This story is probably not over but illustrates a few different issues I’m tackling. This patient is well over 60, in a competitive high powered job. She has had health issues over time, accidents and trauma in particular. She came
This data is from a patient I’ve seen for many months. She had very quick response to acupuncture, but looking at her stress response LF/HF it was harder to see a decisive relaxation response. I really expected to see something
I’ve been focusing on getting my presentation ready for the Anaheim AAMA conference coming up. But, as usual, when diving into any new research in my field, I’ve encountered some new perspectives that have been thought provoking. I’ve been in
Lots of posts lately, a frequent side effect of an upcoming presentation. This data represents parasympathetic or vagal activity only in a patient who comes in a bit sporadically for anxiety and allergies. She finds the ear stim helpful
This is a good summary of the benefits of microneedling. This article gives instructions to Acupuncture practitioners on how to use it in the clinic. I prefer to have patients use it themselves. Acupuncture Facial rejuvenation has benefits that
This data is from a patient who came in for facial acupuncture. It shows what I like to see. The blue bars represent High Frequency data, or the parasympathetic activity before, during and after needling. There seems to be a
This data belongs to a 30 year old patient who has had severe allergies for years. After just a month of weekly (more or less) acupuncture she feels much better. In fact her symptoms started feeling better after just a
As another installment of the Good, the Bad and the Beautiful HRV data, this is recent data from a patient who comes in regularly for health and facial rejuvenation. She is always up for any of my “experiments” and so
Each group of bars represents a treatment date. Each bar represents 3 minutes of stress data, the smaller the bar, the less the stress. The dark blue bar is the needling segment, if it is missing, then monitoring was started
I have been exploring use of the noninvasive vagal nerve stimulation in the clinic in the form of an ear electrode in the cymba concha region. There doesn’t seem to be any good reason to use one side versus
