Nutmeg “Nuggets” Back Pain Relief with Acupuncture
overwhelmed by it will tell you that the physical manifestations are tightness, muscle knots, and pain in their neck and upper back. Back pain limits range of motion and complicates daily activities, and is one of the top
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reasons people seek medical treatment and acupuncture. In ad- dition to stress, some of the top causes of back pain are sprains which can occur when one or more of the ligaments in the back is overstretched, and strains which happen when sudden force rips or tears a muscle. This can be caused by an injury, poor posture, or improper lifting.
Acupuncture is effective for acute and chronic back pain. Some back pain is accompanied by tingling and burning, and acupunc- ture treatments work wonderfully for those conditions as well. Other sources of back pain can come from a herniated disc, which is a disc that bulges out from its place between two vertebrae, and sciatica. Sciatica, (sciatic neuritis) is the result of the compression of the sciatic nerve in the lower back. It produces pain and/or numbness in the lower back, the glutes, and even down the entire length of the leg. Treatment options vary depending on the specif- ics of the case. In most cases, relieving the pressure on the sciatic nerve can be achieved without undergoing surgery.
In many cases, acupuncture has worked for patients whose condi- tions did not respond to conventional approaches. When long- standing pain or injuries are the cause, then more treatments will be needed. Acupuncture helps to reduce the residual effects that linger, sometimes for years. Treatment points vary based on careful consideration of a person’s history and symptoms. We look at your whole health history, sports traumas, falls, bumps and bruises, as well as all other illnesses. Acupuncture not only relieves back pain, but stress as well, and has a relaxing effect on many people. Some even fall asleep during the treatment. Best of all, most people experience great results.
Ingri Boe-Wiegaard has been a licensed and fully-insured acupunc- turist serving Fairfi eld, Wilton, and Bethel, CT for over 35 years. See ad on page 20.
ost everyone has times of stress, and the major- ity of people who are
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One Doctor’s Approach to Better Medicine
hysiology before pharmacology.” I made this my motto over a decade ago, in 2003, to explain how I routinely help patients heal from chronic illness. Just to be clear, I do not reject
pharmacology. On the contrary; I am grateful to have as many tools as possible in my toolkit. I will use whatever tools best suits. I simply believe that before using medications, as a physician, I have a job to do; I must carefully consider the underlying causes of each person’s illness.
Functional Medicine taught me to consider your health story as a timeline; looking at this big picture, I look for connections and patterns. And I also look at the small picture, at your molecules, to assess your unique biochemistry. Some of the questions I ask: Are the basic nutrients you need to support your unique physiology all optimally present? Are there harmful or risky molecules that need to be mitigated or removed?
Each of our cells has work to do and they need specifi c molecules to do that work. The basic raw materials that our cells require to do their job are mostly nutrients from our diet. Nutrition is simply foundational to how we function, to how cells function, to our physiology. Nutrition fuels the reactions of every cell so that we can live, grow and heal, imagine, create, love, and serve.
We can continue to function with poor nutrition but we cannot thrive. We deplete our reserves and our resilience decreases, not to mention our muscle mass and bone mass. Suboptimal nutrition makes us age faster.
There are certainly other necessary components to healing and vitality; movement, connection, sleep and much more. But every- thing works better when every single cell we have, has access to all the raw materials it needs, to do the best job it can. Functional Medicine is 21st Century Medicine. Personalized, proactive, empowering; it helps people reframe their health story, addressing the underlying causes of their chronic symptoms. Along with the intelligent use of cutting edge laboratory studies to guide you along the way, a doctor and a patient, working together, can co- create an effective, specifi c plan to correct and prevent the real causes of chronic health problems.
Tamara Sachs, MD was trained in Internal Medicine at Mt Sinai Medical School and Yale. In 2003, she opened her clinic, Functional Medicine & Integrative Care LLC in New Milford CT. More informa- tion is available at
www.tsachsmd.com. See ad on page 27.
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