Showing posts with label Migraine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Migraine. Show all posts

Monday, 23 April 2012

Causes Of Migraines-Electrical Activity-Informative Piece

The Causes of Migraine Headaches

This morning on NPR there was a very informative piece about the causes of migraines and why women suffer more from migraines than men. The story explains the that one reason migraines occur is because of bursts of electrical activity in specific areas of the brain.   Often they begin in  the visual center, which [...] read more..

Tuesday, 13 March 2012

Medical Practitioner-Personal Experience-Acupuncture Clinic-Merry Christmas-Acupuncturists

Research Headache

Greetings all! I know it’s been a while since I’ve blogged, so here we go – merry christmas, happy hanukah, happy new year, happy chinese new year happy valentine’s day yada yada been there done that. What I wish to write about to day is a sharing of a personal experience with some research I’m [...] read more..


How to Choose Acupuncture Points?

Patients in my New York Acupuncture clinic are always curious how acupuncturists choose the correct acupuncture points.  There are a number of ways to choose the acupuncture points. The basic idea with acupuncture is to correct the underlying imbalance in the body.  This can help to stimulate the body to heal itself.  We acupuncturists will [...] read more..


Dry needling is acupuncture. ALWAYS ask about your medical practitioner's training.

Dry needling is acupuncture. ALWAYS ask about your medical practitioner's training.

This is a cute little video where a PT and a practitioners of Chinese Medicine/Acupuncturist are discussing whether dry needling is indeed acupuncture and the very large discrepancy in training. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygtOBE_qkZ0 read more..