David Razo

David Razo has practiced massage therapy and bodywork for over 10 years, specializing in myofascial pain and pain management. He works extensively with cancer patients and currently works with a medical doctor in private practice. His goals are to integrate acupuncture and Oriental medicine into his bodywork practice to maximize the care he gives to his patients, and to educate the public on the benefits of combining both practices.

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Previous Articles

A Gentle Approach to Dealing With the Anxious Patient
May 2008 (Vol. 09, Issue 05)
How to Treat Occipital Headaches
September 2007 (Vol. 08, Issue 09)
The Benefits of CranioSacral Therapy
August 2006 (Vol. 07, Issue 08)
Manual Therapies Complement TCM
February 2006 (Vol. 07, Issue 02)
Myofascial Palpation
August 2005 (Vol. 06, Issue 08)
A Lesson Learned the Hard Way: Caring for Patients Means Caring for Yourself
May 2005 (Vol. 06, Issue 05)
The Importance of Integration
November 2004 (Vol. 05, Issue 11)
Which Path?
May 2004 (Vol. 05, Issue 05)
Why Acupuncture? A Student's Perspective
November 2003 (Vol. 04, Issue 11)
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Health & Wellness / Lifestyle
Cultivating the Empowered Patient: Help Them Commit to Their Own Process
Cultivating the Empowered Patient: Help Them Commit to Their Own Process

The most important relationship I seek to nurture in the treatment room is the one a patient has with their own body. We live in a culture that teaches us to override pain, defer to outside authority, and push through discomfort. Patients often arrive hoping I can “fix” them, but the truth is, we can’t do the work for them. We can offer guidance, insight and support, but healing requires their full participation.

Aiden Jakob Seraphim, DACM, LAc
Senior Health
TCM’s Potential in Preventing and Treating Cognitive Decline
TCM’s Potential in Preventing and Treating Cognitive Decline

In the U.S alone, approximately one in nine adults (11.1%) report experiencing subjective cognitive decline. A comparable percentage will go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. As researchers and clinicians seek integrative solutions outside of conventional pharmacological approaches, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) emerges as a promising, multimodal strategy in the prevention and treatment of cognitive decline.

Regina Robles, LAc, DAOM
Chronic / Acute Conditions
Transformational Work With Anxiety (Pt. 1): Panic Attack
Transformational Work With Anxiety

When we are in the grips of an anxious pattern, it dominates our brain and nervous system, and we lose our normal body-mind regulation. In this and subsequent articles, I present effective mindfulness-based method* via case study, that we can add to our acupuncture treatments to help clients consciously stop the dysregulating cascade of events and bring “distressed parts” into coherent body-mind-spirit integration.

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Kamala Quale, MSOM, LAc