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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.
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).
Acupuncture for Post-COVID Syndrome: A Case Report
Post-COVID syndrome, often referred to as "long COVID," encompasses a constellation of potential symptoms experienced by patients four weeks or longer following infection with SARS COV-2.
Master the Art of Storytelling: How to Articulate Why You Do What You Do
Ever been asked, "Why did you decide to become an acupuncturist?" or how about "What made you decide to open a private practice?"
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.
Asian Acupuncture Community Supports H.R. 4803
Millions of Americans suffer from different kinds of pain. Pain management is a big part of American medicinal practices.
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.
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.
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.
Spirits of the Points: Large Intestine Official
The large intestine official (aka colon) is the great eliminator. Professor J.R. Worsley called it the "drainer of the dregs."
Wearable Sensors: Accuracy and Clinical Applications to Your Practice
Wearable multisensory devices (e.g., Oura Ring, smartwatches, activity trackers, Garmin) measure a broad range of physiologic processes in real time and are increasingly popular.
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?"
Strategic Workforce Development: The Key to Our Professional Survival
In a recent discussion with Mina Larson, CEO of the NCCAOM, we discussed a number of issues that are challenging the acupuncture and herbal medicine (AHM) profession: from technique appropriation (LMTs performing cupping, DCs offering "Graston," PTs adding "dry needling") to dwindling enrollment in acupuncture schools nationwide. Every profession has a clearly defined "pipeline" of new professionals in their career field ... except us.
Children and Gun Trauma
Why am I addressing Uvalde in my Asian bodywork therapy column? The school shooting occurred just 150 miles from us in Austin, evoking past tragedies of Parkland and Sandy Hook.
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.
Vagus Nerve Therapy and Acupuncture for COVID Long-Haul

Is Microneedling Part of Chinese Medicine?
Microneedling has become very popular in our profession as a form of treating skin-level concerns. As an educator of facial and cosmetic acupuncture, I am frequently asked how it fits within our scope of practice.
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.
Has Your State Eliminated the HIPAA Compliance "Loophole"?
Acupuncturists should identify which state and federal laws apply to creating, receiving, managing, and destroying all written and electronic protected health information (PHI and ePHI).
3 Tips When Opening an Integrative Clinic
The average patient is becoming increasingly savvy and educated about their own care. More and more people are looking for a one-stop shop where they can have multiple needs addressed by care providers working together to treat sometimes-complex health conditions.
Working With Grief (Pt. 1): Creating Space
Grief is a delicate state whereby the heart gets laid open. Feelings of loss, despair, shock and anger interplay with gratitude, tenderness, vulnerability, and love.
Two for One With Electroacupuncture
According to the Sleep Foundation, insomnia is the most common sleep issue in adult depressed patients, affecting an estimated 75 percent.
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.
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 Right Way to Fight Pain
For anyone dealing with acute pain, the temptation to find quick answers is understandable. And with one-third of adults suffering needlessly, pain – and the attempts to relieve it – is likely part of everyday life for the patients who rely on your practice.
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.
My Three Favorite Summer Formulas
Summer is a busy season for many patients: holiday trips, outdoor parties and less-structured daily routines.
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Placebo as an ally

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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 placebo mechanisms should be considered an important part of the...
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