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VOLUME 38, NUMBER 11
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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?"
Acupuncture Can Help Reduce High Cholesterol
More than 30 million Americans have high cholesterol (hyperlipidemia), a proven risk factor for heart attack or stroke. Despite the availability of non-drug interventions, medication is too often the first option.
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.
Acupuncture: A Great Choice Prior to Surgery
Medication, including opioids, is commonly prescribed following surgery; and many veterans deal with chronic pain with opioids, independent of surgery.
Cancer Survivors Need Acupuncture to Fight Their Next Battle
Musculoskeletal pain is common among cancer survivors and has the tendency to become chronic, particularly because acute pain is ignored or inadequately treated in favor of cancer care.
Dry Heels: It Could Be a Reflection of Something More Insidious
The average person thinks they just need to slather on more moisturizer. Unfortunately, the root of the problem is most likely internal, not external.
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.
Combating All the "isms" in Asian Medicine, Pt. 1: Racism
Many folks in Asian medicine assume all the "isms" – racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia and body shaming – do not exist within our world. What an illusion!
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.
Cycles of Change: Understanding the Process of Transformation
Cycles of change are inevitable: death, rebirth, a constant evolution of physicality and energies across every level of existence; we experience small deaths and rebirth daily and throughout our lives from the daily waking and sleeping cycle to the birth and death of our physical form.
5 Marketing Tips to Build Your Practice
You may think your sole purpose in life is to treat your patients. After all, that's why you went to acupuncture school, right?
Restoring Adrenal Health & Overall Vitality During Challenging Times
This is an exhausting time for many people for many reasons, patients and practitioners alike. Unfortunately, it is the difficult times that make overall health and wellness more important than ever.
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).
Coming Home to a New War: Veterans With PTSD Need Your Help
Do you treat veterans? According to the Veterans Administration (VA), as many as one in five military service members who served in war suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
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.
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.
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.
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.
You're Ready to Share Your Medicine With the World – But How Should You Say It?
Reach. Inspire. Inform. These three words resonated with me as I sat down to write. These words are a good match for acupuncturists.
It's Time to Outsource Your Herbal Pharmacy
Due to the global pandemic, acupuncture clinics are facing a new set of challenges. Practitioners are spending more time sanitizing and ensuring their offices are set up for social distancing; and are often forced to see fewer patients because of having to dedicate their time to other efforts.
Going With the Flow: Sea of Blood
Avoiding stagnation is a vital concept to convey to patients during the winter months. This idea of stagnation applies to both physical movement and mental stimulation, and the numerous ways the two cross-pollinate.
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.
Acupuncturists in Medicare: Strategy for Success
In July, the American Society of Acupuncturists (ASA) Council voted to formally pursue inclusion in Medicare as practitioners. Medicare is the United States' national health insurance program that provides health insurance to Americans ages 65 and older.
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.
Neuroimmunology and Herbal Medicine: Connecting the Dots
Neurodevelopmental disorders, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration have a commonality, something that will clearly take center stage in the years to come.
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