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Once you have used AcuGraph for a while, your graph analyzing skills become quite refined. Graphs begin to come alive and tell you a story of what is happening within your patient. Often, you begin to form a hypothesis before the patient even reveals their chief complaint. Who wants to... Read more
A few weeks ago, I was visiting my daughter in Washington, DC. One of our goals for the trip was to do a little shopping–specifically to find a new spring purse! Unless you are a woman, you just don’t know how many details you need to think about when trying... Read more
Are your ears burning? If not, then they SHOULD be! We were talking about you this morning in our Monday morning planning meeting. This morning’s topic of conversation focused a lot on auricular acupuncture. We are busily preparing for the long-waited re-release of the Stimplus Pro acupoint stimulator, which just... Read more
I recently received an email from a practitioner asking some really important questions about AcuGraph. I thought many of you would benefit from hearing the answer too–so I’ll address it in today’s blog. Hi Kimberly, I have been in deep thought the past couple of weeks on how to really... Read more
This is the last part of the ‘chronic dehydration series’. Click the links below if you want to read the previous parts. New Year’s Resolutions…They can be Hard to Swallow! Part 1 Effects of Dehydration…Water and Health Part 2 It’s been seven weeks since I began researching and writing this... Read more
This is the second part of the ‘chronic dehydration series’. Click the links below if you want to skip to the next part or read the previous. New Year’s Resolutions…They can be Hard to Swallow! Part 1 Beating Dehydration – Water and Health: Part 3 The “Chronic Dehydration” blog was... Read more
This is the first part of the ‘chronic dehydration series’. Click the links below if you want to skip to the next parts. Effects of Dehydration…Water and Health Part 2 Beating Dehydration – Water and Health: Part 3 Do you have patients who suffer from these symptoms? If so, then... Read more
Are you a planner/organizer? I’ve learned how to be “that girl” over the years out of pure necessity. Having 9 kids FORCED me to learn organization skills. Consequently, I am a list maker. I’ve even been known to file my holiday lists away on my computer so that I can... Read more
So, I have an interesting case study to share. Let me first pose this question: Will the graph change if a person is bitten by a Hobo Spider? Yes–the graph will ABSOLUTELY change because of a venomous spider bite, and by all means it should! Not only did the graph... Read more
Here are some questions that I get from practitioners on a regular basis: Is there a best sequence for treating pain? Do you graph EVERY patient? Do you graph patients who are just coming in for back pain? What if they just have shoulder pain, do you graph them? How... Read more
In my last blog, I told you about a woman who came in complaining of excruciating pain after having surgery to remove anal fissures. If you missed it, click on the link below so you will be up to date before we begin analyzing her graph. Giving Birth to a... Read more
A patient came to see me who recently had surgery for chronic fissures. She came to my office in desperation. Each bowel movement took at least an hour, with very little results–and each bowel experience led to 16 hours of excruciating pain. She described her rectal pain as “WORSE than... Read more
I have boxes and boxes of notes from college–not to mention all of the continuing education notebooks I’ve accumulated after graduation. On top of that, I have at least two bookcases filled with acupuncture resources. Can you relate? I’m sure it is no surprise to you that I love studying... Read more
Last week I had a little guy come into my office who was very rambunctious, not feeling very well, and slightly hesitant to the idea of meeting me. Have you had little people in your clinic? If so, then you know—as well as I do—that ‘sometimes’ children are not very... Read more
I’ve got my passport ready and I’m heading to Canada next week, eh? Eastern Canada is having their first Asian Integrative Medicine Symposium in Toronto—and Miridia Technology is excited to be an exhibitor. We want to support the team over at Asian Integrative Medicine, Inc. They have put a lot... Read more