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It's Time to Help Patients With Their No. 1 Health Issue: Screen Overload
Meet Computer Jo. I introduce Jo to my students and graduates by drawing a crazy figure on a flip chart or blackboard. Jo is all hunched up in front of the computer screen, eyes bugging out. His/her neck juts out like a turkey.
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.
Tendinosis and Tendinitis: A Natural Approach to Two Challenging Conditions
Tendinosis and tendinitis are difficult-to-treat conditions. Patients may still suffer from pain, decreased range of motion, and weakness after many types of therapies.
Acupuncture for Alcohol Withdrawal
Whether a steady drinker or an alcoholic, symptoms of withdrawal can range from mild to serious, with the more serious symptoms including hallucinations, delusions, seizures, high blood pressure and fever.
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).
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?"
Translating Electrocardiogram Findings in TCM Pulse Description
In 1902, the first electrocardiograph device used a galvanometer made of string to measure the heart's electrical activity. Then, in the 1950s a 12-lead electrocardiogram became available to detect arrhythmias and heart diseases.
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.
Practitioner- and Profession-Centric: Q&A With New NCCAOM CEO Mina Larson
Some may feel the departure of longtime NCCAOM CEO Kory Ward-Cook ended an era, but the announcement of Mina M. Larson, MS, MBA, CAE, as the organization's new CEO ushers in a new one that bodes well for both the commission and the AOM profession overall.
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.
Tracking the Wind: Examining the Secret Life of the Cerebellum (Pt. 1)
As a follow-up to my last article on functional neuroanatomy and neurological examination techniques [July issue], I want to discuss the cerebellum.
Rejuvenation and Acupuncture: How to Achieve Success From the Inside Out
Let's talk about an industry that many of us are involved with – the market for esthetic, cosmetic and rejuvenative treatments. From the perspective of consciousness, this entire industry can really use a facelift!
Sulfa, Sulfite, Sulfate and Sulfur: True Allergy, Cross-Allergy or No Allergy?
Sulfa, sulfite, sulfate and sulfur are four terms that have similar sounds, but very different allergy profiles.
The Decision That Could Save a Patient's Life
Despite increasing public and professional awareness, national guidelines from multiple health care organizations, and an overall trend favoring nondrug therapies before medication, the numbing numbers still stand out: an estimated 130 deaths a day due to an opioid overdose.
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.
Combining TCM Wisdom and Low-Level Laser to Enhance Qi at the Cellular Level

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.
News in Brief
Acupuncture Valuable for Angina, Says Study; ASA: New Board Members, Member Associations.
Explore the Extraordinary: The Clinical Value of the Extraordinary Vessels
Acupuncture can seem like miracle work, especially when a patient comes to us with a painful condition which disappears immediately after one treatment.
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.
Google, Facebook Kill Access to Alternative Care Information
The blog post to which my attention was called was entitled, "When Big Brother Went High Tech." The news from energy medicine author Lynn McTaggert jerked attention of the integrative community to a story I'd long anticipated: Google's censors turned their attention to the still-wild political-economical-medical frontier of "alternative medicine."
Acupuncture Coverage in Medicare: It's Time to Clear Up the Confusion
No, that is erroneous, but the notion is based on information about Medicare looking to acupuncture as a potential covered treatment for chronic lower back pain.
Minimalist Acupuncture, With or Without Needles, in Palliative, Hospice & Grief Care
It is such an honor to walk the last few weeks of a life with patients and their families. A few needles, some tuning forks, compassionate attentiveness toward all of those in attendance can go a long way in easing the suffering of inhabiting and caring for a failing body.
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.
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.
Cellular Rejuvenation: The Science Linking Intermittent Fasting and Longevity
Fasting dates back to the earliest humans. At a time when food sources were scarce and irregular, eating cycled between periods of hunger and feasting.
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.
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What do patients perceive as most important?

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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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Bialosky and Colleagues have conducted and published results from several studies focused on understanding the mechanisms of spinal manipulation and other manual therapies.(1-5) In a recent article, these authors discuss a pertinent issue: the “placebo mechanisms of manual therapy.”(6) The authors suggest that known...
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Several treatments used by doctors of chiropractic and other health professionals are thought to generate beneficial physiological effects on intervertebral discs. Traction (or decompression) high-velocity low-amplitude (or thrust) spinal manipulation, and various forms of mobilization (or non-thrust manipulation) have been described as treatments that...
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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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Red Flag Challenges

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