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Acupuncture and Dementia: A Scalp Acupuncture, Neuroimaging-Based Protocol
Dementia is a worldwide health challenge. Psychotropic medications bring relief – but also dangers – to the dementia population.
Chronic Migraines: Acupuncture or Electroacupuncture?
A single migraine is debilitating, but as you know, chronic migraines can dramatically change a patient's life long term. Acupuncture – particularly electroacupuncture – to the rescue!
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.
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.
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.
TCM for Post-COVID Hair Loss
Long-term side effects following COVID-19 infections include many different symptoms including autoimmune, metabolic and neurological manifestations.
The Elements of Emotion: Earth – Shame, Sympathy and Worry
Shame is not an emotion spoken of in any traditional TCM-based text, and yet it's a pervasive cornerstone of the human experience, often underlying many of our other emotional responses and behaviors.
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).
Using SME to Communicate Asian Medicine With Patients and Allied Health Professionals
Recently I reviewed a bio physiology research paper; an abbreviated version of the abstract is included below to demonstrate a challenge facing the care delivery profile of western allopathic medicine as well as Asian acupuncture and natural medicine.
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.
Do Websites Even Matter Anymore?
Every single patient has run into this frustrating problem. They click on a website and it's impossible to navigate. They're in pain and all they want to do is book an appointment, but they can't find where or how to book one.
Severe Finger Pain From a Hammer Injury: Complete Relief With a 20-Minute Treatment
A 57-year-old male patient walked into the clinic with acute pain in the left index finger. The pain was caused by an injury from a hammer and was rated 8/10; range of motion was very limited due to the pain.
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.
Supporting H.R. 4803: It's Easy!
The Acupuncture for Our Seniors Act, H.R. 4803, is one of the most important nationwide opportunities we've ever had to increase patient access to our care and ensure that licensed acupuncturists are the primary providers of acupuncture care.
Expansive Consciousness: Healing With Shen
It is well-known in our profession that one's own consciousness can make or break their healing process. Could it be possible that the consciousness of one individual could heal another simply through their mental intent? If so, how far can this go?
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 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.
Knee Implant Surgery Calls for Acupuncture
Opioids are often prescribed to manage pain postoperatively for total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Acupuncture, specifically electroauricular acupuncture, is a better alternative, reducing and even eliminating the need for opioids, according to a prospective cohort study by S. Cheng, and colleagues, involving 41 patients.
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.
The Emotional Anatomy of Face Wrinkles
Facial muscles work together to control the movements of your face. Of the 42 facial muscles, approximately 20 are known as mimetic muscles. Commonly referred to as "muscles of expression," these superficial, flat skeletal muscles attach to the face from bone to skin, muscle to skin or muscle to muscle.
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?"
Surviving Summer: Acupoint Combinations
In my last column [June], I discussed important ideas related to treating and managing the clinical challenge of heat with herbal medicines, specifically heat damaging yin, congealing blood, and transforming into damp heat.
NCCAOM Permanent Reinstatement Route Available July 5, 2022
The process of removing restrictions for NCCAOM certification and recertification started back in August 2019, when incoming CEO Mina Larson called for the creation of a Reinstatement Taskforce.
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.
Using the Secondary Vessels to Explore the Mysterious Self
Healing can be a tumultuous journey, with many ups and downs. More than just relieving symptoms, often our task as healers is guiding and supporting our patients through difficulties within the healing process.
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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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