Energetic Health Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine

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Acupuncture is part of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and is practiced in many different forms which include herbal remedies, cupping, and massage, which have all been used for thousands of years. The basis of TCM is the idea of qi, the body’s vital energy.

TCM treatments promote the movement of qi throughout the body in order to help bring balance back to the body. The goal of acupuncture is to correct this imbalance which can cause a variety of ailments and conditions that you may currently have.

Acupuncture uses very thin needles (which have been compared to being as small as cat whiskers) that stimulate pressure points and other areas of your body. It stimulates qi by placing needles in specific spots, often along meridians. Meridians are the channels that qi travels in the body.

Below are the top five ways that acupuncture can help:

1. Relieves Pain
Acupuncture can help alleviate many types of pain that may range from headaches and migraines to neck and back pain. These studies have shown its effectiveness in treating lower back pain, migraines, tension headaches, and knee pain. Acupuncture works differently for everybody. For some, a single treatment can alleviate symptoms for several months while others need a more routine treatment schedule.

2. Improved Sleep
Another thing that acupuncture can help improve is sleep and insomnia. Scientists believe that acupuncture increases the production of brain chemicals that promote relaxation, thus allowing for better sleep.

3. Uplift Mood
Acupuncture can help with improving mood, including helping with depression, stress, and anxiety. The needles from acupuncture treatment release endorphins in the body. Endorphins are hormones that provide a boost in mood, encouraging happiness and relaxation.

4. Help the Heart
Acupuncture is also good for your heart due to the relaxation and stress reduction that one achieves from the treatments, which are also known to reduce blood pressure. Stress and high blood pressure are commonly related to heart attacks and heart disease.

5. Support the Immune System
Research has shown that acupuncture can boost immune system function. The placement of acupuncture needles can release immune-boosting cytokines. Cytokines are messenger cells that regulate the body’s immune response. By triggering the immune system, acupuncture can help fight infections or illnesses like colds and the flu.

If you deal with any of the above symptoms or think that acupuncture may be right for you- please call us at 435-359-1479 to schedule an appointment with us! We’d be happy to support you in achieving your health care goals!

14/09/2020

Most Common Illnesses Acupuncture is Used to Treat

Acupuncture is an ancient treatment modality that is backed by thousands of years of documented success. Unfortunately, it is often used as a treatment of last resort. This is because our education is grounded in western science, which has no clear explanation for why or how acupuncture works. It is unfortunate because, in comparison to surgery and prescription painkillers, acupuncture is virtually painless, side-effect free, and imposes zero additional recovery time on the patient after each treatment session is completed.

When people do eventually come to acupuncture, they find it to be as, or more effective than other treatments they have tried so far. This is especially true for the treatment of chronic pain, inflammatory disorders, addiction, and more.

Acupuncture in Pain Management

Where this treatment modality shines is in managing pain. Acupuncture alters the way the nervous system functions, by allowing it to send fewer unnecessary pain signals to the brain. It does this by tapping into the ability of the brain and the nervous system as a whole to manage pain in healthy ways.

Consider the way a small child reacts to pain compared to an adult. When children get a bump or scrape, they often cry bitterly as if they have been badly wounded. An adult’s pain response will tend to be less pronounced. This is because an adult will know on an experiential level and an intuitive level that superficial damage is not a threat to her or his existence.
In short, our nervous systems mature as we do. Therefore, it can be said- based on long experience with the practice- that acupuncture can help our nervous system to develop more refined responses to pain.

Common Types of Painful Illnesses That are Successfully Treated Using Acupuncture

You will find that the types of pain acupuncture is best at treating are the ones that are caused by a disproportionate response of the body to injury or illness. Inflammation, for example, is what happens when the body responds to a perceived threat. But that response can be harmful if it is not properly regulated.

Gastrointestinal Disorders

Damage to the gut lining and irritants in the digestive system will trigger an immune response, and causes obvious pain. Conditions like IBS result when the body cannot properly mount a well-regulated response. Acupuncture can reduce unhelpful levels of swelling in the gut.

Eye, Ear, Nose & Throat Disorders

As with gastrointestinal disorders, allergies result when an irritant is ever-present, and the body, again, mounts a poorly regulated response. Acupuncture is well suited for this type of problem.

Immune Disorders

Sometimes, hyperactive immune responses are so strong that the body’s defense systems begin to attack the body itself. Immune disorders can be devastating and sometimes painful.

Musculoskeletal & Neurological Disorders

At some point in life, everyone experiences pain caused by a musculoskeletal and/or neurological disorder. These can be caused by poor posture, injury, illness, and age. Acupuncture can help the body to refrain from delivering manic pain signals while the patient strives to heal.

Call us today if you need more information on acupuncture or would like to schedule an appointment. 435-359-1479

02/02/2020

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Macular Degeneration can be Intimidating

It’s difficult to know what to do when you’ve been diagnosed with Macular Degeneration. Maybe you've been told there is nothing you can do except take some vitamins and hope for the best. However, there is a lot more that can be done. When properly treated by a specially trained Acupuncturist, Acupuncture for Macular Degeneration is a powerful way to save your eyesight.

