Tuina Therapy

06/29/2012

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What is it?

This has been used in China for more than centuries as a form of Asian medicine or Oriental body work. It is a variety of massage, acupressure and other types of body manipulation. It works by implementing pressure to muscles, nerves, and different meridian points to eliminate obstructions that prevent the flow of energy into the body. When the obstructions are now eliminated, the energy is now regenerated and restored. This will then result to a more improved strength, vitality and a healthy lifestyle. This type of traditional therapy is often used along with foods and exercise to promote effective and true healing.

This is true not just for our wellness and physical health, but also for our psychological and emotional well being. The purpose of this treatment is not just to correct problems but also to avoid and prevent them. It keeps the body's energy balanced for health to be maintained and managed correctly.

The different methods

  1. The Bone Setting Method
This emphasizes on methods to realign the musculoskeletal. It also specializes in joint injuries and nerve pain.

  1. The Rolling Method
This emphasizes on soft tissue techniques and focuses on muscle sprains and joint injuries

  1. The Nei Gung Method
This emphasizes on the use of Nei Gung Energy or the energy exercises and specific massage techniques. This is used for revitalizing energy in the body.

What are the benefits of this kind of treatment?

1.       Chronic pain

2.       Headaches and migraines

3.       Neck pain and stiff neck

4.       Shoulder pain and frozen shoulder

5.       Distension of shoulders

6.       Tennis elbow

7.       Sciatica

8.       Pain or sore on the back

9.       Immobility

10.   Constipation

11.   Diarrhea

12.   Low energy and weak immune system

13.   Trapped nerves

14.   Muscle aches

15.   Repetitive strains

16.   Insomnia

17.   Difficulty in focusing

18.   Tiredness and weakness

19.   Anxiety and depression

20.   Stress related disorders

21.   Respiratory diseases

22.   Painful and irregular menstruations

23.   Facial paralysis and numbness

24.   Stroke

25.   Fatigue

26.   Emotional problems

27.   More women’s problems

28.   More musculoskeletal conditions

More about the treatment

It encourages structural and locomotive health by improving the regulation of the nervous system and eliminating waste out of our body system. With this procedure, the energy properly moves and flows to our bodies. This increases mobility, flexibility, range in motion and decrease of pain.

By Brian Musial

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Qigong Therapy

06/29/2012

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What is it?

Qigong is known as "Ch'i Kung" which is a highly effective program of treatment, healing and energy medicine from China. Its history started about 4 thousand years ago during the Tao Yao periods and was known to be a way of dancing.

It is the art of healing and preservation of health. The art of using respiration methods, soothing activities, and relaxation to detoxify, enhance, and calm the body and mind. The Qigong exercises cause better health, energy and relaxation.

Different Traditions and Intents

1.       Taoist

Maintains and preserves the physical human body and great quality virtue. Many Taoist experts or masters experience long lives and definitely enjoyed it. There are over 3600 techniques and approaches that are mentioned and described throughout its history.

2.        Buddhist

This is the most popular of all types. It aims to free the mind, develop quality and to obtain intelligence. Our body system is considered a tool for getting enlightenment. There are over 84000 techniques that are described in its history.

3.       Medical

Healthcare qi-gong focuses on the free flow and balance of qi which is the vital energy in our bodies. The main purpose of this treatment is to heal sickness or heal a disease. Practitioners learn how to use the inner qi for analysis and treatment.

4.       Martial Arts

It teaches our bodies to provide lethal strikes that are improved with qi or vital energy. It also trains our bodies to be protected from cuts by weapons and attacks using the four limbs.

5.       Confucian

It aims to provide great ethical personality, positive character and intellectual capability.

What are the health benefits of this kind of treatment?

  1. Used for self defense and improves your defense mechanism
  2. Requires little space for practice
  3. Easy to learn
  4. Develops self discipline
  5. Increases intelligence
  6. Improves physical activities
  7. Develops inner peace and a sense of calmness
  8. Improves concentration
  9. Improves will power
  10. Increase and develop mind powe

    More benefits of the treatment:

  1. relieves arthritis
  2. decreases tension
  3. reduce stress
  4. eliminates chronic fatigue
  5. strengthens immune system
  6. lubricate joints for pain free activity
  7. flexibility
  8. improves food digestion and elimination
  9. improves metabolism
  10. weight control
  11. anti aging and youthfulness
  12. healthy energy or qi
  13. anti allergies
  14. improves blood circulation
  15. restore body system
  16. improves oxygen
  17. improves and soothes neurological system
  18. improves health and well being

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Gua Sha

06/27/2012

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What is it?

Gua Sha is what you call a “scraping therapy”. It is kind of treatment used in conventional and traditional medicinal practices which involves in the scraping and the rubbing of the skin. "Gua" means to scraping and rubbing with friction while "Sha" means the reddish elevated patch of the skin. It is a term or phrase used to explain the before and after the blood stagnation is removed.

This type of treatment can be performed using a traditional specialized tool such as board, Shaslide or other Gua Sha tools available.

The Sha bump should naturally fade away in 2-4 days. When the bump is slower to fade then this indicates poor blood circulation. Your practitioner will now ascertain and check whether there is a deficiency of blood, Qi, or a deeper organ deficiency.

