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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
Episodes
Saturday Oct 12, 2024
Most Low Back Pain Starts at the Pelvis
Saturday Oct 12, 2024
Saturday Oct 12, 2024
"Most (musculoskeletal) issues start at the Pelvis" - Vladimir Janda
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Saturday Oct 05, 2024
What Your Doctor (Probably) Doesn't Know About Pain
Saturday Oct 05, 2024
Saturday Oct 05, 2024
The unfortunate gap in understanding pain is the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system's response to overuse, pain and injury.
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Saturday Sep 21, 2024
My Latest Updates on Tough Pain Cases: Back Pain and Sciatica
Saturday Sep 21, 2024
Saturday Sep 21, 2024
Some tough pain cases are getting better (fast)!
Here is the link to Podia. My new course just went live.
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Saturday Sep 14, 2024
Posterior Knee Pain and Hip Compensation
Saturday Sep 14, 2024
Saturday Sep 14, 2024
I saw a new patient this week with posterior knee pain and his leg would internally rotate when he had been playing golf for a while.
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Saturday Aug 31, 2024
Mysterious Upper Mid-back Pain
Saturday Aug 31, 2024
Saturday Aug 31, 2024
It's not easy to treat a pain that the patient only feels at times when they are not in the clinic with you.
You have to go on their memory of where it hurts and what they are doing at that time.
On palpation there was no pain to reproduce. Length testing and muscle testing showed nothing.
I had to rely on Dr. Travell to figure it out.
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Sunday Aug 25, 2024
Functional Leg Length Discrepancy and Other Cases
Sunday Aug 25, 2024
Sunday Aug 25, 2024
Just a review of how I usually treat a leg length discrepancy and some of my tough cases. Foot neuropathies, Cauda Equina Syndrome, Migraines
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Saturday Aug 17, 2024
He (or She) Who Treats the Site of Pain is Often Lost!
Saturday Aug 17, 2024
Saturday Aug 17, 2024
If you're sticking needles into the site of pain you're waving the flag of surrender.
If you know the cause of the pain, you should be getting good/great results in your first treatment and have it resolved or greatly improved very quickly soon after, in most cases.
If you are sticking needles into things where they hurt, you're likely missing the real cause of the problem.
Yes, I'm going to piss people off. But Janda and Lewit were right. "He who treats the site of pain is often lost"!
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Sunday Aug 04, 2024
Should We Treat the Psoas Motor Point or Only Use Distal Points?
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
Sunday Aug 04, 2024
I recently saw a discussion about treating the psoas with acupuncture techniques like fascial pecking on the abdomen, treating the segment, addressing other issues like the abdominals and core, distal points.
What should we do and why?
All of the above are good, but there are times when the motor point is essential. Here's my take.
Hint: it's a matter of muscle tone vs muscle shortening.
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Saturday Jul 27, 2024
Deep Branch and Superficial Radial Nerve Entrapments
Saturday Jul 27, 2024
Saturday Jul 27, 2024
More gold from Dr. Trescot's book.
There are many ways to entrap the radial nerve. The ones we can address with acupuncture can respond very quickly.
Here's Dr. Trescot's Book on Amazon. (The Springer site has it for about $100 more than Amazon)
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Saturday Jul 20, 2024
This Nerve Entrapment Can Cause Numbness on the Bottom of the Foot and Big Toe
Saturday Jul 20, 2024
Saturday Jul 20, 2024
Something I was teaching in Amsterdam recently.
Easy to miss, but easy to treat.
As I mentioned, you can learn more about Dr. Jenny Nieters' Courses here:
https://alamedaacupuncture.com/learn-sports-acupuncture-with-jenny-nieters/
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