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What is Acupuncture? Acupuncture has been a major part of primary healthcare in China for the last 5,000 years. It is used extensively for a variety of medical purposes ranging from the prevention and treatment of disease, to relieving pain and anesthetizing patients for surgery. As in many oriental medicine practices, the emphasis of acupuncture is on prevention. In traditional Chinese medicine, the highest form of acupuncture was given to enable you to live a long, healthy life. The earliest written account of acupuncture is found in the Nei Jing (The Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine). This document is believed to be from around 200 BC and is one of the oldest comprehensive medical text book. Pien Chueh, a famous physician of the fourth century BC, used stone acupuncture needles, moxibustion and herbs to bring a prince out of a coma. The Chinese still celebrate his birthday every year on April 28th. Acupuncture literally means 'needle piercing," the practice of inserting very fine needles into the skin to stimulate specific anatomic points in the body (called acupoints or acupuncture points) for therapeutic purposes. Along with the usual method of puncturing the skin with the fine needles, the practitioners of acupuncture also use heat, pressure, friction, suction, or impulses of electromagnetic energy to stimulate the points. The acupoints (acupuncture points) are stimulated to balance the movement of energy (qi) in the body to restore health. Acupuncture involves stimulating. In the past 40 years acupuncture has become a well-known, reasonably available treatment in developed and developing countries. Acupuncture is used to regulate or correct the flow of qi to restore health. To really understand how acupuncture works, it is necessary to become familiar with the basics of Chinese philosophy. The philosophies of the Dao or Tao, yin and yang, the eight principles, the three treasures and the five elements are all fundamental to traditional Chinese acupuncture and its specific role in helping to maintain good health and a person's well-being. Why Get Acupuncture? Traditional Chinese Medicine is an empirically based system of medicine designed to enhance the body's natural healing abilities. Acupuncture uses small, thin, disposable needles to regulate one's energy, relieve pain, and stimulate the body's internal organs to restore balance and promote health and wellbeing. Shiatsu and Tui Na are forms of Asian bodywork, which stimulate the body's healing energy through acu-pressure instead of the use of acupuncture needles. TCM is a safe, reliable, effective and non-invasive form of medicine. For over 2500 years acupuncture, bodywork, herbal applications and meditation have been used to keep people healthy. Acupuncture became famous in the United States for success in the field of pain management. Gradually patients found that not only did their pain vanish, but other chronic problems improved as well. Each organ system’s wellness level can be detected through pulse and tongue evaluations. Acupuncture is used to heal the body before disease manifests. Acupuncture is a great modality to treat musculoskeletal symptoms including sciatica, shoulder instability, and low back pain, carpal tunnel, and general body tension. Acupuncture together with Chinese Herbs treat internal disorders such as high or low blood pressure, acid reflux, constipation, diarrhea, irritable bowel, asthma, common cold, low immune function, autoimmune disorders, sleep and nervous disorders, headaches, stroke, trauma, obstetrics, gynecology, menopause symptoms, cancer, anxiety, depression, pediatrics, geriatrics and other categories of disease. Acupuncture is also proven to help people overcome their addictions to cigarettes, chewing tobacco, coffee, food, alcohol, and other substances. Acupuncture benefits mental and cognitive functions to assist with attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders. Acupuncture alleviates the side effects of medications and provides stability while weaning off mood altering medications. Why do I need a massage? - To relieve pain! The therapeutic massage and bodywork from an experienced health care practitioner and coach involves a range of modalities that can help melt away pain fast. Rather than taking pain medication which often has many side effects, a massage not only has no side effects, but also feels really great. Consider going a more natural route and feel your pain melt away with therapeutic massage. - To reduce Stress! Bodywork soothes nerves and tired muscles. It calms the body and helps relax the mind. Less stress means a longer quality life. Less stress means more energy. More energy frees you up to enjoy life more. Therapeutic bodywork energizes you. Receive a massage and feel the difference! - To recover fast from injury or illness! Bodywork assists the body in many ways to increase its natural ability to heal. It also boosts the immune system. Recovery time can often be cut in half and you are fast back on your way to good health. - To prevent future injury and illness! Tense muscles pull on and tighten tendons and ligaments, cause rigidity, cut off circulation for proper metabolism, drain us of energy, and pull our body out of alignment. Unattended, this can eventually lead to a host of diseases. Often this state of affairs goes unnoticed for a long time, until it is too late. We may move wrong and due to our imbalances and tightness hurt ourselves in ways that could have easily been prevented with a few massages. This neglect may cause us much grief, pain, and expensive visits to the doctor. Many chronic conditions might also be avoided with regular bodywork. One of the greatest benefits of massage you will never know about. It is the disease avoided and the injury that did not take place, because your body was in good shape to handle life's challenges, all with a little massage. So do not delay the massages that are as essential to a healthy life as brushing your teeth and taking your vitamins. - Relax and enjoy! Relax into that blissful state only those who have received a great massage know about. We are not human doings. We are human beings. To slow down and simply be is an art many are forgetting. Massage is an easy way to simply be, to know how good it can feel to be human. Simply relax and feel the bliss of your own aliveness and the good feelings that can be experienced so easily. I would not know what life would be like without receiving a massage once a week and I do not want to know either. Don't miss out and treat yourself to a massage. |