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Treat Your Piriformis and Sciatic Pain Naturally
So, you go for a walk and your sciatic pain flares up. You sit for a long period and your sciatic pain flares up. You lay in bed a few minutes and your sciatic pain flares up. What gives? Chances are that your sciatic pain is caused by a deep hip rotator muscle...
read moreThe Sciaticare Ball – PRODUCT
At first glance, the Sciaticare Ball looks more like a dog toy than a bona fide massage therapy tool. It’s a textured rubber ball connected to a two foot length of rope and a wooden handle. But, don't let the looks fool you. With the proper direction, this "toy" can...
read moreConstant Pain Between the Shoulder Blades. So, Why Treat the Chest?
"I hold most of my stress between my shoulder blades." Or I'll hear "The pain is pretty constant and it never seems to go away, even after deep tissue massage." The story of pain between the shoulder blades is fairly common. In fact, after sciatic pain and lumbar...
read moreBig Toe Pain…And Gout is NOT the Diagnosis.
The big toe (hallux) is vital to ensuring humans continue to walk upright. The strongest of all of the toes, it is also the largest one on each foot. Needless to say, the halluces are probably the most important toes of all. Problems that can occur with each hallux...
read moreWake Up People!!! How to Wake Up Less Stressed and Start Your Day Balanced
I'm pretty sure that everyone reading this article woke up this morning. Some of you woke up to the sounds of baby crying. (Ok, that was how I woke up today.) Others woke up to a buzzing alarm clock or music. The rest of you may have awoken by the sunlight peering...
read moreMy 5 Best Self-Massage Therapy Tools
There are a vast amount of massage tools on the market. Some are motorized. Others have knobs and levers that bend and massage every sore spot on your body. There is something for every body type. The massage care industry has so many choices that it can be...
read morePregnant and in Pain? The Sciaticare Ball Can Help!
For many women, pregnancy comes with a list of aches and pains. As a woman’s body prepares itself to carry a baby, her bones and ligaments adapt to support the additional weight. This changing of body position is necessary, and at times, it can also lead to an...
read moreThe Yoga Transcendental Pose – Tanoti Asana
Yoga has really taken off in America and has become a huge industry in itself. It is a mainstream exercise yet still maintains a little bit of a cult attitude. There are those that practice yoga just for the physical exercise it provides and those that make a...
read moreInterested in Improving Your Balance? Treat the Suboccipital Muscles.
There are two groups that I think are more interested in balancing on two feet than anyone else. Athletes and the elderly. The athlete is on one end of the spectrum, trying to push the limits of physical activity and improve center of gravity. The other end of the...
read moreAcupuncture and Treatment of Pain
Acupuncture has its roots in the vast, rich and exotic ancient China. It is part of an entire medical system of care called traditional Chinese medicine, or TCM. Although acupuncture has been in use for thousands of years in the far East, it is relatively unknown in...
read moreCervicogenic Headaches and Migraines
What does the word cervicogenic mean? It means 'something that is derived from the cervical region' and in this case cervical means neck. A cervicogenic headache or migraine (CGHM) is one where the source of the pain is thought to be in the neck, but the major pain...
read moreTrigger Points for Headache Relief – Splenius Capitis & Splenius Cervicis
The splenius muscles are muscles that make up part of the muscle group of the posterior portion of the neck. Splenius capitis connects your cervical and upper thoracic vertebrae to the base of the head. Splenius cervicis connects your upper thoracic vertebrae to...
read moreMassage Therapy as a Medical Treatment Option? It Should Be.
Many of us who have studied massage therapy know that massage comes in many forms and styles. We also understand that the different types of massage can treat everything from mental/emotional conditions to physical ailments. We respect how the various massage...
read moreBeing Pushed Around the American Healthcare System
I've recently decided to look into accepting insurance patients at my office. The reason behind doing so was not due to financial gain, as you will soon find out. My main reason for signing up with an insurance company as a provider was to be able to share...
read moreFertility – Nurturing the Soil for Planting the Seed
Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive a child from unprotected, well-timed intercourse over the course of a year. Given that definition, there are many people who try for only a few months before they decree themselves barren and seek outside help from...
