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News & Updates
December 19, 2015
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December 8, 2015
4 Ways to Relieve Tennis Elbow Acupuncture Brisbane
Tennis elbow is a commonly caused by overuse of arm, forearm, and hand muscles that results in elbow pain. As the term itself describes, it is often seen in tennis players.
Tennis elbow is caused by either abrupt or subtle injury of the muscle and tendon area around the outside of the elbow. Tennis elbow specifically involves the area where the muscles and tendons of the forearm attach to the outside bony area (called the lateral epicondyle) of the elbow. (webmd)
The GP will generally prescribe painkillers if the symptoms are bad but generally aside from that, no further care is given or suggested.
There are several things you can do once you start to feel symptoms of tennis elbow:
1) Heat Pack
Since tennis/golfer’s elbow is caused by inflammation of the surrounding ligaments and or tendons, it is generally a good idea to keep a warm heat pack when possible. The heat helps circulate blood and reduce inflammation.
2) Rest
Often times, activities such as golf, tennis, and strenuous activity may be re-injuring the tendons and ligaments. Stop doing whatever activity may be aggravating the tennis elbow. Contrary to popular saying: “pain is weakness leaving the body.” It often times is not. Pain is your body telling you to stop before it gets worse.
3) Acupuncture
A 2012 study conducted by the Journal of American Medical Association concluded that acupuncture is a good option for patients suffering form chronic pain.[1] Recent research has also shown that acupuncture works on the brain’s limbic system controling the body’s pain signals stopping pain.Acupuncture is very effective in treating tennis elbow is very commonly treated in our acupuncture Brisbane clinic. Hair thin sterilised needles are placed at different points throughout the body in order to relieve pain and increase blood flow to the affected area.
In the video below, we talk about a Tennis Elbow Acupuncture Brisbane case study. This patient never had acupuncture before and decided to try because he was having pain in the elbow and it was affecting his performance on the golf course.
After the first treatment the pain disappeared for several days but came back less severe. By the third treatment it was about 85% gone.
video below:
4) Zheng Gu Shui Liniment
Zheng Gu Shui is traditionally used in Chinese Medicine for sports injuries and helping strained muscles heal and is especially helpful for Tennis Elbow. The main ingredient in Zheng gu shui is pseudogensing and other good circulating herbs.When applied, Zheng Gu Shui stops the pain and quickly starts the healing process.For broken bones and fractures, it can actually speed the regeneration of broken bone tissue. That does not mean it is unnecessary to see a doctor (one should always seek medical attention for an injury), but applying the formula to an injury right away before seeing the doctor will help with the pain. [2]
references:
[1] http://archinte.jamanetwork.com
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_Gu_Shui
Bob Wong was raised in a traditional Chinese medicine family and moved to mainland China to study and train for almost a decade. During that time, he was able to learn from some of the top acupuncturists and Chinese Medicine practitioners in at the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. His mission is not bring that knowledge and experience to help his patients.
Bob Wong currently maintains an acupuncture practice in the Brisbane area and lectures at the Endeavour College of Natural Health. For more information you can read his full bio or schedule andappointment.
*The owner of this site is not liable for any misfortune that should befall a visitor to this site.This site does not offer personal advice & no information on it can be construed as personal advice. In the event that you may feel our therapies may be of benefit, we advise you to contact the clinic to make an appointment for diagnosis and treatment.
December 5, 2015
Labour Induction: An Acupressure Story
December 4, 2015
Labour Induction Acupuncture Brisbane: Our Story
How labour induction acupuncture and acupressure supported my wife during labour
In the United States and most western countries, most midwife-attended births take place in the hospital. However, 1.4 percent of midwife attended births took place outside of the hospital in 2013. Out of the 1.4 percent, 64.4 percent were in homes, and 30.2 percent were in birth centres.
This speaks to the growing number of women seeking natural birth options. Many mothers attend natural birthing classes, read books, work on breathing techniques and do yoga in hopes to help them achieve the natural labor and delivery they are hoping for. In the future, more and more mothers may be adding needles to their list of natural interventions! [1]
Being a parent can be a very scary thing the first time around and I wanted to share the story of how our son was born:
My wife was 39 weeks pregnant and our obstetrician wanted to schedule her in for labour induction at the hospital the next week.Our doctor was great and very knowledgeable & experienced, but we found it very strange how she told us we could only have the baby on a Thursday or Friday when she was working. The last time I checked, unless there is a medical emergency, which this was not, babies are born when they are ready to be born. Not when its convenient for the doctor because he or she wants the day off.
