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Acupuncture Can Help Safely and Effectively with Weight Loss

By haticeda | Published March 29, 2017

How Acupuncture Can Help Lose Weight

 

Let’s face it many Americans are faced with the challenge of keeping their optimal weight and fight with obesity even harder than before. Pollution, artificial foods, chemicals and unhealthy diet combined with decreasing physical activities, losing weight becomes more and more challenging for many.

According to the recent data, adult obesity rates exceed 35% in four states, 30% in 25 states and are above 20%in all states.

Obesity brings many other underlying health issues such as diabetes , hypertension etc.

Weight Loss industry became a multi-billion dollar industry due to increasing awareness of the connection between optimal weight and good health.

However most of the options in weight loss industry comes with many side effects. Surgery, weight loss pills can have significant side effects to patients.

Thankfully, there is a safer option. Acupuncture can help with weight loss. Several studies have shown that acupuncture together with healthy diet habits, patients lose more weight.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the belief is that excessive weight gains are caused mainly by an imbalance in the body due to a malfunction of the spleen and liver organ systems. Licensed acupuncture practitioners will use very specific body areas to trigger weight loss. Among these areas are the endocrine system and kidneys, which are responsible for water retention. This system is also treated to stimulate nerve and hormonal re-balance. The spleen and thyroid gland are also treated to effect sugar and hormonal rebalancing.

 

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Acupuncture and Facial Rejevunation

By haticeda | Published March 21, 2017

Acupuncture and Facial Rejevunation

 

Acupuncture and Chinese medicine can provide a safe, effective, natural and drug-free approach to reduce signs of aging. A facial rejuvenation using this ancient technique can improve muscle tone of the face and neck while ad- dressing underlying imbalances that may have contributed to the aging process.

A natural alternative to surgery and Botox injections.

In a society where a youthful appearance is worshiped, we have become obsessed with the many tools available for anti-aging. However, many people have discovered a downside to plastic surgery, laser treatments, chemical peels and Botox injections. The side effects include scarring, chronic bruising, nerve damage and lengthy recovery periods. A much better option is cosmetic acupuncture for facial rejuvenation. Acupuncture is safer, less expensive, has virtually no side effects and zero recovery time. People will complete their treatments feeling refreshed and looking younger with smoother complexions and less sagging. The overall benefits of acupuncture include: increased circulation, a stronger immune system, a sense of tranquility and more energy. Now add to this a youthful appearance!

 

How does facial acupuncture work?

The principle of facial rejuvenation acupuncture is that it re balances the body’s motivating energy — Qi (pronounced “chee”). As we mature, the amount of Qi and blood in the skin and underlying facial muscles slowly begins to decrease, causing a loss of nourishment, support and moisture. Focusing on the acupuncture points in the face will increase the flow of blood and energy to the skin in that area.

The needles, inserted very shallowly, bring collagen and elastin to the area, causing the skin to become more supple, elastic and firm. This process hydrates, plumps up and boosts the skin’s supply of nutrients and oxygen, thus decreasing wrinkles and blemishes. The overall result is a more youthful appearance.

What is the treatment timeline?

Cosmetic acupuncture begins with a complete patient evaluation, including stress, diet, lifestyle, sleep, proper digestion and elimination. The following durations of treatment are typically recommended (certain skin types may require more treatments):

Results can be seen as soon as the first treatment, with significant improvements visible by the 5th to 7th treatment. By the end of a series, the patient should look and feel 5-15 years younger.

The results will last 3-5 years, depending on the lifestyle of the patient, and longer with monthly booster treatments. Dietary, supplemental and topical recommendations will be provided to reinforce the program.

 

 

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No Fault and Acupuncture

By haticeda | Published March 17, 2017

What Is No-Fault Insurance and What Does it Cover?

Updated: December 2016

Beginning in the 1970s, many U.S. states passed legislation to introduce “no-fault” auto insurance. According to the Insurance Information Institute (III), the goal was to simplify the process of determining which driver is responsible for an accident.

As of 2014, 12 states have some type of no-fault car insurance law, according to the III.

  • No-fault insurance required. This type of coverage is mandatory in Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota and Utah.
  • No-fault insurance optional. Kentucky, New Jersey and Pennsylvania allow drivers to choose to buy either no-fault or traditional auto insurance.

How Does No-Fault Coverage Work?

In states without no-fault coverage, typical insurance claims may be paid out as follows:

  • If you’re injured in an accident caused by another driver: The at-fault driver’s bodily injury liability coverage may help reimburse your medical expenses, up to the the policy limits.
  • If you’re injured in an accident you cause:Your medical payments coverage (if you’ve opted for it) may help reimburse your medical expenses, up to the limits you selected.

In states with no-fault coverage, if you’re injured in an accident, your personal injury protection (PIP) may help pay for associated costs:

  • Regardless of who’s at fault
  • Up to a certain threshold set by your state’s laws

What Does No-Fault Insurance Cover?

