Foot Pain and Acupucture

Denver Daily News, July 2007, by Jeff Faudem

Do your feet hurt? Worse in the morning or after prolonged period on your feet? You may be suffering from plantar fasciitis. This means that the fascia, which connects the heel of your foot to your toes, becomes inflamed and painful. Some times a burning sensation or just a stabbing pain can indicate an inflammatory condition. This condition affects millions of Americans.
In my opinion, surgery should always be the last resort. Although affective, there are several alternatives that should be explored before “cutting”.
Traditional Chinese Medicine or TCM (acupuncture, herbs and medical massage to name a few) works very well.
Acupuncture can help reduce the inflammation and pain and encourage the body to heal itself by removing the blockage that sometimes causes the condition. There are also some wonderful herbal patches that increase the healing process. The needles used in an acupuncture clinic are tiny. Some say they are as thick as a cat’s whisker. They are solid not hollow and do not contain anything but metal. Plantar fasciitis can be seen (from a TCM point of view) as the energies of the body not flowing as they should. A condition of “stagnation” takes over. This in western medicine is seen as inflammation. By removing the stagnant condition, we allow the body to heal itself. For a free consultation please call The Healing Arts Medical Center, Inc (303) 623-1140

The Back Pain Alternative

Denver Daily News, September 2007, by Jeff Faudem

Back pain is one of the most common reasons people see a health care provider. It has been estimated that up to 80% of the world's population will suffer from back pain at some point in their lives, with the lower back as the most common location of pain. Although most episodes of low back pain last less than two weeks, research has shown that recurrence rates for low back pain can reach as high as 50% in the first few months following an initial episode. Back pain is most often caused by a muscle or ligament strain or spasm; a disk problem; spondylosis; or stenosis. Even though acupuncture is effective and indicated for most of the body's health issues, it is generally recognized as being stellar for pain. Since lumbar pain is the number one condition affecting mankind, it stands to reason that licensed acupuncturists, whom are so adept at relieving pain, are sharing a larger portion of the lumbar pain "new patient pie.". Allopathic medicine has little to offer for pain relief or muscle spasms in the vast majority of lumbar syndromes. With the general public's ever-growing awareness of alternative and complementary approaches to pain and dysfunction, acupuncturists are sitting in one of the highest and most prestigious chairs of healing in North America. Literally hundreds of thousands of new patients will seek the service of acupuncture providers this year. That number is expected to double the following year as awareness of acupuncture's availability becomes more firmly established. For more information please call the Healing Arts Medical Center,Inc. (303) 623-1140.

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