Kinds of Scraping Therapy: How does it work?

During your treatment, a special oil is spread on a particular area of your epidermis where the acupuncturist starts rubbing and scraping the area with the tool. The tool used for the treatment is made and designed from jade or horns.

1.       Meridian Scraping Therapy

This method combines acupressure with cutaneous scraping

2.       Holographic Scraping Therapy

It is a method of scraping points on the body which correspond to organs in the body. This therapy has the special feature of scraping only a small area and taking a short time.

Main benefits and Advantages of this kind of treatment:

1.        Promotes and encourages the movement or activity of Qi

2.        Improves and increases blood circulation

3.       Restore and normalize metabolism

4.       Ease serious and mild pain.

5.       Promotes and generates new skin cells

More Wellness Circumstances Handled is as follows:

1.       Treat common colds

2.       Treat cough and excess flem

3.       Treat stress and fatigue

4.       Treat heat and sun stroke

5.       Treat immobility

6.       Treat pain and rigidity

7.       Treat respiratory ailments

8.       Treat digestive disorders

9.       Treat bladder and gynecological conditions

10.   Reduce fever

11.   Treat headaches

12.   Influenza

13.   Bronchitis

14.   Asthma

15.   Blocked Chi

16.   Treat insomnia

17.   Muscular Tension

18.   Relieves muscle stress or muscle injuries

19.   Assist in food poisoning

20.   Renew complexion

21.   Reduced clogged pores

22.   Control pimples and acne

23.   Reduce fine lines

24.   Treat eye bags, puffy eyes, and dark circles

25.   Treat memory loss

26.   Swollen Throat

27.   Tooth Pains

28.   Hormonal Imbalances

29.   Impotence

30.   High and low blood pressure

31.   Weight loss

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Acupuncture: List of Treatments

06/12/2012

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What are the benefits of acupuncture? What are the different treatments we can get from it?

Traditional Chinese medicine is efficient and effective for a lot of circumstances, while proof indicates it may have an efficient healing value for many more.

Here is a list of Treatments from Acupuncture

 I. PAIN

•           Pain after surgery

•           Painful prominent scars

 II. SKIN 

•           Wrinkles or bagginess of face and eye lids

•           Acne, pimples, blackhead,

•           Psoriasis

•           Boils and Eczema

•           Pigmentosa

•           Excessive Perspiration

•           Itchiness

•           And other various skin diseases and disorders

 III. ALLERGIES 

•           Hay Fever and Rhinitis

•           Sinusitis

•           Asthma

•           And other types of allergies

 IV. INFECTION 

•           Bronchitis and Emphysema

•           Recurring tonsillitis

•           Mouth ulcers

 V. BLADDER 

•           Cystitis

•           Early prostate enlargement

•           Non-specific urethritis

•           Bedwetting

 VI. BOWEL

•           Collitis

•           Gastric and stomach ulcer

•           Stomach inflammations

•           Constipation

•           Diarrhea

 VII. VASCULAR 

•           Aching varicose veins

•           Cramps and Restless legs

•           Intermittent claudication or pain when walking and running

•           Internal and External Hemorrhoids

 VIII.   NEUROLOGIC – The Nervous System 

•           Migraine and headaches

•           Trigeminal neuralgia and other face pains

•           Bell's palsy or paralysis on the face

•           Anxiety and depression

•           Fears and claustrophobia

•           Meniere's disorder

•           Post herpetic or Shingles

•           Neuralgia

•           Carpal tunnel syndrome

•           Sciatica

•           Travel sickness or dizziness

•           Tiredness

•           Phantom limb pain

•           Cerebral thrombosis or Paralysis of leg or arm after a stroke

 IX. MUSCULO – The Skeletal System 

•           Neck and lower back pains

•           Frozen shoulder

•           Tennis elbow

•           Painful joints of rheumatoid

•           Arthritis and Osteoarthritis of knees, hips and other joints

•           Heel spurs

•           Acute sports injuries

•           Wound healing

 X. GYNECOLOGICAL 

•           Menstruation and pelvic pains

•           Flushes especially menopausal

•           Painful nodular breasts

•           Endometriosis Preparation for childbirth

•           Irregular or excessive menstruation

•           Vaginal Pain

 XI. A LOT MORE 

•           Persisting weakness after a severe illness or operation

•           Smoking

•           Tired eyes

•           Pterygium Retinitis

•           High blood pressure

•           tinnitus

•           palpitations

•           obesity

•           impotence

•           infertility

•           other illnesses

Knowing the list of treatment can be very helpful in identifying what this type medicine can do for you. It really helps a lot with reducing pain and varieties of diseases.


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Insomnia stress and anxiety

06/23/2011

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Brian Here

Just wanted to share a great patient experience with you.  
People suffering with insomnia, how can acupuncture help?


If you are not able to fall asleep or stay asleep the stress and anxiety tends to build up exponentially.
Acupuncture breaks the cycle, relaxing you, taking your mind off the stress and gives you a chance to get that important sleep.
Calming the mind and relaxing the body can have tremendous benefits for people suffering with insomnia. 

Having patients fall asleep on the table while getting acupuncture puts a smile on my face. 

Best regards
Brian Musial
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