Have you ever wondered what you contribute to the community? The Twitter-community that is… Well I have, and before I just shared some cool links I stumbled-upon with my friends and followers. But I have decided that there are allready excellent programs for that.

And after some thinking I came up with this:

My online Acupuncture Practice

Yup, that’s right. There now is an online acupuncture practice on the internet. No you will not get virtual needles and pay me lots of money for it, but I will answer your questions about acupuncture and health for you.

And all of this on twitter. Just tweet me at @acubas and I will answer a.s.a.p (when I am online). So, tweet, retweet and retweet the word: the first online acupuncture practice has opened!

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Probably the most of you have had backpain once in your lives. Most would have taken only a painkiller, but some will have gone to the doctor. He would have probably also given you a painkiller, maybe a musclerelaxer in it as well. Ans he will definetly have told you to stay moving and NOT stay in bed all day.

If you would lie still, the blood flow in your back muscles decreases, the nourishing of the intervertebral discs decreases and not only will you heal slower, but you will also feel more pain and get stiffer. About the intervertebral discs: they get nourished somewhat like a sponge. If it gets squezed, the fluids will be pressed out, taking the ‘garbage’ with them and if it gets un-squezed the fluids will return and with it the nourishment of the disc.

So what kind of exercise do you want to do? Well for example walking is a very good idea.  Not only will it get some circulation going in your lower back, but also from an acupuncturist view, it improves the energy of the kidneys. Since week kidney-Chi is the main source of lower back-pain in acupuncture this is an excellent exercise.

If walking is too hard or too painful, go cycling. Even on a hometrainer. The movement of the legs and the swinging of the pelvis is a excellent very light way of moving for the lower back. And ofcourse this will also improve the circulation again. If the pain is worse, always consult your local physician and I would recommend you see a physiotherapist. Most physiotherapist will be able to set up an exercise plan that is tailored eexactly for your needs.

Even better would be Qi Gong. A traditional style of helath-exercises from China. It is based on the same system as acupuncture.

Naturally I would recommend you see an acupuncturist. Since I quit physiotherapy and focus solely on acupuncture I have helped more patients with lower back pain then I was able to before. If you want to learn more about acupuncture and back pain, check out the blog from Zak. He is a specialist on acupuncture and lower back pain.

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Just a short link for all of you interested in research. And ofcourese for all the doubters out there…

I found this article on the Portland Acupuncture Blog giving us more information about the studies that have been done. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

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Just a short update on my blog because of all the hysteria round the mexican or swine flu. A lot of people are wondering if this new flu can be prevented or cured with alternative medicine. Offcourse!!! some sites will say and they will sell you their expansive therapies. My spam-box was already full with all kinds of cures for the swine flu and only one cure for the mexican flu as it now is called in Europe.

Unfortunately little is known about this new flu. So what can we say about the effect of acupuncture on it? Very little indeed…

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Just a short message to empower all you acupuncturists out there. A new study done by dr. S. Schroeder et all in Germany shows significant improvement on pheripheral neuropathy.

The result of the therapy was measured in nerve condition and in subjective symptoms. Not only did this study show that there is a positive effect form acupuncture on pheriperal neuropathy, but also that the subjective improvement was correlated with the improvement of the nerve condition.

Read the article on pubmed: Acupuncture treatment improves nerve conduction in peripheral neuropathy.

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