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Sometimes doing what‘s best for the patient will go against dogma and tradition. And sometimes leaning more on science than on dogma will ruffle feathers and contradict the gurus and scholars of Traditional Acupuncture. That‘s OK! There‘s room for many styles and there are enough patients for all of us! I graduated at the top of my class with a Master‘s and a Doctorate in Traditional Chinese Acupuncture. I know the benefits of Traditional Acupuncture for many many conditions. But if you want fast and excellent results treating chronic pain, sports injury, over-use injury, flexibility and mobility, that is what I‘m passionate about and I‘m not going to apologize for great results or for sharing what I‘ve learned from Western Medicine using Acupuncture. The topics here will not be controversial unless you insist on holding onto dogma instead of being open to something new to you and that is based in science. If you are interested in my online courses, you can find them at: https://richardhazel.podia.com
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Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
People who are not familiar with neurofunctional acupuncture may be hesitant to use electrical stimulation acupuncture on neuropathy, but we have decades of clinical evidence from the McMaster program out of Canada that has shown how well electric stimulation of nerve trunks and motor points can act as a nerve block with long-lasting results for neuropathy.
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
Shhhh. Don't tell. But I don't do a lot of orthopedic testing for many patients.
When you know how the body fails and why, do you really need to test over and over knowing that you will find the same muscles weak and the same muscles are tight on most people?
I get excellent results in very few treatments and I mostly do testing on a first visit if I want to show the patient what is going on with them.
Most of the time, I know from their symptoms what is over-working and what is inhibited. Thanks, Dr. Janda!
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
Improving shoulder mobility takes more than treating rotator cuff and deltoids.
In this episode I give some really simple approaches you can try for improving shoulder mobility.
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
A lot of foot pain gets called plantar fasciitis. Whether it is or isn't really doesn't help me. For each person I need to know where and when it hurts and then I want to figure out what to treat.
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Do you feel like you need to keep the patient on the table longer than necessary so they perceive more value in the treatment?
If you can correct a problem in 10 minutes, is it worth less than if they were lying on the table for 30 minutes?
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
This is how I feel the different levels of needling into muscles for treatment with motor point or trigger point acupuncture.
It's not just about being on a channel. It's about knowing how deep you are and how deep you need to go to get to the muscle that you want to treat.
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Some muscular entrapments of the radial, ulnar and median nerve that every orthopedic acupuncturist should know.
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
3 orientations of muscle fibers, 2 origins, 2 innervations
Trigger points can cause pelvic pain
a couple cases of adductor magnus injury
give your athletes more explosive power on hip extension, especially for hockey, football, cycling, and weight lifting.
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
We should be able to help most chronic pain patients without seeing them for 20 or 30 visits.
Ideally it should take under 10 visits and often 3-7 visits.
I follow Janda's guidance on treating pain. I'm not treating the pain; I'm treating the dysfunctional movement and limited range of motion. When normal movement, stability and ROM are restored, the pain will be gone (or greatly reduced).
Friday Dec 31, 2021
Friday Dec 31, 2021
My opinions about needle gauges and lengths for motor and trigger points.
Ischemic muscle, tight over-facilitated muscle, postural muscles. They all require a thicker gauge needle for easy insertion and treatment.