by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Apr 21, 2013 | Acupuncture in the Seasons and for Prevention, Conditions Treated, Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Practice, Wellness
A patient came in recently for acupuncture with terrible upper and mid back trigger point pain that began one day recently after taking a nap. In fact, he had woken from this nap with such bad chest and back pain that he rushed to the ER, fearful of a heart attack....
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Feb 17, 2013 | Acupuncture Articles, Conditions Treated, Green Living
Acupuncture for Trigger Point Pain Trigger points are a significant factor in a huge percentage of acute and chronic pain conditions, but its critical when first meeting a patient to differentiate between the possible causes of your pain. Is your pain due to...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Dec 8, 2012 | Acupuncture Articles, Conditions Treated, Dry Needling, Green Living
Rotator cuff pain ranges from the tight, achy soreness and pain common with stress and overwork injury, to the more severe sports injuries involving tendonitis, sprain, strain, and partial tears of the rotator cuff, to what Chinese Medicine dubs “50 year shoulder”,...
by Eyton Shalom, M.S., L.Ac. | Oct 15, 2012 | Ayurveda, Conditions Treated, Dosha, Meditation, Mindfulness, Spices, Understanding the Doshas, Vata, Vata Imbalance, Wellness
Vata Dosha, Fear, Anxiety, and ADDH Vata dosha is the dosha whose nervous system responds to stressors with fear. Anxiety is the cascade of physical and mental responses, or symptoms, that occur when our sympathetic nervous system has been activated by the flight...
by Eyton Shalom | Jul 18, 2009 | Acupuncture Articles, Ayurveda, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Conditions Treated, Diet and Nutrition in Chinese Medicine
Disease occurs in individual human beings. Your and my unique characteristics of body and mind are the particular terrain from whence our imbalances grow. Disease is always easier to treat if the terrain is healthy, and often impossible to treat successfully if it is...