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Have you ever had one of those days when nothing went the way it should have? The patient with migraines got worse instead of better from a treatment similar to one you’ve effectively used on him before. Perhaps you inadvertently left a needle in that new, anxious, asthmatic patient, which…

From 1972 until 1976, John Ottaviano and I were treating dogs at five different veterinary clinics in the Los Angeles county area. Usually, we were at a clinic for seven to eight hours. During a typical day, we treated around 25 dogs at each clinic. Most of cases were musculoskeletal…

About 40 years ago, excessive dietary cholesterol was labeled a public health concern. Specifically, it was thought that there was a causal link between consumption of cholesterol-laden foods and increased risk of heart disease.1 As a result, for many years, one of the healthiest and most convenient food options suffered…

Aging is inevitable, but how you age is not. Common physical signs of aging include decreased muscle mass, decreased muscular power, increased body fat, and decreased aerobic (lung) capacity. Beginning in the fourth decade of life, adults lose 3-5 percent of muscle mass per decade; after age 50, the decline…

Many of us have come to embrace Qi Gong or Tai Chi practice as a regular part of our lives. Qi Gong has been a stabilizing factor in my life for the last twenty years. My desire is for children to experience the benefit of this amazing system all their…

Professional conferences offer unique opportunities to network, be exposed to cutting-edge innovators, share your interests and work, and be inspired. As avid national and international conference presenters, we would like to encourage other practitioners of acupuncture and Traditional Asian Medicine to attend and participate in conferences. We know that acupuncturists…

When talking about techniques to grow your business, we tend to focus on the “large” aspect of the patient base, that is, on strategies to attract new patients. However, it is important to remember that “loyal” is equally, if not more, important. Why is that? Acquiring a new patient can…

One of the most rewarding and challenging clinical scenarios is the treatment of athletes. While most consider the main focus of sports medicine to be the presentation and rehabilitation of injuries, I consider the cultivation of vitality and deep reserves of immune vitality to be main focus in my clinical…

Remember when you used to get real letters in the mail? Not the automated type, but the real deal, hand written with a personal message just because someone was thinking about you? You know what I’m talking about. The kind of letters you actually received in the mailbox, in the…

While teaching ethics classes, I often encounter licensed acupuncturists who are surprised that our use of herbs and supplements has a specific section in the material. It is often an aspect within ethics that clinicians don’t think of in practice. With that in mind, the focus of this article is…

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. – Henry David Thoreau In the quote above, Thoreau touches on one of the fundamental issues of being human — due to fear of pain, suffering, alienation, and lack of love, many people end up shutting down emotionally, spiritually, and even…

Patients seem to be presenting with more complex problems, and many are responding to care more slowly or have completely unexpected results. Why? The patient of today is much different than that of 10 years ago, much less 50 or 100 years ago, and our clinical approaches need to evolve…

The Chinese medical classics describe the energetic terrain of the body in much detail. The acupuncture channel systems, as presented in the Ling Shu illustrate the various expressions our qi energy can take. The channels also show us where various energetic imbalances can originate. The classical name given to the…

It is time for this profession to wake up and tell someone about the healing benefits of acupuncture. This is the time for Asian Medicine. Its popularity, growth and unusual acceptance is nothing short of amazing. The Affordable Healthcare Act has the focus of Function, Outcomes, Wellness, and Prevention. Acupuncture…

The American Society of Acupuncturists (ASA) is a 501(c)6 (pending), not-for-profit collaboration among state based, acupuncturist professional associations. The governance of the ASA involves a Board of Directors that sets strategy to policy developed by the Council of State Associations (CSA), which is now housed within the ASA. At the…