Determined but scared, my wife was ready to cave into the pressure the hospital was giving us. We had heard countless stories of women being induced and having horrible experiences and having to undergo c-sections because of it. We also read studies of the health risks and lowered immunity and health problems of babies who were born via c-section.
We were running out of options and the only thing I could think of was acupuncture. A recent study concluded that women who received acupuncture were 39 percent less likely to have a cesarean section, compared to 17 percent in the control group.[2]
I had been giving my wife treatment throughout the pregnancy for morning sickness and we had been doing acupuncture throughout the pregnancy but we were running out of time.
With just a day left, we started pounding the acupressure points (pictured below.)
It was around 7:30pm in the evening and I was just finishing kneading the points when all of a sudden my wife said she needed to go to the restroom. And then thats when she realised her water broke!
After arriving to the hospital, she started having contractions around 11:15pm and we were able to halve the contraction pain by pressing BL31, and BL32 (pic below.)
Toward the very end however, the pain got to be too much for her and she ended up getting the epidural. Our son, Noah Wong was born at 4:08am Sept 14, 2014.
Happy to say that the acupressure helped tremendously for the pain, getting things moving along, and ripening the cervix. Theres a really great Free downloadable book by world renowned acupuncturist and midwife Debra Betts for labour induction here.
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Tools Needed: Good Hands & Thumbs or Massage Triangle:
Massage triangle: Massage tools can be very useful and can save your thumbs especially if you are massaging during labour for long periods of time in between contractions.
Points Used For Labour Induction:
knead points in a circular motion clockwise in 30-50 second increments. These Points are meant to ripen the cervix and help your baby descend as well as calm you and your little one as he or she prepares to enter the world.
Li4 Large Intestine 4
Li4 located at the web margin between the thumb and index fingers.
Great Video by Ancient Current on how to stimulate LI4 and other back points:
Sp6 Spleen 6
SP6 located on the inside ankle four finger breadths toward above the medial malleolus.
GB21 Gallbladder21
GB21 located at the highest point of shoulders in line with the middle of the collar bone
great video by Ancient Current on how to stimulate GB21
Points Used During Labour:
knead points in a circular motion clockwise in 30-50 second increments during contractions. These work really well for pain relief during contractions. These points work better as acupressure points and have reported to have lessen the pain by almost half.
They are located at the first and second sacral foramen. You can find them by simply locating the dimple in the lower back near the buttocks just one finger breadth in and one finger breadth down.
BL31 & BL32
BL 31 located at Over the first posterior sacral foramen just off the two dimples of the buttock area. source: http://www.acucn.com/en/acupoint/bl/201101/155.html
Detailed Video on how to Stimulate BL32 by Acubirth
If you or someone you know would like more information on how Chinese Medicine can help with labour induction acupuncture brisbane can help. feel free to contact us for a free assessment at our acupuncture Brisbane clinic.
references:
[1]http://news.therawfoodworld.com
[2]http://www.essentialbaby.com.au
Bob Wong was raised in a traditional Chinese medicine family and moved to mainland China to study and train for almost a decade. During that time, he was able to learn from some of the top acupuncturists and Chinese Medicine practitioners in at the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. His mission is not bring that knowledge and experience to help his patients.
Bob Wong currently maintains an acupuncture practice in the Brisbane area and lectures at the Endeavour College of Natural Health. He is also on the board of advisors for the Acupuncture Now Foundation. For more information you can read his full bio or schedule an appointment.
*The owner of this site is not liable for any misfortune that should befall a visitor to this site.This site does not offer personal advice & no information on it can be construed as personal advice. In the event that you may feel our therapies may be of benefit, we advise you to contact the clinic to make an appointment for diagnosis and treatment.
November 26, 2015
Get Pain Relief Now: Acupuncture for Arthritis
Acupuncture for Arthritis
According to the Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment Manual (2013) Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic systemic inflmammatory disease whose major manifestation is inflammation of multiple joints. The cause is often unknown and if can often cause destruction of the synovial joints.
