{"id":2362,"date":"2013-10-04T05:30:25","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T11:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/?p=2362"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T21:10:14","slug":"neck-pain-shoulder-pain-elbow-pain-and-weight-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/2013\/10\/neck-pain-shoulder-pain-elbow-pain-and-weight-loss\/","title":{"rendered":"Neck pain, Shoulder Pain, Elbow Pain and Weight Loss &#8211; 3 Case Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#2f5496;background-color:#f0f4f8;border-color:#2f5496;border-width:1px;border-radius:4px;padding-top:16px;padding-right:20px;padding-bottom:16px;padding-left:20px\"><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/strong> This post references the Stimplus Pro, now replaced by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/all-products\/pointoselect-digital.html\">Pointoselect Digital<\/a>. The clinical concepts discussed remain applicable to current practice.<\/p>\n\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pexels Photo Pain\" class=\"alignright wp-image-18731 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pexels-photo-pain-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pexels-photo-pain-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/pexels-photo-pain.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\nAre you utilizing auricular therapy in your practice all of the time? If not, you are missing out on some <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>amazing success stories!<\/strong><\/span>\n\nI get phone calls and e-mails from practitioners, almost on a daily basis, with questions and success stories regarding auricular therapy treatment.\n\nThe results that our users are getting from auricular treatment are absolutely amazing!\n\nI have used auricular therapy in my practice over the years, but lately I have begun using it with almost every patient.\n\nI get so many phone calls from practitioners who are getting great results, that I decided to utilize it with every treatment and see what would happen.\n\n<strong>My experiences have bee<span style=\"color: #000000;\">n OUTSTANDING!<\/span><\/strong>\n\nHere are just a few<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> of the experiences tha<\/span>t I have had with the <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Auriculo 360 program,<\/strong> <strong>StimPlus Pro<\/strong><\/span> and ear seeds in my private practice.\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/auriculotherapy-case-studies-1.jpg\" alt=\"auriculotherapy case studies\" width=\"564\" height=\"1410\" \/>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Blue-Bar1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Blue-Bar1.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Bar\" width=\"392\" height=\"14\" \/><\/a>\n<h2>#1: 57-Year-Old Male\u2014 Neck pain and Right Shoulder Pain<\/h2>\nThis gentleman came in for acupuncture as a last resort. He had been to two chiropractors for 6 months each, a neurosurgeon, a physical therapist, and a massage therapist.\n\n<strong>He was diagnosed with compression at T1\/T2<\/strong> and experienced numbness and pain radiating down the arm to the last two fingers. My office was his last stop before surgery!\n\nHe has been treated five times with a combination of local acupuncture, tendinomuscular channel treatment, and cupping. After each treatment, I have him move his arm and tell me where the pain and numbness remains.\n\nI pull up the \u201cShoulder Pain\u201d protocol in the Auriculo 360 program and treat the electrically sensitive points with the StimPlus Pro. After the treatment I placed ear seeds on each of those sensitive points and assigned the homework. His homework is to push on those points each time he feels the pain begin to come back. On his fifth treatment he reported that he had bee<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">n <strong>pain free for 14 days!<\/strong><\/span>\n<h2>#2: 44-Year-Old Female\u2014Right Tennis Elbow<\/h2>\nThis patient was doubtful about the whole idea of acupuncture in general. She wa<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">s afraid of needles and wanted to know if I could help her tennis elbow without the use of needles. I pulled out my Stimplus Pro and opened up the Auriculo 360 program. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">After treating the electrically active points on the &#8220;Tennis Elbow&#8221; protocol, she was completely pain-free! After treatment, I sent her home with seeds on the same points I had just treated so that she could push on the seeds if her pain came back. It didn\u2019t come back\u2026 <strong>One treatment, pain gone, no needles!<\/strong><\/span>\n<h2>#3: 57-Year-Old Female\u2014Weight Loss<\/h2>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.auriculo3d.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11609\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stimplus_auriculo.jpg\" alt=\"stimplus_auriculo\" width=\"240\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stimplus_auriculo.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stimplus_auriculo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/stimplus_auriculo-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>This patient had her own weight loss protocol, but used acupuncture as an extra tool. Both she and her friend were on the same weight loss regimen for 4 months. Her friend lost 15 pounds a<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">nd <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">she lost 30 pounds<\/span>! <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">W<\/span>hat was the difference?\n\nMy patient came in for auricular therapy every two weeks. I did the \u201cWeight Control\u201d protocol with the StimPlus and applied ear seeds, asking her to push on the seeds if she was feeling cravings.\n\n<strong>She reported that when she had ear seeds, she felt less hungry.<\/strong>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Blue-Bar1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Blue-Bar1.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Bar\" width=\"393\" height=\"14\" \/><\/a>\n\n<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\">Incorporating auricular therapy with every treatment has expedited my treatment results. P<\/span>atients say <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>WOW<\/strong> every time I place an ear seed in the right place and the pain magically disappears. <\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">They love having a tool that they can take home with them for self-help.\n<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">I love to utilize auricular therapy in my treatment protocols because it is <strong>EASY<\/strong> and <strong>EFFECTIVE<\/strong>.<\/span>\n\nAre you using our <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.auriculo360.com\/\"><strong>Auriculo 360 program <\/strong><\/a><\/span>and<strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stimpluspro.com\"> StimPlus Pro<\/a><\/span>?<\/strong>\n\nIf not, I strongly encourage you to take a look at these tools for your practice!<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stimpluspro.com\/videos\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-16631\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/CTA-for-video-300x45.png\" alt=\"CTA-for-video\" width=\"394\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/CTA-for-video-300x45.png 300w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/CTA-for-video-768x114.png 768w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/CTA-for-video-660x98.png 660w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/CTA-for-video.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" \/><\/a>\n\nWhat are you waiting for? We&#8217;ve made auriculotherapy very easy for you.\n\nClick on the short Demo video and take a look for yourself.\n\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Have a great week!<\/span>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Thompsonkimberly2017 IMG 2446 Social Media Crop Leap Photography\" width=\"204\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography-660x660.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/ThompsonKimberly2017-IMG-2446-Social-Media-Crop-Leap-Photography.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/kimberly_sig1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"kimberly_sig\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/kimberly_sig1.png\" alt=\"Kimberly Sig1\" width=\"230\" height=\"62\" \/><\/a>\n\n<strong>Kimberly Thompson, L.Ac.\nAcupuncture Research Analyst\nMiridia Technology\n<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:kimberly@miridiatech.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kimberly@miridiatech.com\u00a0<\/a><\/span>\n@acukimberly<\/strong>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Reading<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/2013\/06\/this-injury-healed-fast\/\">This Injury Healed Fast!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/2011\/06\/shoulder-pain-neck-pain-custom-treatment\/\">Shoulder Pain \/ Neck Pain \u2013 Custom Treatment<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.miridiatech.com\/news\/2014\/05\/i-love-elderly-patients\/\">Knee Pain &#038; the Older Patient<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: This post references the Stimplus Pro, now replaced by the Pointoselect Digital. 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