ConditionsPain and orthopedics
Arthritis and widespread pain
Joint pain that keeps coming back and pain spread through the whole body.
3 conditions in this group
Here the Western lens leads, with the classical lens alongside on every page. Hover or focus a condition for a short summary through your lens.
- Back, neck and joint pain
Western Pain from muscles, joints, discs and nerves, usually in layers, and often driven from somewhere other than where it hurts.
Classical 水 Pain as obstruction: qi, blood or the tissue has stopped moving, read by channel, by pattern and by what eases it.
Often with Dry needling, Active Release, Functional movement
- Arthritis
Western Osteoarthritis is thinning cartilage and remodeling bone; rheumatoid and other inflammatory types are immune conditions.
Classical 水 Read as painful obstruction, 痹: wind, cold, damp or heat lodged in the joints, on a ground of Liver and Kidney depletion.
Often with Acupuncture, Moxibustion, Herbal medicine
- Fibromyalgia
Western Widespread pain with fatigue, unrefreshing sleep and fog, thought to involve how the nervous system amplifies pain signals.
Classical 土 Read as several patterns layered at once: constrained Liver qi, depleted qi and blood, and damp weighing on the muscles.
Often with Acupuncture, Master Tung's acupuncture, Herbal medicine
Ways we often work in this group
- Master Tung's acupunctureA family lineage of distal point systems on the hands, forearms and lower legs, used across many conditions: pain, neurological conditions, digestion, fertility and eye care.
- Chinese herbal medicineClassical formulas chosen for the exact mix of patterns you have, worked through in order and changed as you change. Trained through the ICEAM curriculum.
- Dry needling and orthopedic acupunctureNeedling the muscles that keep a pain going, read along the fascial chain they belong to, with functional movement corrections you take home.
- Functional movementMovement assessment and corrective exercise that carry the work of the treatment room into your week. Usually paired with dry needling and orthopedic acupuncture.
- AcupunctureFine, single-use needles at points chosen from your pattern diagnosis, to restore the smooth flow of qi and blood.
- MoxibustionWarming mugwort near the skin to warm the channels and support the body's yang.
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