Patients usually wake up complaining of stiffness in affected joints (usually hands and feet.) Deformities are common as the disease progresses. MRI and imaging usually find narrowing or joint spaces and osteoporosis along with joint erosion. Patients may also complain about dry eye and nodules forming over bony prominences.
NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatories) provide some symptomatic relief in rheumatoid arthritis but do not prevent erosions or alter disease progression. Long dosages of these drugs over time can cause gastro-intestinal ulcers and bleeding. Steroids such as Prednisone may also be used but over time this too can lead to osteoporosis.
In the east, Chinese medicine has been used for thousands of years to treat many ailments such as these. Although there is currently no cure for arthritis, there are several things you can try to control the symptoms and stop it from getting worse. In this article we will discuss 3 different ways Chinese medicine can help naturally:
Diet
Chinese Medicine classifies arthritis under cold dampness. Therefore, it is important to avoid cold uncooked food as well as cold drinks. Avoid foods such as sugar,caffeine, salt, dairy, saturated fats and hydrogenated fats. This type of food increases cold and dampness, which may end up increasing the inflammation in the body.
Acupuncture
According to Chinese Medicine, Rheumatoid arthritis is classified as wind dampness pathogen. Contributing factors such as long living in a damp environment and contraction of wind, cold, for long periods of time affect the joints. Because blood flow is unable flow properly to that area for long periods of time, energy gets “stuck.” The goal of treatment of RA would be to expel wind and dispel dampness pathogens and warm the channels of the body.
Youtube Video HERE
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Herbal Therapy
Herbal therapy essential when treating arthritic pain. Herbal remedies in chronic cases expel the cold and dampness in the body when patients are not receiving treatment and give the body that extra boost it needs to keep the inflammation away.
There is a very effective patent formula called Du Huo Ji Sheng Wan for arthritis. You can pick it up at your local Chinese medicine practitioner and ask for more details. Its main ingredients include Angelica pubescens root and Loranthus stem which are used to treat arthritic and rheumatic disorders. These both have anti- inflammatory and analgesic properties.
Herbs and Acupuncture for Arthritis
If you or someone you know has arthritis acupuncture brisbane is here to help. feel free to send us an email us at info@artofacupuncture.com.au or contact us.
*All Videos Filmed With Written Informed Consent
*Results may vary from person to person. Pain relief lasts generally for up to 72 hours. Further assessment is needed to determine treatment outcomes. Videos are for demonstration purposes only. The owner of this website does not claim to cure, or prevent any disease or illness. For more information on how acupuncture works, contact info@artofacupuncture.com.au
Bob Wong was raised in a traditional Chinese medicine family and moved to mainland China to study and train for almost a decade. During that time, he was able to learn from some of the top acupuncturists and Chinese Medicine practitioners in at the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. His mission is not bring that knowledge and experience to help his patients.
Bob Wong currently maintains an acupuncture practice in the Brisbane area and lectures at the Endeavour College of Natural Health. He is also on the board of advisors for the Acupuncture Now Foundation. For more information you can read his full bio or schedule an appointment.
*The owner of this site is not liable for any misfortune that should befall a visitor to this site.This site does not offer personal advice & no information on it can be construed as personal advice. In the event that you may feel our therapies may be of benefit, we advise you to contact the clinic to make an appointment for diagnosis and treatment.
November 21, 2015
Infant Masssage Techniques For Sleep
November 19, 2015
Healing Is Not Always Linear: Wife’s Wrist Pain
Master Tung Points For wrist Pain
Acupuncture is just like anything else in life. You expect one thing but often times end up with something completely different and you must adapt to the situation.
My wife had severe wrist pain from carrying the baby and the first two treatments simply did not work. It was not only until the 3rd treatment that we started to see results.Most people see immediate results, but with her, perhaps the qi gets stuck in cyberspace somewhere and doesn’t kick in til the next day.
In Brad Whisnant’s Book he talks about how healing is not always linear. Its goes from day to day but unfortunately in today’s fast paced society people expect instant results. Luckily for me, my wife isn’t going anywhere.
The first treatment we did opposite side: wu hu, huo ying, huo zhu, Lv4,Lv5. The pain moved more lateral toward Si channel but still 7/8/10.
Second treatment: Threw a hail Mary and bombed the local pain point spots along the pain points. (for shame I know) result: Nothing.
