Acupuncture is often used with good effect to treat psycho-emotive issues such as chronic anxiety and depression. And it is also helpful in the treatment of various psycho-emotive challenges that arise when someone is faced with their world being turned upside down by natural disaster. There is a particular method of treatment that helps people…
Reflections on a year of treating PTSD • EAP070
Anna Kelly had just completed a year working in the Wounded Warriors program at Walter Reed hospital when we recorded this show. There she used acupuncture to treat veterans for PTSD, trauma brain injury and other chronic conditions that soldiers face after being injured in the line of duty. As with so many complex and…
Orthopedic acupuncture • EAP062
Acupuncture is well known in the Western world for its effectiveness in treating pain. In this episode we take a multilayered look at orthopedic acupuncture. While acupuncture is often considered to be an “energetic” medicine, our guest today takes us deep into the structural, neurological, chemical and functional aspects of why things hurt and what…
Acupuncture in the Emergency Room • EAP055
We often hear about acupuncture being used as an “alternative” when conventional biomedicine has failed to bring relief or resolution to a problem. So it seems a bit counter-intuitive to think about acupuncture being used as part of first line care in an emergency room. And that is exactly where this episode’s guest practices— in…
Ice is for dead things, treating trauma kung fu style • EAP 003
The Chinese martial arts know a lot about trauma medicine. A sinew popping kick to one of the joints, punches that powder capillary beds, or broken and shattered bones from falls or weapons all are common fare. The Chinese long ago figured out how to fight with style and power. They also learned a tremendous…
