There’s a bit of a back-story to this post. In an effort to make acupuncture available to folks in recovery from addiction, I’ve been talking to people on our local Opioid Task Force, to people at the jail to see about providing treatment to men who are addicted when they’re arrested, and I’ve been trying […]
Posts tagged pain
choice … and change
I am continuously baffled by conversations that go like this: ‘You’re an acupuncturist?’ ‘Yes, I am.’ “I always wanted to try that. I’ve got this [insert issue here] problem. The doctor hasn’t been able to do anything about it, and I don’t like pain medication, it messes with my head.’ ‘I’m sorry to hear that. […]
it’s a cha cha
I had the same conversation with several patients last week; each has had an injury that they’re trying to recover from, and recovery wasn’t happening as fast as they wanted it to happen. It makes sense that they’d feel impatient, of course, because no one wants pain, we especially don’t want pain that interferes with […]
living without fear
I am tired of fear. Tired of waking in the morning, happy to be alive, eager to see the wonders of the day, only to watch that joy be overwhelmed – sometimes within minutes – by the ambiance of fear that shimmers in the people of my town, my country. I am tired of trying to […]
Cabbage!
This is a re-post from 2012 because I’ve had a number of patients recently who either didn’t know about this, or who did know about it forgot to use it on recent injuries. Everybody’s doing lots more outside things now, so keep a head in your refrigerator first aid kit. ~ k If you’ve been […]
emotions and pain
Someone posted this picture on Facebook the other day, and I find it utterly fascinating. It is a representation of body pains, and the emotions associated with them. The Chinese classics not only teach that you cannot separate body, mind and spirit, but that injury to the spirit has been around a while by the […]
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