San Diego Acupuncture Blog

Each year in the United States about 300,000 people die from the flu. World -wide, about 1000 people have died from the Swine flu or H1N1 Virus. There seems to be a vigorous push to have everyone vaccinated for this flu. I simply ask, why?

For those that remember the pet rock, the H1N1 vaccine reminds of just that! It is the pet rock of big pharma! But this swindle comes with a potentially deadly cost!

A warning that the new swine flu jab is linked to a deadly nerve disease has been sent by the Government to senior neurologists in a confidential letter.

This has been a very warm summer in San Diego. With a typical temperature range between 65-75 degrees, it is difficult to cope with heat nearing 100. Here are some good tips for staying cool.

San Diego Libraries have free AC and WiFi

Integrated Medicine is a "buzzword" often coined as a attempt to bridge Eastern or Chinese Medicines with Western Medicine.

My question and argument is this; why would anyone who practices Acupuncture wish to integrate with the number one cause of death in the USA? I just don't get it!

Western medicine and increasingly modern styles of Acupuncture mislabeled as traditional Chinese medicine or TCM is based on symptom relief. Because the modern medical culture is based on a allopathic approach to medicine, it is no wonder then that the patient sees their symptoms as road maps to diagnosis.

In this advanced information age, it is both easy and distressing for patients to visit to an Internet "clinic" such as WebMD. Some patients will bring in hundreds of articles on their first visits to prove their own online diagnosis.

Did you know that lack of sleep can decrease your life span, lower productivity, even decrease your hormone levels? Sleep makes us more productive. Think about that the next time you are working or studying late. Lack of sleep robs of the body-mind-spirit restorative cycle that is critical to good health.

Acupuncture can help balance the life energy, known as Qi, to allow a restful sleep to occur. We need quality REM, or Rapid Eye Movement sleep. We need to dream to allow our sunconscious mind the ability to work through our conflicts and find ways to solve them.

The Classics of Chinese Medicine talk a great deal about how our environment effects our health. The weather, moon phases, seasonal changes all have profound influences on our health.

These principles were once part of the study of Chinese Medicine. These are no longer taught in Acupuncture colleges. It is a tragety that most Acupuncturists do not understand the environmental influences and how to work with them.  

In my new book: Foundations of Acupuncture Needling, I discuss these principles.

Martial arts and sports injuries are part of training. What the athlete needs and wants is to return to training as soon as possible. This often means that one is returning to work as well. If you are injured, you can't train or work.

San Diego martial arts and sports injuries are treated very effectively with Acupuncture by Allen Stovall. Just a couple examples:

A martial artist with bruising so bad they could hardly walk, with baseball sized hematomas on their arms and legs from training. After treatment, they were able to train and teach that same day!

Knee pain can be life changing. It can effect walking, sitting and performing daily activities. For knee pain in San Diego there is an Acupuncturist who understands knee pain and how to effectively treat it.

If you have knee pain from athletic or martial arts training, post surgery pain, or pain from arthritis or knee replacement, Acupuncture can be very effective.

For Acupuncture in San Diego for knee pain there are different approaches that the skilled Acupuncturist can use.