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05/08/2019

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13/02/2019

Bruch’s Membrane

Bruch’s membrane lies between the RPE and the choriocapillaris. It is in this layer that significant degenerative changes occur that play yet another role in the development of AMD. Bruch’s membrane contains the basement membrane of both the RPE and the choriocapillaris. And sandwiched between the RPE and choriocapillaris are two collagenous layers with a middle elastic layer. The middle elastic layer is 1/3 to 1/5 as thick in the fovea as it is in peripheral retina area, perhaps allowing greater diffusion of molecules in both directions in the extremely metabolically active fovea.

Bruch’s membrane generally tends to thicken as we the age. In fact, what is known as basal laminar or basal linear deposits cause progressive thickening of Bruch’s which is thought to be a significant precursor to AMD. It is believed that this thickening and basal laminar deposits may serve as barriers to the diffusion of oxygen and perhaps other nutrients to the photoreceptors. In response to this the RPE and outer retinal layers may increase production of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) that causes the growth of new vessels (ultimately, wet AMD). Further calcification, lipid deposition and basal laminar deposits may collectively serve as barriers to the diffusion of gases, nutrients and metabolic byproducts between the photoreceptors and the choriocapillaris. A decrease in choroidal blood flow, which is the vascular layer that supports the RPE and photoreceptors, might reasonably be expected to decrease the detoxification of metabolic debris and byproducts from the RPE cells which could then deposit debris within Bruch’s membrane.

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12/02/2019

Retinal Pigment Epithelium (RPE)

The vascular layer beneath the retinal pigment epithelium provides 90% of the oxygen and virtually all of the nutrients to the photoreceptors through the RPE. The photoreceptors shed the outer 10% of their photoreceptors segments (which are closest to the RPE) every night. The RPE must engulf these outer segments, degrade and reprocess them. Since one RPE cell services approximately 30 receptors, the RPE has perhaps the highest burden in the body to breakdown oxidized debris. If an RPE cell malfunctions for any reason, the 30 photoreceptors that it supports will die. If this occurs over a significant area, we get what is called geographic atrophy (a large area of dead cells) and this is devastating to vision.

The crucial functions of the RPE which are critically dependent on nutrients, good blood flow and oxygen, are complex and essential for visual function. A failure of any one of these functions can lead to degeneration of the retina, loss of visual function, and blindness. The retina depends greatly on the RPE. The RPE, in turn, depends on the blood supply of the choroidal circulation. The choroidal circulation itself depends on growth factors secreted by the RPE in an amazingly mutually beneficial relationship. The RPE gives oxygen and nutrients from choroid circulation. If the choroid is compromised the RPE suffers and if the RPE suffers the choroid and retina suffer.

For more information about how acupuncture can help with your eyesight please call 435-359-1479 and we shall schedule a FREE consult!

01/02/2019

Photoreceptors - Rods and Cones

Photoreceptors, known as rods and cones, are responsible for converting photons of light that are changed into a biochemical signal (known as photo transduction) and is transferred to the brain via the optic nerve to allow us to actually see. Rods are responsible for light and dark vision and cannot perceive color but are highly adapted for lowlight vision. Cones are responsible for color vision and are highly adapted for acute high-definition vision.

Outside of the fovea, rods are the predominant photoreceptor, where they outnumber cones 20:1 on average. There are about 120 million rods in each eye. Anatomically, cones become increasingly common toward the center of the fovea. At a distance of ½ millimeter from the center of the fovea, rods and cones are equal in presence. Rods become increasingly scarce within 300 microns of the center of the fovea and the central 100 microns of the fovea is made up purely of cones.

There are only about 90,000 cones in the central 2 millimeters of the retina. This means that our highest visual acuity depends on the functional integrity of less than 100,000 cones out of almost 5 million, emphasizing how critical optimal health of the fovea is for good vision throughout life. These photoreceptor cells have the highest metabolic rate of any cells in the body and this activity is very demanding of energy and nutrients. This is made possible only through an extensive organized support and protection system.

More to come...........

31/01/2019

The Macula

The fovia is critically important to vision and yet has a very limited supply of blood. The fovia has a central area known as the foveal avascular zone (FAZ), which is a central area of the fovea approximately 400 to 500 microns (1 micron equals one thousandth of a millimeter) across. This area has no blood supply on the retinal side. This is thought to be a specialization associated with high visual acuity, as the presence of vessels in this area on the retinal side would compromise vision. This is the reason that the relative lack of vasculature in the fovea is truly the perfect design, as long as nutrition and blood supply remain adequate.

The choroidal circulation, which is deep in the retina and beneath the retinal pigment epithelium, would therefore be required to play a bigger role in oxygenating and nourishing the fovea. It is the choroidal circulation that is compromised in AMD.

Continuing tomorrow.....

