Guest guest Posted November 5, 1999 Report Share Posted November 5, 1999 Aloha, Regarding the question a few days ago about pain syndromes and injuries, it seems to me, that any variety of approaches will and do work. This is of course governed by our training and our intention in the practice of Acupuncture. As an energetic, wholistic system being practiced in a western culture that is driven by the symptomatic relief and " fix me " consciousness, it is a fine line to walk. I am a student of Dr. Worsley's Five Element approach which addresses the energetic of the patient as a primary consideration. This has caused me many a dilemma regarding pain and symptom resolution issues in my practice. After 11 years as an Acupuncturist and a Massage Therapist I have tried and been successful and unsuccessful with many different approaches. What always works for me, is to go back to my back training....Acupuncture is an ENERGETIC system that's true success comes with RE-BALANCING the patient's energies. When that truly occurs on a Body Mind Spirt level pain and symptoms are often relieved very quickly. So if I treat a frozen shoulder or knee pain, the person's energy...how ever you see it...Metal type, Deficient Lung Yin...Earth type, Excess Damp etc. should be kept in mind in our selection of points. It forces me to be present to the patient and keeps me away from a " cookbook " approach. This has just proved to be so valuable, as I have seen patients treated for an injury only to have a chronic condition worsen, because they had been thrown out of balance on a deeper, systemic level. Don't FORGET the tools of Traditional Oriental Diagnosis. My observation has been that most accomplished practitioners, although it seems that they have some fancy techniques are mindful of the patient's imbalance. So treating the symptom locally AND the underlying imbalance or cause has allowed me the most success with my patients. Thank you for your listening. Janine in Hawai'i acupuncture [acupuncture ] Monday, November 01, 1999 1:46 AM acupuncture acupuncture Digest Number 96 There are 2 messages in this issue. Topics in today's digest: 1. Re: Digest Number 95 DocArtemis 2. Re: Digest Number 95 RonnaSW __________________________ ___ __________________________ ___ Message: 1 Sun, 31 Oct 1999 14:13:45 EST DocArtemis Re: Digest Number 95 I'm curious to know what experience people have had in treating injuries and pain syndromes. I've taken one of Richard Tan's seminars and though I find him to be very inspirational I wonder about the efficacy of the work. My own teachers from China would often use channel therapy and say treat a frozen shoulder with needles along the Large Intestine meridian. One of my teachers in California spoke of the French system that is layed out in the large book on rheumatology. I find this textbook to be unreadable, yet I know that the info is good. There are also those acupuncturists, like Ted Prieve in Palos Verdes who works exclusively from a myofascial approach. I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who has played with these and other models in working with trauma, pain and sports injuries. Hey - Doug.. () Greeting from the Pacific Northwest (Liz Bernstein) __________________________ ___ __________________________ ___ Message: 2 Sun, 31 Oct 1999 17:33:20 EST RonnaSW Re: Digest Number 95 Hi, I'm new to the list. Does anyone have any information about the effect of acupuncture treatments on infertility? Thanks. Ronna __________________________ ___ __________________________ ___ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 1999 Report Share Posted November 6, 1999 acupuncture is effective in some cases for infertility, what is it that you would like to know. Murray. acupuncture <acupuncture > acupuncture <acupuncture > Monday, November 01, 1999 9:43 PM acupuncture Digest Number 96 > >> >There are 2 messages in this issue. > >Topics in today's digest: > > 1. Re: Digest Number 95 > DocArtemis > 2. Re: Digest Number 95 > RonnaSW > > >_________________________ ____ >_________________________ ____ > >Message: 1 > Sun, 31 Oct 1999 14:13:45 EST > DocArtemis >Re: Digest Number 95 > >I'm curious to know what experience people have had in treating injuries and >pain syndromes. > >I've taken one of Richard Tan's seminars and though I find him to be very >inspirational I wonder about the efficacy of the work. My own teachers from >China would often use channel therapy and say treat a frozen shoulder with >needles along the Large Intestine meridian. One of my teachers in California >spoke of the French system that is layed out in the large book on >rheumatology. I find this textbook to be unreadable, yet I know that the >info is good. There are also those acupuncturists, like Ted Prieve in Palos >Verdes who works exclusively from a myofascial approach. > >I'm wondering if there is anyone out there who has played with these and >other models in working with trauma, pain and sports injuries. > >Hey - Doug.. () Greeting from the Pacific Northwest (Liz Bernstein) > > >_________________________ ____ >_________________________ ____ > >Message: 2 > Sun, 31 Oct 1999 17:33:20 EST > RonnaSW >Re: Digest Number 95 > >Hi, > >I'm new to the list. Does anyone have any information about the effect of >acupuncture treatments on infertility? Thanks. > >Ronna > > >_________________________ ____ >_________________________ ____ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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