The Acupuncture profession absoloutly allowed Gua Sha to be repackaged and reallocated to PTs and DCs. After reviewing extensive research and practice updates at the Pacific Symposium this weekend with Dr. Arya Nielsen, PhD, I realize I have been under-utilizing this powerful modality. Get ready!
Gua Sha vs. Graston: "Originality is nothing but judicious imitation . The most original writers and creators borrowed one from another." - Voltair...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Saturday, November 03, 2012
Acupressure for Cancer Treatment Support
While breast cancer awareness month may be over, the battle is not bound by dates on a calendar. Here is a small self-care primer I presented a few years ago on acupressure points to increase immunity and decrease side effects from treatment. Enjoy!
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Pushing the Point: Integrating Acupressure and Chinese Medicine in Psychiatric Nursing Practice
Integrative therapies are all the rage, particularly in psychiatric and mental health settings. It is an honor to be accepted for a pre-conference session at the American Psychiatric Nurses Association's 26th annual conference in Pittsburgh this November. Check out the abstract!
ABSTRACT: With the rising costs of care, decreased reimbursement for services, and shortage of mental health clinicians, patients and providers are increasingly researching and incorporating integrative therapies as part of a holistic care plan. A review of the literature revealed a growing evidence base for the integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapies with allopathic medicine. This has prompted nursing schools across the country to include education on TCM in their curriculums, encouraged hospitals and clinics to add TCM therapies to their list of psychiatric services, and resulted in development of new protocols for addiction, PTSD, and pain management. Acupressure, a component TCM, is a noninvasive, integrative modality that can help alleviate common symptoms such as stress, anxiety, depression, mental fatigue, and insomnia, while reducing barriers of cost, time, and deleterious medication side effects frequently found in PMH treatment. The session will review basic TCM theory and evidence base, describe the function and energetics of acupoints useful in a variety of Psychiatric/Mental Health settings, and provide a live demonstration of common techniques.
PRESENTATION SUMMARY: Part of the greater system of Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupressure is an effective yet underutilized modality for relieving common psycho-emotional symptoms. In both the inpatient and outpatient setting, TCM principles can be adopted to help alleviate stress, anxiety, depression, mental fatigue, and insomnia. This session introduces basic evidenced-based acupressure theory and techniques through discussion and live demonstration.
OBJECTIVE 1: Describe the theory and benefits of using Traditional Oriental Medicine techniques in the psychiatric and mental health setting
OBJECTIVE 2: Identify the functions of ten commonly used acupoints that can be integrated into treatment plans of patients with psychiatric and mental health disorders
OBJECTIVE 3: Discuss methods for integrating TCM modalities with conventional PMH nursing practice.
ABSTRACT: With the rising costs of care, decreased reimbursement for services, and shortage of mental health clinicians, patients and providers are increasingly researching and incorporating integrative therapies as part of a holistic care plan. A review of the literature revealed a growing evidence base for the integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapies with allopathic medicine. This has prompted nursing schools across the country to include education on TCM in their curriculums, encouraged hospitals and clinics to add TCM therapies to their list of psychiatric services, and resulted in development of new protocols for addiction, PTSD, and pain management. Acupressure, a component TCM, is a noninvasive, integrative modality that can help alleviate common symptoms such as stress, anxiety, depression, mental fatigue, and insomnia, while reducing barriers of cost, time, and deleterious medication side effects frequently found in PMH treatment. The session will review basic TCM theory and evidence base, describe the function and energetics of acupoints useful in a variety of Psychiatric/Mental Health settings, and provide a live demonstration of common techniques.
PRESENTATION SUMMARY: Part of the greater system of Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupressure is an effective yet underutilized modality for relieving common psycho-emotional symptoms. In both the inpatient and outpatient setting, TCM principles can be adopted to help alleviate stress, anxiety, depression, mental fatigue, and insomnia. This session introduces basic evidenced-based acupressure theory and techniques through discussion and live demonstration.
OBJECTIVE 1: Describe the theory and benefits of using Traditional Oriental Medicine techniques in the psychiatric and mental health setting
OBJECTIVE 2: Identify the functions of ten commonly used acupoints that can be integrated into treatment plans of patients with psychiatric and mental health disorders
OBJECTIVE 3: Discuss methods for integrating TCM modalities with conventional PMH nursing practice.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Newsletter
I received an interesting e-mail today from a place calling themselves "the International Institute of Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture." The headlines were:
1 - Eliminate a headache in 15 seconds
2 - An alternative to the Acupuncture needles
3 - Special tuition offered by our International Institute
4 - General notes
I did a quick browse and skimed the headache article, read the theory that underwire bras are pressing on the YangMing merdian which "accumulates energy in the breast, and becomes, with time, a stagnation and accumulation of the energy CHI. This could very well be an important cause of Breast-Cancer." Then there were several "teasers" on subjects including obesity, infertility and a piece on magnetic, needle free acupuncture. Nothing much came up a Google search of the founder of these methods, Prof. Jin Ke Yu.
You have to become a member of their organization before you are allowed to sign up for their classes. Included in the membership is a newsletter and, well, a newsletter with all kinds of "exclusive" information. No indication on class delivery method, but the company is based in Beijing. See what you think.
http://www.magneticacupuncture.com/Newsletter.htm
1 - Eliminate a headache in 15 seconds
2 - An alternative to the Acupuncture needles
3 - Special tuition offered by our International Institute
4 - General notes
I did a quick browse and skimed the headache article, read the theory that underwire bras are pressing on the YangMing merdian which "accumulates energy in the breast, and becomes, with time, a stagnation and accumulation of the energy CHI. This could very well be an important cause of Breast-Cancer." Then there were several "teasers" on subjects including obesity, infertility and a piece on magnetic, needle free acupuncture. Nothing much came up a Google search of the founder of these methods, Prof. Jin Ke Yu.
You have to become a member of their organization before you are allowed to sign up for their classes. Included in the membership is a newsletter and, well, a newsletter with all kinds of "exclusive" information. No indication on class delivery method, but the company is based in Beijing. See what you think.
http://www.magneticacupuncture.com/Newsletter.htm
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