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COVID-19 and Chinese Herbal Medicine
From the COVID-19 outbreak there have been many unique behavioral responses. We have seen a rush to buy toilet paper, artificially empty grocery stores, and social distancing. While some of these responses have left long lines in the grocery, which was seemingly the...
Acupuncture For Neck Pain
Acupuncture For Neck Pain: Does it Help? Dealing with a pain in the neck? It is one of the most common complaints – sleeping wrong, sitting in front of a computer all day, straining your neck due to an awkward position. Acute neck pain usually resolves on its own and...
Functional Medicine
Wheat Ridge functional medicine practitioner Dr. Mark VanOtterloo delivers a short summary on functional medicine: genes and the environment. He explains why functional medicine integrates the wisdom found in traditional medical with modern medicine. This also...
Acupuncture For Urinary Incontinence Treatment: Why It Works
In my clinical acupuncture practice, I’ve had several clients come to me looking for a natural urinary incontinence treatment. Sometimes it is a problem on its own, while other times, it is tied to other conditions, such as MS, Parkinson’s, diabetes, bladder...
Acupuncture for Trigeminal Neuralgia
Looking for More Relief for Your Trigeminal Neuralgia? Those who suffer with facial nerve pain, or Trigeminal Neuralgia, often seek more or additional pain relief methods when they don’t like the side effects of their medication, or their medications are...
Acupuncture For Painful Periods
Suffer from Painful Periods? It’s NOT Normal. Here’s What You Should Know to Help. This article relates to acupuncture pain relief for primary dysmenorrhea, acupuncture for PMS, and acupuncture for period cramps. In the medical community, painful periods...
Bone Broth (Video)
Watch this summary video on bone broth for your digestive health. What is bone broth? Bone broth is the result of cooking animal bones slowly in a mixture of spices, vinegar, and salt. During the slow cooking process, minerals and proteins are...
Dietary Inflammation (Video)
This video provides the basic knowledge of common dietary sources of inflammation. Could the food you are eating be causing inflammation and pain? The hidden sources of dietary inflammation For those of you not familiar with the inflammatory...
Why B12 Injections?
Methylcobalamin B12 injection We offer our patients methylcobalamin vitamin B12 injections in our office. This vitamin is the nutrient that works in conjunction with folate to synthesize DNA and red blood cells along with the myelin sheath around nerve cells. When B12...
Homeopathic Injections
Heal from traumatic injuries, chronic pain, and nerve related diseases like migraines or trigeminal neuralgia. Why inject homeopathic liquids? In my previous article we generally reviewed what homeopathic injection therapy is.[1] This article focuses on use of liquids...