Otherwise, stay away.
Trust the Trends, Or Trust Your Instincts?
Being a massage therapist is all about balance. There's the balance between your customers' needs and wants, the balance between what's good for clients and what's good for business, and the balance between overseeing current business and forecasting for the future.
The Advantage of Continuing Education: Case Study Using Cosmetic Facial Acupuncture
As graduates of acupuncture school, we proudly display our new diplomas on office walls to assure patients of our academic education and professional proficiency.
How the Human Body Responds to Stress
This new series of articles will suggest a different perspective for you to view clients presenting with stubbornly chronic somatic dysfunctions. It will also propose a novel answer to the question, "How does the human body respond to stress?"
Helping Your Clients Turn Back the Clock With Nutrition
The anti-aging market is booming because, well, who doesn't want to look young, healthy and vibrant for as long as possible? And while there are many anti-aging products and systems marketed to the public, few people realize the most effective way to slow down the visible passage of time is to give the body the nutrients it needs to be truly healthy.
A Four-Step Approach to Building Effective Acupoint Prescriptions
While attending school, students are often exposed to different styles and systems of acupuncture. There's no question that the intention is in the right place; however, some graduates feel confused when they are tasked with building acupoint prescriptions.
The Research Your Patients Want – and Your Practice Needs
Growing a loyal patient base can be as simple as informed conversations on the health issues patients think about daily, from diet to exercise to healthy aging and cancer prevention, and much more.
Acupuncture for Opioid-Induced Constipation
Opioid prescribing remains an all-too-common reality in the United States and elsewhere despite increasing national and international guidelines emphasizing their dangers and promoting drug-free pain-relief, including acupuncture, as a first option.
3 Reasons to Add a Medical Massage Therapist to Your Practice
Whether your acupuncture practice is thriving or you're investigating ways to get more patients through your doors, adding services like a medical massage therapist is a great way to diversify your practice, attract more patients and keep them coming back.
SSRI Therapy for Depression: Better With Acupuncture
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most commonly prescribed antidepressants, but their effectiveness can be improved with electroacupuncture, suggests new research.
The Strategic Relationship Between Herbs and Acupuncture: Mental Health Strategies
During my years studying with my teacher, he'd communicate the importance of honoring each modality within Chinese medicine in its core essence.
A Structural Challenge: Successfully Treating a Morton's Neuroma
Runners, triathletes, dancers, hikers, cyclists, almost all athletes, and even couch potatoes have shown up in my office looking for alternatives to surgery for neuromas. A Morton's neuroma occurs when the tissue in the foot (next to a nerve that leads to a toe) thickens and becomes fibrous.
Acupuncture & Adjunctive Treatments for Ramsay Hunt Syndrome: Case Report (Pt. 2)
The patient received eight acupuncture treatments over the course of five calendar weeks, lying on his right side and prone. Points were selected with both local and whole-body approaches.
ICD-10 Coding Changes: What Acupuncturists Need to Know
As occurs every Oct. 1, there are updates to the ICD 10 coding system. Some years, this update makes no difference to the common codes billed by acupuncture providers, but most years there are at least a few changes that do - and this year, like last year, does so, particularly the code for which most insurances, including Medicare, will reimburse acupuncture services.
Acupuncture for a Common Health Issue in the COVID Era
Sleep issues are disturbingly common in a "normal" world, but the past few years have been anything but normal. That means even more patients may be presenting to your clinic with various manifestations of sleep dysfunction – including insomnia.
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For a practicing provider, making management decisions is inherently an individual activity, influenced by factors unique to each patient. Research designed to inform decision-making often describes analysis of data obtained from groups. Thus, applying knowledge from research conclusions to individual cases can sometimes be challenging because groups don’t necessarily represent individuals. However, though challenging...
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What does management theory have to do with being a good doctor?

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A recent article authored by Sadati and colleagues entitled “From good to great physician: a critical ethnography based on patients’ views” describes patient perceptions of what great physicians are.1...
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