wellness supporter 706: lower back

While acupuncture soon to be covered by Medicare for chronic lower back pain is an exciting development in the integration of traditions, we would also want to be concerned about yet another repetition of our error in treating the symptom (however effectively) but leaving the root untouched. In general, health is a product of several … Continue reading wellness supporter 706: lower back

pain reducer 36

When one is enjoying the good life, and not in pain: the greater devote resources to prevention, the lesser have only a passing interest in prevention. When one is not enjoying the good life, and in pain: the lesser seek the cause outside themselves and take palliative medicines; the greater seek the cause inside and … Continue reading pain reducer 36

stress reducer 395

We were conversing over craft pours at the local microbrewery, strangers in the process of becoming acquaintances. Talk drifted in the direction of livelihood (so what do you do for a living?) and therefore to acupuncture. My man--whom I'll call Indy--recounted his episode of acute-onset lower back pain while in Korea for work. He contrasted … Continue reading stress reducer 395