• Search type

Practice Passion: Do These Things Turn You On?

By Dr. East Phillips, DAOM, LAc Cold showers, intermittent fasting, running, nootropics, music, surfing, dancing to EDM, high-intensity sports, creative outlets such as painting or starting new companies, kittens, funny movies, having fun with my kids, weekend getaways with my husband, laughing with family and friends, girls’ weekends and Marie Kondo-like organizing the heck out …

On the Shoulders of Giants: Gleaning Clinical Pearls from Unknown Clinicians

By Dr. Tom Ingegno, DACM Isaac Newton is credited with having said: “If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” Several of my teachers have used the Chinese adage “when drinking water, remember the source.” These statements ring true in traditional East Asian medicine, as all practitioners have gained …

Trauma 2020: Where We Wear It and How We Treat It

Adapted with permission from Acupuncture Today As we round the corner into 2021, the consequences of 2020 still linger. Last year’s public health, political, and cultural incidents have left scars of trauma on many of our patients. A recent 2020 Global Wellness Institute poll stated that, for more than 50% of American adults, COVID-19 has …

“The Body Remembers”: Alleviating the Long-Term Impact of Injury with Japanese Scar Therapy

Scars are the causes of prolonged effects that an injury continues to have on the body. Despite the outward appearance of healing, patients continue to suffer from the residual impact of scar tissue formation long after the initial trauma, and experience chronic pain and disability, both physical and psychological. They find little relief from conventional …

Lunar New Year and Support for our Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities

Dear Pacific College Community, Wishes to all for a healthy and prosperous Lunar New Year and Year of the Ox. In reflecting on Lunar New Year and the rich Asian history and culture that is part of our foundation as a world community and as a college, we stand with our Asian American and Pacific …

Answering Clinical Questions by Investigating the Research Evidence: An Acupuncture/Atrial Fibrillation-Based Example

 Atrial fibrillation (AF) has emerged as a nascent global epidemic that poses a growing global disease burden.1,2 In the United States, AF affects approximately 9% of those aged 65 years or older.3 It is the most common clinically significant arrhythmia and is acknowledged as one of the most difficult to treat.4 As the most common …

Report of Findings of a Clinical Case on Lyme Disease

By Deidre Chupalio Acupuncture has been around and able to treat a multitude of mysterious symptoms and illnesses over its 3000-year history, including the most common vector-borne disease in North America, Lyme Disease (LD). Understanding Lyme Disease LD is transmitted by ticks infected with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. The course of the disease varies among …