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Specific Information about conditions AVOID SURGERY We treat serious cases of Neck or Low Back Pain. Chronic_Muscle_ Pain - Active_ Myofascial Work - Graston Therapy Facial Rejuvenation Without Needles! Core Strength: Key to Low Back Health Lose Weight, Enjoy Great Health Glossary of Health Terminology |
Acupuncture - A Medical Approach First, please realize that Acupuncture points or Acu-points can be stimulated with or without needles. Here we offer the most state of the art Zero-Needle Acupuncture Technique available anywhere in the world! I've developed Zero-Needle Acupuncture because some of my patients (and those who were scared to be my patients) asked me for an option without a needle involved. I still primarily do needle acupuncture and I believe it is the best option for most cases but... people are different and some people will not tolerate very many needles and will require the use of the Zero Needle Technique. Needle Acupuncture - what is a "medical" approach Unlike most acupuncture practitioners I am not going to try to explain the old oriental methods and convince you that I must balance the energy meridians for you to heal yourself. I absolutely do believe that balancing the meridians (which is what almost every acupuncturist does) can help you; however I have yet to have a patient arrive at my door pleading for their meridians to be balanced. They do in fact desire relief from their painful conditions. That is what I do, relieve your pain! There are 3 ways I can perform this, 1 with traditional needles, 2 with my well established Zero-Needle Acupuncture techniques where I use microcurrent to stimulate the acupuncture points with an electrical current so low you can't even feel it and I use Low Level Infrared Cold Lasers to reduce pain and inflammation both at the site of pain and along the nerve pathways that are involved. or finally 3 I can do a combination of all of the above. I utilize a special system
of acupuncture created in the last several years primarily by Dr. Ma called
"Biomedical Acupuncture" but based on the experience of
generations of acupuncturists as well as modern medical neuro-anatomy. Because
of this system, I am able to target your pain very specifically on your first
visit to my office. Let me clearly explain that I target the specific nerves
responsible for transmitting your pain signals to your brain and I do so at
three different levels. This system allows me
to evaluate your overall "health" (really your lack of health and your
likely response time) utilizing a very quick and precise evaluation method. Then
on that first visit I can target the first set of points that you and I find to
be tender and that relate to your overall health. Second I target the segmental
levels of the spinal nerves at what I determine to be your level of pain as well
as several levels above and several levels below. That is because those
particular sets of nerves spread out and effect the discs both above and below
so several need to be targeted to be sure the level we are trying to effect is
truly maximally affected. Finally I target your specific area of pain. For
example if yours was low back pain that radiated down the leg then needles would
likely be placed all along the painful area at specific sites that we together
find to be tender. If you have read any
websites that discuss acupuncture then you realize that what I have just
described is a stark contrast to almost every other practitioner out there. All of them
give a little rah rah about the chi and energy and the meridians and leave you
wondering about this mystic thing called acupuncture. Well it really isn’t
mystical in any way. In those old times they had to use stories to be sure the
younger people remembered the acupuncture medicine, the points and the methods
of finding the right points to treat. The “string and pearls” is the term
that describes the art of using a story (string) to hold the information (pearls
of wisdom and knowledge) together so that it is not easily forgotten. I have
great respect for the acupuncturists that spend many years learning to read the
pulses necessary in proper acupuncture diagnosis and I respect their ability and
readily admit that few who practice acupuncture can match the skill of the
seasoned acupuncturist. Fortunately I don’t have
to match that skill because I already have the medical knowledge to know where
pretty much every single muscle, nerve, major artery and vein is in your body
and I can safely place the needles so that your pain is relieved. It was not an
extremely difficult skill for me to master since I already knew the anatomy. Acupuncture
Without Any Needles! Yes I can treat the same points, called acu-points when needles are not being used to treat. I have the benefit of having several very expensive and very specific pieces of equipment for performing Acupuncture without needles. One was specially designed by the same fellow that invented the pager – remember the pager? Dr. Wang helped to create micro-current technology, which operates at an electrical frequency very close to that of the human body. This highly specialized piece of equipment (the Mens-o-matic) allows me to stimulate your acu-points with that specific electrical current WITHOUT ANY NEEDLES. Another new addition to our list of available treatments is called Low Level Laser Therapy and I have a special laser head that allows me to treat specific acu-points with it. So if you hate needles and want to give this type treatment a try just tell us when you call us that we can put the needles back in the closet while your in the office... Sometimes it is best to use
