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TRUTH: I am an acupuncturist and sometimes I use this protocol on myself. When I am feeling like I want to eat EVERYTHING in sight, I have to have a little talk with myself and say NOOOO!! One day it dawned on me that if I were my own patient, I would do the appetite control protocol on ME. It’s a little difficult doing auriculotherapy on yourself, but sometimes I’m so busy treating patients I don’t... Read more
Hello Friends, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about laser acupuncture. But by far, the most common question I get is this one: “When should I use laser, as opposed to needle or other methods?” You can pretty much use laser whenever you want to. Here are some pointers to keep in mind when making the decision whether to use laser. Patient Acceptance: Always provide the treatment your patient will accept, as your patient’s... Read more
I still remember the first time I saw laser acupuncture. I was in class and the instructor was talking about the various ways to treat acupuncture points. Of course we discussed the typical ways: needles, moxa, teishin, electric stim. But then he brought out the laser. Amazing! This new piece of technology fit right in his shirt pocket and made an impressive glow on and within the tissue as it treated points. And talk about... Read more
A patient came in with extreme jaw pain after a dental procedure—along with a history of extreme anxiety and chronic jaw clenching. What a horrible combination. This patient was nervous, yet hopeful that acupuncture would help. What I accomplished in the first visit: Built a relationship Graph Analysis Explained how the pain made total sense according to channel theory Report of Findings Set up a series of 6 visits Treatment Some pain relief Email I... Read more
Hello Friends, From time to time, someone contacts me with a really great idea to improve AcuGraph—and I love it! In fact, nearly all the really great AcuGraph feature improvements over the last ten years have come from users like you who dared to dream. Wouldn’t it be great if AcuGraph could… I wish the software also… I’d like to see this handled in a different way… You get the idea. So, I’ll let you... Read more
The Wall Street Journal recently posted an article about the links between pot smoking and schizophrenia. Most of us know many people who have used marijuana in high school or college without any known medical consequences. Medical research now shows a link between marijuana and the development of schizophrenia and related disorders. Pot-Smoking And the Schizophrenia Connection Like most issues in society, many don’t pay attention to proven research, evidence or statistics until it somehow... Read more
Recently, I relocated my practice so I could be a little closer to Miridia Technology. Walking across the parking lot to my clinic is WONDERFUL. Moving from one office to the next–not so fun! The good news is, I was able to redecorate my treatment rooms with some of our new posters from Miridia Technology. When I started working here, we had a few nice posters, but WOW… have we grown! The World’s BEST Auriculotherapy... Read more
So, I have this problem that’s been bothering me more and more lately. Every time I think about it, I’m reminded of my kids… As you may know, I have a lot of kids–9 of them in fact. It’s a fairly common occurrence for my kids to complain to me about one problem or another. After years of experience with this, I have settled on a standard answer I give all of them now. “There... Read more
A few weeks back, late on a Friday afternoon, I was getting ready to pack up and go home for the weekend. Almost everyone in the office was already gone. Oddly, I heard the bell ring as one of our blog followers walked in the front door. Imagine my surprise! Because Miridia Technology is located Idaho, we don’t have very many walk-in customers. Dr. Matthew Grippi, a practitioner from Eagle, Idaho, was intrigued by a... Read more
Do you remember your life before email, cell phones, and internet? Even though it’s fun to reminisce about the olden days, I can’t imagine trying to live my life NOW without them. I love the world of modern technology I enjoy now! It’s hard to believe Auriculo 3D has already been on the market for well over a year. I was just looking at an old blog post from early 2012 where I shared “A... Read more
Hello Everyone, Just a quick note to let you know we’ve started a LinkedIn discussion group. It’s called “Acupuncture Technology” and there’s already some great discussion going on over there. Why don’t you go check it out and join? Here’s the link: Linkedin – Group – Acupuncture-Technology See you there! Please rate this Please Rate This Post: Read more
Wow, I’ve had a couple of really stressful days–leading to feelings of anger and frustration. This morning when I came into the office, I decided I needed some acupuncture. Dr. Larsen has been really busy and I hated to bother him–so I opted for a quick Auriculotherapy treatment. After he teased me a bit for coming to work cranky, we did a quick search for ANGER in our Auriculo 360 program, and came up with... Read more
This Shoulder Injury Healed Fast…. This Summer I’m going to be more careful. No shoulder injuries for me, I’ve learned my lesson! You see, last Summer my stepson was preparing to try out for football and he wanted to be a receiver. Receivers need to be good at catching the ball, so I decided to throw him a few hundred passes. Of course, I didn’t warm up…who thinks of that…right?! Boy did I... Read more
Hello Friends, Dr. Chris Teo has contributed another cancer case study. This one deals with before and after graphs in a breast cancer patient. We receive reports from many practitioners that use the AcuGraph to create a baseline score from which to measure improvement. Nutritionists, Naturopathic Doctors, Herbalists, Kinesiologists, Reiki, Bio-Feedback and Massage practitioners. Knowing your starting point and measuring improvement is valuable to both the practitioner and the patient! We appreciate Dr. Teo’s research.... Read more
A good tutor will give you an assignment with something to think about before your next tutoring session. I noticed that 5 of you posted your thoughts in comments on the blog. Perfect! So, how did the rest of you do? If you’ll recall…a couple of weeks ago I posted two graphs that were similar yet different, and a list of several questions to ponder. (If you haven’t read the first part, click here). If... Read more