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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.
The Oligarchy Killing Access to Alternative & Integrative Care
The title of John Weeks' feature in his Sept. 4 The Integrator Blog is chilling: "Self-Interested Whims of the Oligarchs: Google and Facebook Kill Access to Alternative and Integrative Medicine."
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.
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.
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.
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.
Successful Treatment of a Facial Dermatolgic Lesion: A Case Study With a 10-Year Follow-up
In January of 2007, a 51-year old male began to notice the rapid growth of a facial dermatological lesion on the right side of his face.
What Can't It Do? Key Health & Wellness Benefits of Flax
Daily ingestion of ground flaxseed (a heaping tablespoon per day – 25 gm) has shown many impressive health benefits in human clinical trials.
Occupational Hazards? Why It's Important to Know About Your Patients' Work Environments
I am sure all those who practice in New York were touched by the recent death of 9/11 first responder, Luis Alvarez of NYPD, so soon after his and Jon Stewart's impassioned plea to the House Judiciary subcommittee to replenish the 9/11 victim compensation fund.
An Integrative Approach to Treating Fibromyalgia
When a patient presents with chronic pain, tiredness, tenderness in the joints, and typically associated depression and loss of sleep, a number of diagnoses come to the mind of the practitioner.
Rest Assured: With Support, the Body Can Detox Itself
It is a common compensation tactic when overburdened with life to give in to convenience foods, forgo physical activity, and not get enough rest.
The Global Balance Foundation Visits Thiotte, Haiti
Twelve Balance Method acupuncturists from seven different countries travelled to Haiti in February 2019, forming part of the Global Balance Foundation's (GBF) second official humanitarian mission trip to this country.
Cosmetic Facial Acupuncture—More Than Skin Deep: An Interview With Shellie Goldstein
Shellie Goldstein has been known for saying, "When you look good, you feel good, and when you feel good, you look good."
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).
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.
Providing Mulitple Sets of Acupuncture in a Single Visit
Per the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code book, there is no indications for limits to the number of sets or units of acupuncture that may be applied.
The Power of Shared Vision
Two major national organizations that support the advancement of the Acupuncture and East-Asian Medicine (Ac/EAM) professions are the National Certification Commission of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, (NCCAOM) and the Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health, (ACIH).
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.
Personalized Medicine Using Synergistic Dui Yao Blends
Reductionist methods in the manufacturing and testing of single substance herbal medicines can illustrate chemical pathway clues and mechanisms of action.
We Are the World: Cooling the Diaphragm to Create a More Peaceful Environment
Like many of us I feel concerned and moved by the current state of the world. As an acupuncturist I've been asking myself what is the dominant pathological state of our country, our epoch?
The Five-Element Course of Symptom Transmission (CST)
The CST is an overlooked and rarely discussed TCM subject. The Five-Element sequence discloses information for the diagnosis and prediction of symptom transmission of neck injuries when examined using an anatomical and meridian map of the neck area.
Clinical Pearls for Healing Persistent Lyme Disease & Multiple Chronic Infection Symptoms (Part 1)
Can you imagine the suspense of a blindfolded knife thrower throwing knives at a real person? On America's Got Talent in 2016, a husband and wife did exactly that.
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?"
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.
Medicare Makes a Pitch for Acupuncture
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have taken notice of acupuncture's relevance in pain management.
Acupuncture for Alcohol Withdrawal: Promising Findings
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.
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