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Acupuncture: A Gentle Touch in the Fight Against Cancer

By admin | Published July 15, 2024

Hearing you’ve been diagnosed with cancer can feel like getting run over by a freight train. It can be overwhelming to learn about the prognosis, treatment options, and what to expect as you begin the journey that will hopefully lead to a full recovery.

The aggressive treatments, often including chemotherapy and radiation, can leave patients feeling drained and in Continue reading

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Acupuncture and colon cancer

By admin | Published March 20, 2017

Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States with about 60,000 deaths from it every year. Like all cancer, treatment can be long, uncomfortable and come with many side effects. Those getting chemotherapy may experience nausea, vomiting, postoperative pain, cancer related pain, insomnia and anxiety. The chronic pain can significantly impact quality of life. Most patients Continue reading

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After the surgery they put me in another room where my wife was waiting…. “Did the surgeon see you?” “No. What did he say?” “Well they had a surprise when they opened you up!….that wasn’t there on the June MRI. The disk ruptured and a big chunk lodged itself in the canal!”
So they had to remove it and also did the laminectomy as planned. I am even more amazed that you took away the pain, even for one day,... Read more »

Early morning on a Midsummer day, my habitual response to a painful knee joint accelerated into excruciating pain. In shock and fear as I moved my foot a quarter of an inch, I felt intense sharp stabbing sensations in my right knee joint. Thus started a journey that included a suggestion for invasive surgery, incompetent and painful therapy, an option for a steroid shot that might or might not offer relief, and pain medications that potentially offered disastrous side effects... Read more »

I injured my back doing yard work. I was in constant pain which worsened with normal activities like sitting, washing dishes, and bending or carrying things. I tried the treatment my primary care doctor recommended for 3 months without any improvement, before moving on to acupuncture. With Jon’s treatments, my pain improved within a few weeks from debilitating to just troubling. During that time, other things about how I felt improved such as mood, energy level, sleep, digestion, and so... Read more »
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