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The holiday season has once again come… and gone. And what should “normally” be a joyous and revitalizing time of year is for many people anything but that, with the craziness of Black Friday, endless shopping, strained budgets, events to attend, obligations, and a general feeling of being overwhelmed. The commercialization of the winter holidays [...]
A cough is a cough is a cough… right? Well, not really. Coughs are funny in that they seem to have their own unique personality. You can have a chronic dry cough, a loud hacking cough, or an annoying tickle in your throat. In Chinese medicine, the characteristics and quality of your cough give up [...]
Several years ago, Linda*, a fiftyish woman, came to me for acupuncture because she was stressed out at her job. During her first appointment, it became clear to me that stress at work was just the tip of the iceberg of Linda’s problems. Linda’s health wasn’t bad, but during the time that I treated her, [...]
I recently spent a week backpacking in the Grand Canyon with a group of friends who, like me, are of a “certain age.” As a group, we have hiked together for decades. Fifteen years ago, we could throw on a backpack and head off into the wilderness without a second thought. This last trip, however, [...]
If you’ve ever sprained your ankle, you’re no stranger to the misery associated with that one brief moment of klutziness. Some people say that a sprain is worse than breaking the bone, and there’s some truth to that, as a sprain can lead to years of weakness and instability in the injured joint. Sprains and [...]
If you’ve never had acupuncture before, finding an acupuncturist can feel a little like playing the slots in Vegas—a real gamble. You’ve decided to try a different kind of medicine, and you have no clue how to find the right person for you. You don’t know what to expect—will there be beaded curtains, tie dyed [...]
Many years ago I worked for a non-profit agency whose mission was to promote women’s health and physical activity. Our mission tended to attract many women with eating disorders, either as interns, volunteers, clients, and employees. Some were very much in denial about their eating disorder, and others were in recovery and willing to share [...]
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