30/01/2019

Macular Anatomy as it Relates to AMD

The macula is only about 6 mm in diameter which is almost exactly 1/4 of an inch. AMD is the result of what is going on in that quarter inch area of the retina in the back of your eye. The macula itself comprises only about 4% of the entire retinal area, and yet it is responsible for about 10° of our central vision as well as the enormous majority of our useful vision. The fovia, located at the center of the macula, is the area responsible for the most acute vision. It is only about 2 mm or 1/13 of an inch in diameter and yet represents approximately 5 to 6° of our central vision, which is the area of maximum visual acuity. This is arguably the most important 2 mm of the entire body, as without it, you would have a rather large central blind spot in your vision. Suddenly, you'd be unable to read or see a person's face.

Deep in the neural retina, from the front to the back of the eye lies the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), followed by Bruch’s membrane, the choriocapillaris, and then the sclera, which is the outer white of the eye. Most of this post will focus on the retina, specifically, the photoreceptors (rods and cones), the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) located just behind the retina, Brooks membrane, which separates the retina from the choriocapillaris, and the choriocapillaris itself, which is the primary blood supply to the macula. Understanding the anatomy of the macula is extremely important in understanding how acupuncture can reverse AMD.

More to come...............

29/01/2019

What Would You Miss Most If You Could Not See?

Age related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of worldwide blindness in the elderly and has been the leading cause of irreversible vision loss and blindness in the developed world for a number of decades. The macula, which is located in the central retina, is by far the most important part of the retina since it is responsible for central vision. The macula is responsible for one's ability to discern faces, to see stop signs, to read print and so on. If the macula is destroyed, the impact on vision is devastating. My hope is that understanding what is going on with AMD at the microscopic level will help to make sense of this disease and how it relates to prevention and treatment.

In the early stages of macular degeneration visual loss is typically mild and usually asymptomatic. However one may begin to notice blurred vision, blind spots, decreased contrast sensitivity (harder to see in dim illumination), abnormal dark adaptation (difficulty adjusting from bright to dim lighting) and the need for brighter light to accomplish normal visual tasks. With progression the affected individual will lose more central vision, definite blind spots may develop and if dry AMD suddenly becomes wet AMD, distortion of the vision and profound central vision loss may occur. Even without wet AMD, however, dry AMD may progress into more advanced AMD known as geographic atrophy which may also result in rather profound central vision loss albeit at a slower pace.

More tomorrow...............

28/01/2019

"I approached my initial treatment sessions for Macular Degeneration at Energetic Health with considerable skepticism (I had never experienced acupuncture) and few positive expectations. To my amazement and delight, and without a whit of discomfort, I emerged with a profound respect for Kurt and Amy and the work they do. My eyesight did not improve noticeably after the first few treatments, but got better and better as the sessions continued. I am now able to see much better than before treatments began and am confident my sight will improve even more over time. I highly endorse Energetic Health and look forward to my next visit with Kurt and Amy." Steve R.

Thanks Steve for the kind words. It is our heartfelt desire to help you and others who are suffering with Macular Degeneration.

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05/01/2019

According to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), health is seen as harmony between inner forces in the body. These forces, yin and yang, are central concepts in Eastern thought. Two opposing but complementary aspects, they symbolize the cyclic, ever-changing nature of the universe. In the body, yin and yang are manifest as blood and Qi, respectively. Qi is the body’s vital energy, the life force, “that which animates life.”

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04/01/2019

Did you know...? Our very own Kurt Redmond is board-certified by the NCCAOM, the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and also trained in using BioSET (Bioenergetic Sensitivity and Enzyme Therapy), a natural system of healing for allergy elimination.

This diverse background allows the use of homeopathic, enzyme and herbal remedies in a safe and effective manner.

We sure are lucky to have such a dedicated & compassionate healer right here in St. George Utah!


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03/01/2019

Diabetic Retinopathy is caused by chronically high blood sugar from diabetes and is associated with damage to the tiny blood vessels in the retina, leading to diabetic retinopathy. We can help.


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01/01/2019

Important! Share your resolutions one-on-one. Why?

Before you post your intent on Facebook, hold up: "Some research shows that telling others your goal makes you feel like you've already achieved it," says Dr. Oz. But other studies indicate that sharing progress can help you keep going, he adds. Dr. Oz's advice: Confide in one friend, "then share achievements with others when you're on the road to success."


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31/12/2018

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27/12/2018

Holiday Butternut Squash Soup Recipe - Simple, Low Carb & Delicious!

Ingredients:
One 2- to 3-pound butternut squash, peeled and seeded
2 tablespoons Kenai Organic Coconut Oil
1 medium onion, chopped
6 cups chicken stock
Pinch of Nutmeg
Salt and freshly ground black pepper


Directions:
Cut squash into 1-inch chunks. In large pot melt Coconut Oil. Add onion and cook until translucent, about 8 minutes. Add squash and stock. Bring to a simmer and cook until squash is tender, about 15 to 20 minutes. Remove squash chunks with slotted spoon and place in a blender and puree. Return blended squash to pot. Stir and season with nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Serve.



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