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News & Updates
December 31, 2015
Happy New Year Everybody From Acupuncture Brisbane!
We look forward to being with you in your health journey at acupuncture brisbane in 2016!
December 28, 2015
Lower Back Pain Acupuncture Brisbane Dr. Tan’s Balance Method
Lower Back Pain Acupuncture Brisbane case study using Dr. Tan’s Balance Method. This video we discuss how acupuncture can relieve lower back pain instantly within minutes. This was my friend who came in with a strained lower back from sitting with bad posture. He had a dull sensation around L5 /S1 area on the right side. Since this was a relatively new injury and not chronic we were able to get rid of the pain within a few treatments along with some lifestyle adjustments and dietary changes. More tips on lower back pain relief in previous post here.
We inserted a few points on the hands and he was asked how he felt. Video Below:
Youtube Video HERE
More Video case studies HERE
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 28, 2015
Lower Back Pain Treatment Acupuncture Brisbane Dr. Tan’s Balance Method
Guide to Lower Back Pain Relief Click HERE
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 and 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.
December 19, 2015
Honored to have one of my photos used as the cover of Dr. Robert Chu’s Master Tung acupuncture book!
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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.
YouTube video HERE
Subscribe to channel HERE
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.