According to the III, personal injury protection (PIP) may help cover:

  • Your and your passengers’ medical bills related to a car accident
  • Expenses such as lost income, childcare and household services if your injuries prevent you from returning to work or doing necessary tasks for a period of time

Lost-wage benefits vary by state, however, and aren’t necessarily guaranteed, so it’s a good idea to read your policy or ask your agent to make sure you know what coverages your policy provides.

What’s Not Covered by No-Fault Insurance?

  • Damage to your vehicle. Collision coverage (if you’ve opted for it) may help pay to repair your car if it’s damaged in a crash with another vehicle.
  • Damage to other people’s property. If you’re responsible for a car accident that damages someone else’s car or property (such as a fence or building), your property damage liability coverage may help pay for the damages, according to the III.
  • Excess medical expenses. No-fault PIP coverage typically has limits. Medical bills or lost wages that exceed those limits won’t be reimbursed. However, Nolo.com says some no-fault insurance states offer an exception. You may be able to file personal-injury lawsuits against other drivers if they’re responsible for seriously hurting you or someone else in your car, or if your medical bills exceed a certain dollar limit.

Source: https://www.allstate.com/tools-and-resources/car-insurance/no-fault-insurance-cover.aspx

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Acupuncture Can Ease Wrist Pain of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – NY Times Article

By haticeda | Published March 10, 2017

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR

Acupuncture can relieve wrist pain, and researchers have tracked the brain and nervous system changes that may help explain why.

Scientists randomized 80 people with mild or moderate carpal tunnel syndrome — pain caused by nerve compression at the wrist — to one of three groups. The first received acupuncture at the wrist and ankle. The second got acupuncture at the wrist alone. And the third received sham acupuncture, using “fake” needles near the affected wrist, as a placebo. Using functional M.R.I. and nerve conduction tests before and after the procedures, they measured the effect on brain and nerves.

All three groups found relief from pain, but both of the true acupuncture groups showed measurable physiological improvements in pain centers in the brain and nerves, while sham acupuncture did not produce such changes. Improvement in brain measures predicted greater pain relief three months after the tests, a long-term effect that placebo did not provide. The study is in Brain.

“What’s really interesting here is that we’re evaluating acupuncture using objective outcomes,” said the senior author, Vitaly Napadow, a researcher at Harvard. Sham acupuncture was good at relieving pain temporarily, he said, but true acupuncture had objective physiological — and enduring — effects.

“Acupuncture is a safe, low-risk, low side-effect intervention,” he continued. “It’s perfect for a first-line approach, and it’s something patients should consider before trying more invasive procedures like surgery.”

 

Full Article Can be Found at: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/well/live/acupuncture-can-ease-wrist-pain-of-carpal-tunnel-syndrome.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FAcupuncture&action=click&contentCollection=health&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection&_r=0

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Acupuncture Can Help Patients with Pain Management

By haticeda | Published February 28, 2017

Acupuncture Can Help Greatly In Pain Management

I’m sure when you hear the word acupuncture you can’t help but visualize tiny needles coming out of the skin. For some, it’s fascinating, for others a little scary, and if you’re afraid of needles, it’s most likely terrifying. As unconventional as it may seem, acupuncture is a form of treatment.

It is an old form of outmoded Chinese Remedy, which has been in practiced for centuries. Ever heard of the term “Chi”? Well, Chi is a theory that holds that energy flows all over our bodies through passageways known as meridians.  When your Chi is out of balance it is believed, you will develop an illness. The practice of acupuncture was started as a way to help bring balance to the Chi.

Other than needles, an acupuncturist may choose to incorporate heat, electrical current or pressure during treatment.

 

Acupuncture & Pain Management

Pain occurs usually as a result of stress, emotional upheavals, physical injury or illness. Traditionally people would automatically go to chiropractors or physiotherapists when they started having pain in their back, neck, head and legs. These are the most common areas where body pain is experienced. However, we are seeing an increasing number of individuals going for acupuncture as an alternative way of treating their body pain. Research has shown that Chinese acupuncture helps in relieving both chronic and acute pain in patients. More so, it gives long lasting results that enable the energy to flow normally in patients. One of the reasons it’s preferred by many is because unlike modern medicine, acupuncture does not have adverse side effects.

Acupuncture can effectively treat people suffering from osteoarthritis, chronic back pain, menstrual cramps, tension headaches, lower back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, and temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) to mention but a few.

How It Works

The responses of acupuncture in the body in relation to pain include the release of serotonin from the hypothalamus and upper brain stem. Acupuncture also stimulates the release of the endogenous opiate such as endorphin, endomorphin, dynorphin, and encephalin. When these chemicals are released into the blood stream they can help in relieving pain.

In patients whose pain is more psychological than physical, acupuncture plays an important role in encouraging the release of neurohormones such as glutamate, the neurotrophic factor, g-aminobutyric acid, and neuropeptide Y. When these hormones are released, they create a euphoric sensation in the patient thus helping treat the psychological aspects of the pain they are experiencing.

 

 

 

 

 

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