the sterile acupuncture needles! Many patients get the greatest benefit from a
simple acupuncture treatment and don't need any fancy machines, the emphasis on
the non needle acupuncture is mainly to make the benefits available to everyone,
even those scared of the "tiny as a human hair", "absolutely
sterile", " one time use" needles we use for acupuncture
treatments. Acupuncture of the Ear
aka: Auricular Acupuncture or when done without needles called Auriculotherapy. A complete system of acupuncture exists on the auricle (ear). Like traditional acupuncture, Auricular Acupuncture offers a complete system of acupuncture points on the ear that actually effect things all over your body. For example I can treat three points in your ear that might help your low back pain, one is more for acute pain, one for when the pain is more chronic and another when it has been there for many years. I often treat the first two but usually don’t need to treat the third. A couple of other examples that have become quite popular are treatment to help one stop smoking or to lose weight, we offer all those treatments and are quite skilled in performing them. A note here: I am
working on a research project to help those who have lost a limb or limbs and
experience phantom limb pain. If you or anyone you know is interested in
participating in this research a significant discount on treatment is offered
for their participation. Please when you call tell the office staff you are
calling about the Phantom Limb Pain Research Project. Also like the regular acupuncture points the auricular points can be located and treated using highly specialized micro-current equipment WITHOUT ANY NEEDLES. Most people who claim to offer this sort of treatment actually have a cheap $50 or $100 TENS frequency point stimulator – not Microcurrent specifically designed for treating Auricular Acu-Points! When I was going through the process of becoming certified in Auriculotherapy (which by the way no one else in the Tyler/Athens/Longview area is certified in) I purchased the best piece of equipment offered anywhere in the world at any price, the Electro Medical - Stim Flex 400A. I have that machine available for your treatment every day here at my office. One
of the keys to Auriculotherapy (without needles) is the Dual Tip Probe that can
both locate active points and treat them at the very small and specific location
where they exist. Single tip probes offer very little specificity for locating
points but can be good for stimulating points when the practitioner uses another
method to locate the active points. Needless to say the Electro Medical - Stim
Flex 400A is one of only a few units made that offer the dual tip probe. One of my favorite things
about Auricular Acupuncture (with needles) is that it only takes a few minutes
to locate the necessary points, stimulate them and send you into the relaxation
room for the remainder of the treatment. This gives you an incredible stress
relieving treatment and in less than thirty minutes your back to your day, with
a lot less stress! Same is true for those interested in help with any addiction
from smoking to overeating to gambling or even just anxiety, these simple
treatments are awesomely powerful! There are so many things I
can say here about specific conditions and specific treatments but I really
think I only need to say so much and I will put you into information overload.
The bottom line here is that I really do Acupuncture here, the only other
practitioners anywhere in the entire East Texas area that I am aware of that
really do acupuncture are Dr Zhang in Tyler at the China Clinic near ETMC and
his son Randy Zhang who practices in Longview. I have never heard anything but
praise from any of their patients; both Drs Zhang are real masters of
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine. With that said, I see many Chiropractors that
advertise that they do acupuncture. I am not aware that any of them actually do
acupuncture but instead offer electric point stimulation with a very cheap TENS
frequency point stimulator. That treatment might help you, truly any stimulation
at the correct points can help you even rubbing them briskly can help you but
please do not believe you have tried Acupuncture for your condition unless you
have really tried Acupuncture from someone who does it frequently in their
practice. I perform Acupuncture every day in my clinic. Please note: If you really practice Acupuncture in the East Texas area and this last statement is not true of your practice I will be pleased to also mention you and your practice, just call me and tell me, I would welcome the fellowship. Updated 7-1-2009
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