read moreA Bash on Soft Drinks
I'll be the first to tell you that I love Mountain Dew. No, not the diet version, or the Mountain Blast version, or any other version other than the original. Give me the glow-in-the-dark green libation along with the mythical stories of causing testicular shrinkage...
read moreChoosing a Massage Therapist Wisely
Massage therapy is in what I would consider, a revival stage. Although its therapeutic value is undeniable, the general public is again realizing the value of massage as a potent, natural medicine. Massage had previously been associated with luxury and used by those...
read moreLabor Massage and Acupressure For Pain Relief
Labor is a human experience that spans a multitude of emotional states. Women will feel joy, pain, happiness, sadness, anger, love, fear, apprehension, courage, bravery, and a host of other feelings that will come and go in preparation for bringing new life into the...
read moreCA – California Pushing for Acupuncture to be Covered By Insurance
AB72. Some of us acupuncturists treat patients on a cash only basis. Others accept insurance. Regardless, we all know that only certain insurance companies cover for acupuncture. These insurance companies control the way medicine is used in the U.S. Now, there is...
read moreWhen Life is Giving You Labor, Drink Laborade! Naturally!
Labor is like a marathon, not a sprint. Or so I'm told. Since I've got a Y chromosome, I won't have to personally go through this amazing event. I will soon see all of the action as a support person and spectator. All of the women that have gone through this rite of...
read moreWhy Massage Therapy Should Come First For Pain
Massage Therapy has been around for thousands of years. Every culture in the world has some form of massage, or bodywork, as a healing therapy. Today, massage therapy has become somewhat of a lost therapeutic art as new technology advances medicine with...
read moreHospitals are Incorporating Complementary & Alternative Medicine
Hospitals have long been seen as the purveyor of the latest and greatest that technology and medical advances have to offer. Cutting edge procedures that move medicine forward. The equipment used in these hospitals can dissect the structure of the human body down to...
read moreWikipedia Proves Acupuncture is Mere Smoke and Mirrors!
I've recently become aware of the *ahem* un-biased opinion of acupuncture according to Wikipedia. It seems as though the writer has exercised some leniency with his/her objective "findings". Since I'm an acupuncturist, you can assume that I am a non-biased party. ...
read moreDry Mouth, Dry Eyes, Ugh! Could Acupuncture Provide Relief? Yes!
I've recently been introduced to what I will call a xero-xero patient. This is a patient that suffers from xerostomia, or dryness of the mouth and xeropthalmia, or dryness of the eyes. Sometimes diagnosed as Sjogren's syndrome, the disease is a hypofunction of the...
read moreSomeone’s Stirring the Pot of Medical Research…And Look What They’re Finding!
Medical research and the clinical studies that form the basis of what we believe is "valid medicine" is being scrutinized. Many of these studies are flawed in some way. But, most of the public hears the good news first, never to hear the bad news later. Heralded as...
read moreNFL Players Using Chinese Herbs for Performance Enhancement
NFL players are looking for an edge in performance. Always. It's in their blood. Well, it's at least in their paychecks. They get paid to play, and play well. Some of them will go to extremes to get an edge on the competition. Apparently, some professional...
read moreHow to Ice an Injury Properly
So, you've injured yourself. I mean, you didn't break any bones and it's most likely a strain, sprain, or pull. Doctor tells you to follow the RICE method and if there's still a lot of swelling and pain after a week to come back for x-ray. Or the doctor sends you to...
read moreSpring is Coming, Allergies are Coming, Relief is Coming!
Springtime is a great time to see the plants budding, flowers opening, life returning to mother earth after the dormant season. Along with springtime beauty, some may experience the springtime beast, allergies. Allergic rhinitis, or hay fever, can be brutal this...
read moreAcupuncture Shown to Stimulate Brain Activity – May Treat Depression Drug-Free
Below is a link to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper about acupuncture and it's effects on the brain. For those that suffer from depression, acupuncture can affect the "mood regulation" part of the cerebrum....
read moreA Personal Story – Wrist Pain to No Pain, a 5 Year Journey
This is a story of my own wrists and the pain that I had been suffering for the past 5 years. I began my life's journey of learning and understanding natural medicine about 8 year ago. I enrolled in a massage therapy program at a local college to begin to understand...
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