Tag Archives: Pain management
Movement is Life
Movement is life! While I have long subscribed to this belief personally, it wasn’t until I began practicing Chinese Medicine that I began to value the idea as truth. When I was a child, I helped my Dad fix the car on the weekends. I’m not sure how much help I was, but I enjoyed […]
Pain Management with Chinese Herbal Medicine
Luckily the FDA, CDC, and many primary care physicians are recognizing the benefit of referring patients for acupuncture to treat acute and chronic pain. Since the discussion began in earnest in 2015 to reassess our current conventional practices in treating pain in the United States, acupuncture, mindfulness based meditation practices, chiropractic care, and specific movement […]
Chinese Herbal Medicine 101 For Patients
I’m often asked about the safety, efficacy, and benefit of using Chinese herbal medicine. Chinese herbal medicine maintains a historical longevity beyond most practices of herbal medicine. Chinese herbalism is older than the practice of acupuncture–over 2000 years. It is also one of the few herbal practices that did not receive persecution until the Cultural Revolution […]
Reflections on Nepal
This is the first article in a short series reflecting upon my clinical experience with the Acupuncture Relief Project in Nepal. When you treat a high volume of patients five and a half days a week, the poignant stories start to stack up. Writing weekly does not begin to overcome the stack. I am home […]
A Case of Ankylosing Spondylitis- Nerd Geeks Unite in Nepal!
In the treatment room, I am greeted with a slender, smiling face. Eager and animated, he doesn’t wait for my introduction, he dives right into perfect English. I admit, I am excited to have a break from the time-lag of interpretation. My interpreter looks momentarily shocked. My patient is a twenty-five year old pre-med student […]
Stick Out Your Tongue 