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This article is meant to share our experience with developing, designing and working through the logistical issues of a telemedicine consultation. Our goal is to help practitioners learn a different way to help their patients during these challenging and ever-changing times of COVID-19.

“Can you believe everyone is out of Yu Ping Feng San? What am I supposed to give people?” a colleague of mine exclaimed over a Zoom call, a platform I’ve gotten all too familiar with the past few weeks. I thoughtfully took a pause, wondering if my first instinct was…

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, I realized I had to come up with a safe way to offer treatments to our patients and local residents. As an acupuncturist, I knew I had the tools to treat the mental health crisis in our community and that it was terribly needed,…

On March 11, 2019, my life changed. My son Rowan was born. Now he is a very healthy, handsome, pretty big baby and I love him so much. When he was born, I took two weeks off from treating patients in order to spend time with my wife, Megan, and…

One word has been plastered across the headlines for more than a month now: coronavirus. With each day that passes, it becomes more and more difficult to join a conversation that does not include a discussion on the latest 21st century pandemic. The worrisome tone found in almost every continent…

It’s a depressing fact, but shortly after age 50, you begin to lose nearly 2 percent of your muscle fibers each year. Figure 1 is a graph of the average number of quadriceps muscle fibers present in adults ages 18 to 82.1 Looking at the center of the graph, you…

With so much news media reporting hourly about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), it is important for all of us to be fully informed with accurate information. Verifying sources of information is equally important. The CDC (Centers for Disease Control) is the best direct resource for global and nationwide updates…

Many people associate the parietal lobe solely with the area of the brain that contains a sensory map of the body. However, it is much more complex in both structure and function. Let’s explore both the anatomical structure and function, as well as their relevance in clinical practice.

Opioid misuse is a worldwide problem, affecting an estimated 15 million people per year. In order to combat this issue, biomedicine is turning to more natural medical approaches in search of safe and effective pain treatment strategies.

Aaaaah, that smells like home, sighed my Croatian buddy, Dee C., when I applied the anti-inflammatory, nonsteroidal gel to her back after I had selected basic acudots and qi moves to help ease her sport-related torso twist. Popular in Europe, this particular anti-inflammatory is actually a Swiss product I tote…

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world; it has a prevalence rate of 1 percent of adults over the age of 601 and 2 percent of adults ages 70 or older. These numbers will grow larger as the aging population increases. It is the…

In the spring of 2013, I posed this question to myself: Could acupuncture help eliminate cellulite? I wondered, could traditional Chinese medicine, a practice that is over 4,000 years old, address a modern-day cosmetic issue? There are nonsurgical treatments women are eager to try to reduce cellulite, but could TCM…

Topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) is a skin condition that emerges when some patients use an undetermined quantity of topical steroids, leading to either decreasingly effective treatments or the need for increasingly stronger dosages. Once the patient stops using steroids, the skin erupts into extreme erythema, known as red skin syndrome…

As we move out of the hibernation of winter and into the warmer days of spring, it is extremely important for clinicians to examine the concepts of qi stagnation and blood stasis. Depending upon climate and location, patients will tend to live more sedentary lives during the winter season. This…

A few years ago, a new patient sat across from me. She was visibly nervous, sweat dripping down her temples, her hands fidgety. She adjusted her body in the chair in a way I’ve come to associate with SI joint pain. This patient’s chief complaint was severe knee pain that…

The simple answer is yes for chronic low back pain, but when furnished by a licensed acupuncture provider, it must be under the adequate supervision of a physician, a physician assistant or a nurse practitioner. Acupuncture professionals have status as auxiliary personnel, which requires that the acupuncture provider be working…

I believe every person experiencing the current crisis (as well as the crises that have come before and those that will likely come in the future) was deliberately born “for such a time as this.” I also believe each of us is accountable for what we do and how we…

The Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine has finalized a program naming policy recognizing & accrediting only these entry-level and advanced-practice doctoral programs as of Jan. 1, 2022.

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