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I’ve had the pleasure of working with Susan Luria, Director of University Hospitals Health Systems Connor Integrative Health Network (CIHN) for the past year on the Integrative Health Policy Consortium (IHPC) Board of Directors and Federal Policy Committee. For the past four years Susan has been developing a business plan,…

There has been little optimism for recovery from a spinal cord injury because the central nervous system does not repair itself well. The severity of the injury depends on the affected area. Loss of impulse conduction disrupts an individual’s ability to move limbs, stand and walk. Injury also results in…

Purchasing medical liability insurance is quick, easy and not terribly expensive. The benefits are clearly listed on a certificate—but do you really know what you are getting with that peace of mind?

Dr. Faria was formerly a health care executive for over 30 years, the last 17 of those years as vice president and chief operating officer of Seton Southwest Hospital in Austin. She chairs the board of Austin Mayor’s Health and Fitness Council. She is also an adjunct professor at Texas…

As Year of the Dog (2018) comes to a close we can look back and see the progress this profession has made. For example, the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) added traditional medicine codes, which were released in June. This is a huge accomplishment that will help traditional medicine continue…

You don’t need an acupuncture website anymore! Okay, maybe that statement is a little over the top. But it’s not that far from the truth. A recent study on Google searches revealed that 34 percent of all searches resulted in no clicks at all. That means the person found what…

A longstanding patient of mine came in for a routine treatment after she recently began seeing a chiropractor for neck pain. She saw him a couple of times and wasn’t getting the relief she had hoped for, so he recommended she let him do dry needling. She told me it…

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The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is seeking researchers for a new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)—a Randomized Control Trial (RCT), which will evaluate the impact of, and strategies to best implement acupuncture treatment of older adults (65 years and older) with chronic low back pain (CLBP).

In November, 2014, Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) was hosting a training seminar on Oahu. A couple of us from the big island (aka “Hawaii” County) contacted AWB because the big island was in the middle of a crisis. The Pu’u'o’o crater (of the Kilauea Volcano) was flowing and threatening the…

For the past 35 years, Oregon College of Oriental Medicine (OCOM) has made an impact globally through its graduates (over 1,300 in the MAcOM program and over 120 in the DAOM program) and locally through its clinics. OCOM operates teaching clinics in the Old Town Chinatown and Hollywood neighborhoods in…

The Husband/Wife Imbalance (AKA “H/W”), like Aggressive Energy – discussed in my July (2018) column, is an energetic block that will result in death, unless cleared, as its presence indicates that nature has given up the fight against the internal or external pathogenic factors that have assaulted the body/mind/spirit of…

Do you ever dread getting asked the question, do you accept insurance—when you only accept cash, or when you are out-of-network? As part of my daily practice, mentoring acupuncturists to grow their practices faster and more effectively, I talk to a lot of practitioners. This helps me keep a pulse…

Welcome to my new column for Acupuncture Today , which will focus exclusively on the theoretical discussion and clinical application of acupuncture theory and acupuncture points. One of the most common questions I encounter from novice to experienced practitioners is “how do I choose the correct acupuncture point?”. I hope…

When patients tell us they are pregnant, many times we focus on the obvious pregnancy signs and symptoms related to their current trimester of pregnancy, and the biomechanical impact on the spine and pelvis. We do this for good reason: The prevalence of low back and pelvic pain in pregnancy…

The Ling Shu is a Han Dynasty classic book on the practice of Chinese medicine. It presents five main channel systems: Muscle Channels, Chapter 13; Luo Collaterals, Chapter 10 and others; The Main Channels, Chapter 10 and many more; Separate Channels (Divergent Channels) Chapter 11; and the Eight Extraordinary Channels,…