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A Structural Challenge: Successfully Treating a Morton's Neuroma
Runners, triathletes, dancers, hikers, cyclists, almost all athletes, and even couch potatoes have shown up in my office looking for alternatives to surgery for neuromas. A Morton's neuroma occurs when the tissue in the foot (next to a nerve that leads to a toe) thickens and becomes fibrous.
Helping Your Clients Turn Back the Clock With Nutrition
The anti-aging market is booming because, well, who doesn't want to look young, healthy and vibrant for as long as possible? And while there are many anti-aging products and systems marketed to the public, few people realize the most effective way to slow down the visible passage of time is to give the body the nutrients it needs to be truly healthy.
Coffee: The Good, Bad & Ugly ... And Its Relevance to Your Treatments
Coffee is an integral part of American life. You see commercials with smiling people chatting over cups of coffee.
How the Human Body Responds to Stress
This new series of articles will suggest a different perspective for you to view clients presenting with stubbornly chronic somatic dysfunctions. It will also propose a novel answer to the question, "How does the human body respond to stress?"
Multiarticulate Muscles & Injury: Understanding the Mechanical Load
Muscles have a primary role in creating and limiting movement in the body. They are also the major focus of our work in massage therapy, with many injuries caused by improper loads on the muscular system.
Integrative Pain Management Takes a Huge Hit: AIPM Folds
The Academy of Integrative Pain Management (AIPM) – known until a few years ago as the American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM) – has announced it is ceasing operations despite 30 years as a leading voice for integrative pain management and partner in the Integrative Pain Care Policy Congress.
Dry Needling & Acupuncture Are the Same Procedure
A letter in response to the article "Dry Needling is not Acupuncture" by Steven Collins. This article, published in the March 2019 issue of Acupuncture Today takes the stance that due to the difference in philosophy behind applying Acupuncture and Dry Needling, they are therefore not the same procedure.
Trust the Trends, Or Trust Your Instincts?
Being a massage therapist is all about balance. There's the balance between your customers' needs and wants, the balance between what's good for clients and what's good for business, and the balance between overseeing current business and forecasting for the future.
The Benefits of Teaching Touch
This month the MTF took a look at a massage research review titled "The Effect of Massage Therapy on Children's Learning Process: A Review," written by Majid Emtiazy and Mahboobeh Abrishamkar. The article was published in the Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences.
Learn to Speak the Language of Personal Injury
For many providers, personal-injury cases and working within the med-legal arena can often be a confusing and frustrating endeavor. After all, for the majority, personal injury is a niche.
The "Other" White Crystal: There's More Than One Addiction in America
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is considered holistic medicine, this includes our knowledge base and ability to provide sound, and evidence based nutritional advice.
What It's Like to Be a Hospital-Based Massage Therapist
It was the early 1990s the first time I ever saw a massage therapist in a health care setting in my home state of Minnesota. I was working at a nursing home at the time, and I learned of a resident who would receive weekly massages (which I thought was great).
The Profession's "True" Opinion of Dry Needling
The opinions expressed by the author do not reflect the position of the acupuncture profession. Both the CCAOM, who develops academic and clinical guidelines and core curriculum requirements for master's level programs in acupuncture, and the NCCAOM who maintain evidence-based standards of competence and credentialing for acupuncturists agree that "dry needling is an acupuncture technique."
CranioSacral Therapy & The Rare Case of Vertigo
I had heard of folks getting dizzy and nauseous when experiencing vertigo, but I had never heard of Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) until my husband Joe was diagnosed with it.
The Short Leg Dilemma Revisited
I was told I have a short leg, is one of the most common statements made during my new patient consults. It seems almost universal. Heel lifts are sold over the counter at every pharmacy.
Beyond the Herb & the Needle
In my last column, I discussed a variation on the popular "Four Gates" acupuncture combination most commonly used for the common clinical expression Liver Depression Qi Stagnation.
A Shocking Change at the NCCAOM
Although it's still early in the year, the NCCAOM is already changing things up ... again, with a "CEO transition."
New Discoveries in Old Concepts: Re-examining the Chinese Medicine Theory (Part 1)
This article, divided into three parts, aims at disclosing the flaws in TCM theories, elucidating modifications made to correct conceptual drawbacks, and providing a firm basis for balanced theoretical structures and highly reproducible clinical applications.
A Postoperative Story: The Surgery Explained & Secrets to My Recovery
If working with a joint replacement patient, be sure you know the rehabilitation protocols of the particular appliance. If you don't, with permission, consult with the surgeon to learn them. Otherwise, stay away.
Spirit of the Points: The Heart Meridian
The early Chinese considered their emperor to be God's representative on earth. As such, the emperor manifested those traits that we would all want in a leader, a president or a chief executive: goodness, wisdom, fairness, truthfulness, unselfishness, love for all.
Top Social Media Do's & Don'ts
For years, health care practitioners have avoided embarking on the social media highway, primarily due to patient HIPAA privacy issues and the time needed to give the process due diligence.
Acupuncture for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Statistical data indicates that "Carpal tunnel syndrome is the most common peripheral nerve entrapment syndrome worldwide." About three percent of the adult population suffers from it.
Unifying State Associations
The year of the pig is underway—there are so many issues facing the profession that it's hard to know where to begin.
ASA Launches New National Meeting for the Profession: Dr. Len Wisneski—A Key Speaker at the Event
The American Society of Acupuncturists' first national meeting, "The State of our Union," will be held June 1-3, 2019 in Washington, D.C.

CBD & Chinese Medicine (Part 2)
Clinically I have observed improvement in a wide range of presentations and their associated symptoms. The typical dose of sublingual oil is .5 - 1ml of organic whole plant hemp CBD oil at a concentration of 50 mg/ml, one to two times per day.
Alligator Skin (Part 2): A Second Look at Business Contracts
I joined as the only female partner in an integrated medicine practice, shared with three other disciplines. Having developed a few scales (the first stages of alligator skin) and some good business sense, I started out with a one-year contract.
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