The Summer 2012 issue of the OM (Oriental Medicine) is here and we’ve gone digital! Read in-depth articles written by Pacific College faculty, as well as other noted authorities in the Oriental medicine field right here!
The organs of your body have their sensory touches at the bottom of your foot; if you massage these points you will find relief from aches and pains. This sort of guideline is used in acupuncture and other holistic therapies.
Check out the new Medicinal Herbs Project at Wild Willow Farm with Pacific College Faculty Member Miles Thomas!
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Check out some of the differences between Eastern and Western medicine and how they can integrate and complement each other.
Learn how to best utilize social media marketing for your practice with Pacific College Marketing Director Gail Vogt. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and more, check it out!
As the world watches the Summer 2012 Olympics with bated breath, Chinese medicine has stepped into the spotlight. Each athlete has a regime that allows him or her to best perform, and sometimes it extends beyond the typical physical training. Many professional athletes employ an acupuncturist to keep in top shape.
To maintain peak performance, it’s not uncommon for athletes to have consistent treatments with an orthopedic acupuncturist. These treatments can range from acupuncture to cupping or Chinese herbology. An acupuncturist with orthopedic training can treat tendoninitis, acute trauma like bruising, swelling, and muscle, tendon, and ligament injuries, as well as chronic pains such as low back, shoulder, knee and ankle pain, often caused by a sprain.
Greg Bantick is an example of an acupuncturist who has specialized in orthopedic care and has treated Olympic athletes. Bantick earned his bachelor’s degree in Brisbane, Australia, and went on to study Eastern medicine in China and Japan. He earned his master’s degree at Pacific College and then spent 16 years teaching a wide variety of courses and supervising in the clinic at the San Diego campus.
Most recently, Bantick has treated Australian swimming team members Cate and Bronte Campbell and Tessa Wallace. He has also treated elite cyclists and tennis players. So what kind of Chinese medicine treatments are most commonly administered to professional athletes? Bantick explains, “All have suffered from post viral chronic fatigue. In Chinese medicine I would describe it as central qi (spleen and stomach), qi deficiency, and qi deficiency fever and joint and muscle pains. Cate and Bronte had to halt training for many months, unable to get in the pool without feeling sick. I used acupuncture and created formulas of Chinese herbs for them. The girls stuck with treatment for many months, gradually able to return to training. Earlier this year, they came first and second in their Olympic tryouts, becoming the first sisters to compete for Australia.”
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It’s not rude today, so stick out your tongue! Did you know that the tongue is used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) as a key patient diagnosis tool? It’s true! The tongue is the only muscle in the human body that is visible to the naked eye, therefore, acupuncturists look at different qualities of the tongue to tell what is going on in the rest of the body and to then diagno
se their patient. Color, cracks, texture, spots, and other qualities can tell you probably more than you ever thought about your body. These characteristics help the acupuncturist know which “channel” in your body to treat. So stick out your tongue and take a look. You can even use this chart to compare…which tongue are you?
