The National Institutes for Health and the World Health Organization recognize the validity of acupuncture, and endorse the use of acupuncture for a number of conditions. Acupuncture is often combined with Chinese herbal medicine to provide the greatest effect. Muscular and skeletal conditions: Pain or restriction in any of the following areas: back, neck, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, ankle, and foot. Also, sports injuries and conditions such as fibromyalgia. Head

Recently I read that one out of ten Americans are taking antidepressants! I was shocked, and almost went into depression myself! It has been said that depression is the most expensive disease on earth, with loss of productivity from absenteeism and poor performance costing as much as medical treatment…an estimated cost of 85 billion dollars annually in the U.S.! While many of today’s antidepressants are helpful, it is my belief that many of these people could be successfully

Many times a patient will come to my office with a diagnosis of Lumbar Disc disease. Commonly, they have been told they had a herniated disc. The patient is convinced this is the cause of their pain because they had an MRI sometime in the past which showed it. Pain management approaches, including epidural steroid injections, have often failed to provide any significant or lasting relief. The patient may then be referred for surgical evaluation, and come to me hoping I can of