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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…

This is the OMAD simplification of “intermittent fasting”: fast for 23 hours; eat a meal of super-delicious food; and stop eating when the abdomen is comfortable. During those fasting hours, a person will have the opportunity of addressing concerns and needs covered over with food, but never solved. Eventually, he/she…

If you are not actively growing the personal-injury segment of your acupuncture practice, you are likely leaving money on the table. This might sound shocking, but personal injury (PI) can be among the best-paying segments for at least three reasons.

Recovery of GI function following bowel surgery can be complicated. Postoperative ileus – disruption in normal bowel motility – is a common and frustrating occurrence, affecting up to one in three patients after surgery.

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With 2022 coming to a close, let’s take a short walk through the past year – a year featuring tremendous achievements that position the acupuncture profession – and every acupuncture practitioner – for continued success in the new year and for years to come.

Laser therapy, also known as photobiomodulation (PBM), is a non-invasive modality that delivers red and infrared laser light to biological tissue with the goals of stimulating cellular processes and enhancing the activation of biochemical mechanisms. Let’s examine the contraindications for laser therapy.