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This is why I love my life…
Posted on November 6th, 2006 by Spence Pentland.
Categories: Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, General.
A client just sent me this today…
When I first went to Acubalance I generally did not feel well, physically or emotionally. Everything from headaches, migraines, back pain, eczema, digestion issues, irregular menstrual cycles, miscarriages, stress, anxiety and more was weighing me down. I was extremely overwhelmed and frustrated by my inability to feel well. Right from the start, I found it comforting that everyone at Acubalance, receptionists and practitioners alike, were welcoming, considerate and friendly.
When I met with Spence Pentland I quickly found him to be a very knowledgeable, caring and perceptive professional with amazing communication skills. The calmness and positive energy that he radiates helped me to feel relaxed and confident in his talents as a healer. His gentleness when applying acupuncture needles made me feel at ease, even though I was a bit needle phobic.
With time, herbs and relaxing acupuncture appointments, I began to see many positive changes in how I was feeling. To list just some improvements, my headaches and migraines disappeared, my digestion problems drastically decreased, my eczema completely went away, my menstrual cycle was regulated, and I gained significantly more inner strength to cope with stresses in my life. As for my problem of miscarrying, I have a new sense of peace in believing that what is supposed to happen will happen and in knowing that I will be able to embrace and handle whatever unfolds in the future.
I know that TCM and Spence’s amazing ability to both evaluate the causes of my imbalances and to develop a personalized treatment plan significantly helped to improve my physical and emotional health, and consequently my quality of life. I confidently recommend Acubalance, TCM, and especially Spence Pentland, to anyone who is struggling to achieve balance in their life and who needs gentle guidance in healing their mind, body and spirit.
K
How to book clients/patients?
Posted on September 28th, 2006 by Spence Pentland.
Categories: Acupuncture, General.
How many clients/patients do you see in a day? How many is too many,…as a practitioner of Chinese medicine & or Acupuncture. Obviously, an initial appointment should be longer, anywhere between half and hour to 1.5 hours. This time is quite dependant on whether or not it is a complicated internal medicine issue, or just simply elbow pain. Then, put a value on this time,…$1 per minute is a good place to start.
Follow up appointments. These are appointments that are after a solid diagnosis and treatment poan have been made. It seems to me that it is unnecessary to go into deep communications every week with your client/patient, although some need this and this should be somewhat accomodated for. Therefore, follow ups should be able to be done within half an hour. This would include acupuncture, pulse and tongue, answering of general questions/concerns, and a quick check in on the 6 essentials (sleep, energy, emotions, bowels, urine, digestion), and a refill of herbal formula to get them either to their next appointment, or through the next couple weeks to a maximum of one month.
Re-evaluation appointments. These should happen approximately once per month. This is where you sit down again and go through all of the disease categories they originally presented with, and if necessary, a full head to toe re-evaluation. This would also obviously include an acupuncture treatment and a refill of herbs.
Thoughts?
Men are more sensitive to Acupuncture
Posted on September 14th, 2006 by Spence Pentland.
Categories: Acupuncture, Other..., General.
My practice is approx. 50/50 men to women. I can fully conclude, without a doubt, that men are more sensitive to the needles than women. Restated, men are, on the whole, much bigger babies than their female counterparts! Yes Yes I understand that as a rule men only go to see their doctor when something is either falling off or they are too embarassed to walk out their door because of some disfiguration, and when they finally do go it is like pulling teeth to get personal information out of them. Why are women so willing to let others help them (collective) and men are stubborn as bulls (competition)?
In the luteal phase of a womens menstrual cycle (from ovulation to menses, day 14-28) when estrogen levels are quite high women too can be quite skin sensitive to the needle poke. Is there a correlation here? Does mens estrogen levels rise when they actually let down their guard enough to allow someone to help them? I think this may be a question for Huang Di and Bob Flaws to figure out !
The long and the short of this ramble is that I really feel that it is important to address the need to figure out how men need to be treated differently. Women like the spa-like TCM clinics that are poping up in the western world, but for the most part, I don’t think that men do. This issue must be addressed. I think we exist in medical systems that were built largely by men to take care of/get to know their women (the protector role men carry with such pride). So, different ideas need to come out from the woodwork from the few practitioners that have actually dedicated some focus to male patients/clients on how, and possibly where to treat the fellas.
Acupuncture sensations…
Posted on September 13th, 2006 by Spence Pentland.
Categories: Acupuncture, General.
It is strange…I have not been a licenced acupuncturist for many years, but one thing I must express that I have noticed (and I have confirmed this with other practitioners) is that more often than not patients have one side of their body that is more sensitive to the needles than the other ! To my knowledge there is little to no information in Chinese medicine literature that speaks of this. Seems strange to me. I have heard many peoples theories on why this may be happening; left is Yin right is Yang energies, right is future issues and left is past issues, does being left handed or right handed make a difference?
This post is meant to start dialogue about acupuncture sensations; Stronger on one side? Why?
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