Acupuncture help breast cancer patients | AlberniPortal.ca

Acupuncture help breast cancer patients | AlberniPortal.ca

9000 Needles

I just watched this award winning Documentary 9000 Needles and I highly recommend it to all acupuncturist or anyone interesting in watching a movie about acupuncture, love and determination.  The documentary is about Devin Dearth, a forty year old successful businessman and champion body builder who suffers a devastating stroke. The stroke leave Devin with paralysis, double vision and difficulty speaking. After spending time in ICU, he is transferred to in-patient rehabilitation, but to the limitations of the US health insurance system, his treatment is cut short.  With no other choice, the family decide to bring Devin to a TCM Hospital Tianjian, China where he receives a three month rehabilitation programme with progressive results.

In the documentary, we see Devin receiving quite intense Acupuncture treatments daily.  The use of points we rarely use in day to day practice such as Renzhong Du 26 with very strong stimulation and needling directly into his tongue.  He also received daily Physiotherapy treatment and herbal medicine.

This documentary is heartbreaking, it will make you cry, but Devin's determination is inspiring and the loving support he received from his family and community all contribute to his rehabilitation.

When I studied in China, I spent time on a Stroke ward in Beijing Hepingli Hospital and witnessed at first hand how effective an integrated approach of western medicine, physiotherapy, Traditional Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture is for a progressive recovery after such a debilitating illness.  In China, after the patient has spent a week in ICU, they begin their rehabilitation with acupuncture in the morning and physiotherapy in the afternoon.  The key is to start the acupuncture treatments as early as possible after the stroke for the most effective recovery.

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Jennifer Aniston with Chinese Cupping Marks on Her back

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2310295/Jennifer-Aniston-shows-cupping-marks-Call-Me-Crazy-premiere.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

Early Acupuncture

Straight to the Point of Pain

Great article by my colleague Rory Hafford about his experience treating Depression with Acupuncture

http://www.healthnewsireland.com/straight-to-the-point-of-pain/

Study finds Hair Stimulation Following Laser and IPL - Intense Pulse Light Treatments

A study published in "Lasers in Surgery and Medicine"2007, carried out by Oregon Health & Science University on *the effects of hair stimulation following Laser and IPL treatments, concluded that 10.49% of the 543 patients treated suffered an increase of hair growth in the area that was treated by the laser and the area bordering the treated area. Also the hair appeared thicker and darker then the hair initially treated.  An additional 8.10% of patients demonstrated no apparent reduction of hair and only 2.5% were discharge with near completion of hair reduction.

I have found this to be true in my Electrolysis clinic.  Many clients have had many Laser treatments and are not getting the permeant results they desire and some see very little hair reduction or burns on their skin, while others have an increase in hair growth.  Electrolysis is still the only method of permanent hair removal that is scientifically proven.  Viewed as "old fashioned" and an out dated treatment in recent years, I'm finding many people are now returning to Electrolysis for a permeant result.

*Source Hair Stimulation Following Laser and Intense Pulse Light
Photo-Epilation: Review of 543 Cases and Ways to Manage It By Willey, Torrontegui, Azpiazu, Landa.  Oregon Health & Science University.
Published 2007 in lasers in Surgery and Medicine.

For more information about Electrolysis visit our website here; http://www.elmeselectrolysis.com