Third treatment: reworked the pain area flipped through Dr young’s Master Tung Acupuncture Book and did opposite side: wan shun yi, wan shun er, ce san li, ce xia san li.Still no luck the night of but the next morning she told me it was 40% better.
Currently continuing treatment today it is 60% improved and we’re tracking the progress. Day 5 and we are now down to 30% pain. As always, happy wife = happy life.
Bob Wong was raised in a traditional Chinese medicine family and moved to mainland China to study and train for almost a decade. During that time, he was able to learn from some of the top acupuncturists and Chinese Medicine practitioners in at the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. His mission is not bring that knowledge and experience to help his patients.
Bob Wong currently maintains an acupuncture practice in the Brisbane area and lectures at the Endeavour College of Natural Health. For more information you can read his full bio or schedule andappointment.
*The owner of this site is not liable for any misfortune that should befall a visitor to this site.This site does not offer personal advice & no information on it can be construed as personal advice. In the event that you may feel our therapies may be of benefit, we advise you to contact the clinic to make an appointment for diagnosis and treatment.
November 18, 2015
Easy To Learn Infant Massage Techniques For Sleep
Pediatric Tui Na massage Techniques For Sleep
Pediatric Tui Na or Chinese infant massage can be very effective when you have a baby that is unsettled and does not want to go to sleep. I actually learned these technique way back in school and never thought anything of them until we had a baby ourselves.
These techniques are very easy to learn and require no tools, and very simple yet effective. You can do these techniques along the bladder channel which are the muscles right next to the spine (see video below.)
These are great to work on because they represent different organs along the nervous system and helps release those tight muscles that may be overworked from crawling all day and destroying things. (you’d be surprised how tight they are once you start massaging them.)Here are three easy to learn massage techniques that you can do to help calm the littles ones before bed
1)Kneading (rou fa)Press two fingers on a point or area, rotate them in a circular motion slowly and moving down the back from top to bottom.
2) Pinching and Pulling (nie fa)
This technique is commonly used on the paraspinal muscles, (the muscles next to the spine). Start at the base of the neck and move down in a straight line progressing toward the buttocks. Pinch a small amount of muscle tissue up between your index finger and thumb with a firm but gentle pressure. Then, continue to roll your thumbs forward as you release and grab more muscle tissue.. This technique is used for general well being as well as digestive issues. For constipation start from the top and work toward the bottom and for diarrhea work from bottom to top.
3) Straight Pushing (zhi tui fa)
Push your palm, in a straight line down the back slowly repeatedly about 60-100 times per minute.
All techniques should be used with gentle force.
Bob Wong was raised in a traditional Chinese medicine family and moved to mainland China to study and train for almost a decade. During that time, he was able to learn from some of the top acupuncturists and Chinese Medicine practitioners in at the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. His mission is not bring that knowledge and experience to help his patients.
Bob Wong currently maintains an acupuncture practice in the Brisbane area and lectures at the Endeavour College of Natural Health. For more information you can read his full bio or schedule andappointment.
*The owner of this site is not liable for any misfortune that should befall a visitor to this site.This site does not offer personal advice & no information on it can be construed as personal advice. In the event that you may feel our therapies may be of benefit, we advise you to contact the clinic to make an appointment for diagnosis and treatment.
*Caution please do not use these techniques on any open wounds, sores, or any areas that may be injured. If in doubt please consult your physician.
November 12, 2015
Shoulder Pain Acupuncture Brisbane Case study
Shoulder Pain Acupuncture Brisbane
This video is a shoulder pain acupuncture Brisbane Case study. This was a sports injury patient who came in with pain when rotating his shoulder outward. We used several master tung points to relieve the pain and she was able to move his arm with much more range of motion afterward.
Bob Wong was raised in a traditional Chinese medicine family and moved to mainland China to study and train for almost a decade. During that time, he was able to learn from some of the top acupuncturists and Chinese Medicine practitioners in at the Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine. His mission is not bring that knowledge and experience to help his patients.
Bob Wong currently maintains an acupuncture practice in the Brisbane area and lectures at the Endeavour College of Natural Health. For more information you can read his full bio or schedule andappointment.
*The owner of this site is not liable for any misfortune that should befall a visitor to this site.This site does not offer personal advice & no information on it can be construed as personal advice. In the event that you may feel our therapies may be of benefit, we advise you to contact the clinic to make an appointment for diagnosis and treatment.