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Simultaneous stimulation of dual acupoints (SSDA) is a combination of a variety of needling methods per my personal clinical preference. The key point is “simultaneous.” Stimulations can be with or without needles.

Question: Can an insurer recoup payments from previously paid claims? I have heard a lot of conflicting information and also wonder about any statute of limitations.

I’ve given a great deal of consideration as to how we can increase public relations and the reputation of traditional medicine here in the United States this year. I’ve decided to focus on what you can relate to most: enhancing the success of your clinic.

Unfortunately, “long COVID” or “long haulers” are already or may soon become part of your practice, but understanding how to support patients on a mitochondrial level will go a long way toward improving outcomes for this stubborn condition.

A new analysis published in the open-access research journal BMJ Open suggests acupuncture is an effective method for reducing pregnancy-related back and pelvic pain and other variables. Findings follow a PubMed, EMBASE databases, Web of Science and Cochrane Library search of randomized, controlled trials.

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Before I became a fellow of the Acupuncture and TCM Board of Reproductive Medicine (ABORM), I was a member of the American Society of Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), and an integrative medicine collaborator at a large IVF center with four reproductive endocrinologists. My integrative infertility practice is mostly informed through continuing…

Being invited to be a health staff member at Concordia Language Villages, one of the biggest language summer camps, was an exciting career experience. However, a happy summer holiday quickly became a challenging adventure when the epidemic showed up.

Pulsing red light in the 5-10 Hz range can trigger epileptic seizures.16 Many laser therapy devices deliver pulsing visible light, so laser should be used with extreme caution in epileptics.

The water element is often thought of as the beginning and end of all cycles, as it signifies death and rebirth; the coming and going of all things and all experiences. The emotion of water is fear, and as we see when looking at the different cycles of elements –…

A 2022 systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized, controlled trials of various interventions with and without surgery for non-fracture musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions in adults evaluated the potential benefits and harms. One hundred randomized, controlled trials involving a total of 12,645 patients were selected, representing 28 different conditions at nine body…

Ever since seeing my first martial arts movies as a kid, I’ve always been fascinated by them. As an architecture student at the University of Arizona in the ‘80s, I finally got to experience martial arts classes. What started off as a physical and self-defense pursuit slowly evolved and the…

Water is associated with the season of winter – the coldest and darkest of the seasons. Cold and darkness preserve and store. Life at the surface of the Earth seems to have disappeared, but winter’s power is latent and potent. It gives us endurance, flexibility and cleansing. It is a…

In some cases of herpes zoster, after all visible signs of the rash and vesicles have resolved, patients may experience phantom pain (postherpetic neuralgia). Western medicine treatment includes administration of drugs such as tricyclic antidepressants, anticonvulsants, morphine, and intrathecal glucocorticoid injections. If these approaches are not effective, then more invasive…

Hypertension is frequently encountered in the acupuncture clinic and most typically is treated via the conceptual frameworks of heat (excess and deficiency), wind, and qi stagnation / blood stasis. While clinicians must always take into account the unique patterns patients present with, in almost all cases of hypertension, the above-mentioned…