Relaxation & Healing

November 20, 2010  |  Leave a Comment

Holiday activities have you feeling wired and exhausted? Allow your body to remember relaxation. Bodies heal in the relaxed state.

TREATMENTS OF INTEREST

1) Low back and sciatic pain

Example: A bulging disk/degeneration somewhere between lumbar-2 and sacral-1 vertebrae was causing extreme pain to a 73 year old woman. She had received an epideral anesthetic injection into her right sciatic nerve every 4-6 months to be able to live in some comfort. Vicodin was used daily as well. After 7 treatments with low level laser and some needling, she is able to stop taking painkillers and cancelled her next appointment for an epideral.

If you have pain in any joint or tendon, low level laser treatment (LL laser) is highly effective. Most cartilage injury heals much faster with a few LL laser treatments. (If you have a tear of the cartilage that is jagged, it may need to be smoothed surgically before this treatment works.)

2) Cancer chemo support

Example: A 41 year old breast cancer patient had a severe depression reaction to chemo by day 3 after an infusion. Needling of Liver, Gallbladder and Heart points cleared the depression and also her associated abdominal cramping.

Chemo chemicals are very toxic to the Liver and Gallbladder. When Liver & Gallbladder systems are unable to move the energy of the body smoothly, severe depression and fatigue can be experienced even if no emotional reason is present.

Example: A 64 year old colon cancer patient had heartburn 4-5 days after chemo infusion. If he takes the herbal formula I give him, he does not get heartburn.

Chemo chemicals are very dehydrating to the tissues that they target. Herbs can restore the fluids to these tissues and speed healing.

3) Depression

Example: A 48 year old woman experiences bouts of depression like some people experience migraine headaches: feel it “coming on” for a day, the next day is debilitating depression. I gave her an herbal formula and she is feeling “happy” without the bouts of depression.

Some migraines and some depression will respond to herbs that get the energy of the Liver system to flow smoothly. There is no dividing line between the physical and the emotional in Chinese medicine.

4) Hypo- or hyperthyroidism

Example: A 49 year old woman had severe fatigue, slight weight gain, and some hair loss due to hypothyroid function. She has had this imbalance for over 20 years. I gave her 15 LL laser treatments. Also she took herbs that improve digestion and Liver system function. She tapered off the levoxyl and is stable. The levoxyl was giving her headaches and dry skin.

Digestive and liver imbalances almost always precede hypo- and hyper-thyroid symptoms. Some aspect of the thyroid problem is usually autoimmune. Autoimmunity responds very well to LL laser treatment.

Fall and winter are the best seasons to take care of your health for benefit the rest of the year!

Category: Treatments