The Acupuncture Outsider Podcast
Sometimes doing what‘s best for the patient will go against dogma and tradition. And sometimes leaning more on science than on dogma will ruffle feathers and contradict the gurus and scholars of Traditional Acupuncture. That‘s OK! There‘s room for many styles and there are enough patients for all of us! I graduated at the top of my class with a Master‘s and a Doctorate in Traditional Chinese Acupuncture. I know the benefits of Traditional Acupuncture for many many conditions. But if you want fast and excellent results treating chronic pain, sports injury, over-use injury, flexibility and mobility, that is what I‘m passionate about and I‘m not going to apologize for great results or for sharing what I‘ve learned from Western Medicine using Acupuncture. The topics here will not be controversial unless you insist on holding onto dogma instead of being open to something new to you and that is based in science. If you are interested in my online courses, you can find them at: https://richardhazel.podia.com
Episodes
There are some new devices for Restless Leg Syndrome that use electric stimulation to stimulate the afferent nerves of the low leg.
What's the connection to the Superficial Peroneal Nerve and Restless Leg? I'm not sure, but I'm willing to start treating patients with this in mind.
Also, some updates on tough nerve entrapment cases.
If you are an acupuncturist and are wanting to learn motor points, come to Amsterdam in June:
Recognizing symptoms of peripheral nerve entrapment is critical for chronic pain patients who have gotten no relief from the usual standard of care and diagnostic exams.
When you know the symptoms, you can rule in or out a peripheral nerve entrapment and then palpate the typical entrapment zones to confirm you are on the right track.
If you are an acupuncturist and are wanting to learn motor points, come to Amsterdam in June:
...People often ask questions about how to use electric stimulation of an acupuncture needle in the motor point of a muscle. They want to know why and how and for how long.
I attempt to give some answers based on what I have seen. There are so many opinions about it that I thought it would be best to give you the basic explanation that has worked well for me. If you're happy with your results, that's what you should do.
I leave it t...
Some updates about Amsterdam and the recordings on Podia and the Mentorship Membership on Podia.
Here's the registration link for Amsterdam in June: https://integrative-acu-seminars.com/2nd-european-orthopaedic-and-sports-acupuncture-congress/
Here's the Podia link:
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This episode is about a recent patient with SIJ pain and it was due to the psoas being tight.
Coracobrachialis issues that are often missed for pain and mobility and cutaneous nerve symptoms.
Here's the Amsterdam Link:
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Podia Online Courses Here: https://richardhazel.podia.com
I had a rough week trying to sleep with terrible neck pain that was giving me a right-sided headache almost like a migraine.
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For the month of Marc...
Know the signs of issues with these intrinsic foot muscles.
They will help with plantar fasciitis and other foot pain.
Also, here are the live seminar links I mentioned:
https://integrative-acu-seminars.com/2nd-european-orthopaedic-and-sports-...
Sometimes that low leg pain and numbness is an entrapment of the superficial peroneal nerve. It's not always an L5-S1 radiculopathy.
Pain on plantar flexion and inversion can be a sign of superficial peroneal nerve entrapment.
Everything on Podia is 20% off until the end of March. Use the discount code MARCH20 as many times as you want until March 31.
Everyone who uses motor points and trigger points in their acupuncture treatments owes their thanks to these MDs.
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Why should we care about the Upper and Lower Crossed Patterns?
How does it help to know the difference between a tonic and a phasic muscle?
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Some people say that posture has no connection to pain. I disagree.
Happy New Year!!
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Dr. Vladimir Janda and Karel Lewit were pioneers of musculoskeletal medicine who have given us a roadmap to understand assessment and treatment of pain.
Assessment and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance: The Janda Approach https://a.co/d/0JCe9vt
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I'm really happy to see a daily migraine patient cancelling appointments because they have gone a month without a migraine!
I've updated how I treat migraines. It's always a work in progress. I have to learn from clinical experience and doctors like Dr. Andrea Trescott so I'm sharing what I have learned so far in hopes it will help others.
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I see patients in their 70s 80s and 90s that I don't run through a range of manual muscle testing for their pain.
This is how I prefer to assess and treat. And it works very well.
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Two interesting cases this week to share.
Here's my website link for the Seminar in Italy: https://richhazel.com/live-seminars/
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There are some key considerations that have helped me with foot numbness, tingling, hot/cold sensations.
Online Courses and Mentorship Community
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Isn't it likely that osteoarthritis is due to unaddressed muscle imbalances?
It seems to be the case clinically. This is a case from this past week of an 87 year old woman with constant knee pain that has her now in a wheelchair.
I think that learning a subject from the source material, research, science has been the key to getting excellent results for me.
I think when you learn a "system" from someone, you are limited by their system, especially if they don't share their source material so that you can keep learning.
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Gua Sha is soft tissue manipulation but all not all soft tissue manipulation is Gua Sha.
There is a difference and here's what it is.
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A patient with a diagnosis of Plantar Fasciitis will have different symptoms from the last one you saw with the same diagnosis and different from the next as well.
We need to think about foot biomechanics, nerves, the plantar aponeurosis and we need to know specifically where the patient is having pain.
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