A case study in effective pain relief for breastfeeding new mothers By Deb Davies, DACM, LAc Reprinted with permission from Acupuncture Today. This article examines the treatment of a 42-year-old mother presenting with a chief complaint of clogged and painful milk ducts from breastfeeding with Chinese medicine, specifically using cupping. It demonstrates the simplicity and …
How AWB Provides Trauma-Informed Integrative Care in Migrating Communities Right now, more than 80,000,000 people in the world are displaced from the place they call home. The causes are multiple and deep: the pandemic, climate change, poverty, social injustice, disaster, violence, and systemic oppression are all significant factors. Trauma is the shared experience of millions …
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By Kara Collier, RDN, LDN, CNSC Maintaining normal blood sugar levels is essential to decreasing your risk for long-term health issues, managing a healthy weight, and feeling good overall. A wide variety of health problems related to glucose level imbalances are a rapidly growing burden for the healthcare system that is reaching epidemic proportions. CDC’s …
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“My eyes are always tired” …“My eyes hurt” …“I’m having a hard time focusing” …“My eyes feel dry and irritated” …“Things look blurry” High amounts of screen time cause the body to give us vision—and quite often posture-related—feedback clues. It can also impact thinking and mood. Let’s focus on the visual system, because clues in …
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By Roger Jahnke, OMD “The most profound medicine is produced naturally—in the human body—for free!” This phrase, from The Healer Within, is the innovative foundation of a profound personalized peak performance and personal vitality system. There are many ways to turn on (activate, create, maximize) this miraculous internal medicine. By enhancing wellbeing and function capacity, …
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Once you complete your training for a career as a massage therapist, you might think the hard part is done. The truth is you still have to put your new skills to work, which means learning how to market yourself. Job interviews allow you and your future employer to assess how well your talents match their …
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If you’re passionate about helping people and want a rewarding career with good job security, consider massage therapy. With decent income potential, demand, and intrinsic rewards, it just might be the right fit for your needs. Is Massage Therapy a Good Career? A career as a massage therapist is rewarding in many ways. Not only …
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In traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture is a treatment for regulating the flow of energy or life force — known as chi or qi (pronounced “chee”) — thought to flow via channels (meridians) throughout your body. Acupuncture practitioners believe you can rebalance your energy flow by placing needles into specific spots along these meridians. Western practitioners …
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We’ve completed the roundup: Pacific College campuses in San Diego, New York, and Chicago combined provided more than 9,000 hours of intern, faculty, and administrative hours with an in-kind donation of more than $200,000 of free or low-cost treatments and administrative costs to our communities during this year of the pandemic. Pacific College proudly collaborates …
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There are many public health-related educational programs, certificates, and degrees available, so finding the one you want to pursue can be difficult. Two of these that you should know the difference between are public health administration and public health education. Classes and courses may overlap in these two programs, but they are not identical. Here’s what you …
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