CHANNELS OF THOUGHT

What Are Your Symptoms Trying To Tell You?
Acupuncture, Wellness Stephen Longo LAc. Dipl. Ac Acupuncture, Wellness Stephen Longo LAc. Dipl. Ac

What Are Your Symptoms Trying To Tell You?

Most people think the current symptoms they are experiencing ARE their problem, be it pain or some other dysfunction.

So when they take a drug made form petroleum or a surgical procedure to alleviate the symptom they they think the problem is gone. Not so, they are simply masking the symptom and not dealing with the actual issue thats CAUSING their symptom (with the exception of symptoms caused by traumatic injury)

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Welcome to Humanity Acupuncture
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Welcome to Humanity Acupuncture

Welcome to Humanity Acupuncture! My name is Stephen. Acupuncture is an ancient energy medicine that enables your body to do what it was always designed to do… to heal and to thrive. At Humanity Acupuncture it’s my goal to take these ancient healing modalities and combine them with modern acupuncture techniques, as well as a paradigm shifting way of looking and thinking about the human body, to assist you not only in your current healing but in creating lasting vitality in your body going forward.

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Why Try Acupuncture Before Drugs and Surgery
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Why Try Acupuncture Before Drugs and Surgery

I often find that when people come in for their first acupuncture treatment, we are usually their last resort. They’ve tried drugs, they’ve tried surgery and they are still in chronic pain (whether it be low back pain, neck pain, shoulder pain or knee pain). They are still experiencing digestive complaints like reflux, IBS, stomach pain, belching. They are still hounded by relentless anxiety and stress, and they haven’t gotten the results or relief they originally sought. What I want to suggest is beginning to think about coming in for acupuncture first, before drugs and before surgery.

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Delicious, Warming, Red Thai Curry. Good For What Ails You!
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Delicious, Warming, Red Thai Curry. Good For What Ails You!

Now that we are in the thick of winter, everyone is in need of a nutritious, hearty, warming, one pot meal. Not only is this one of my all time favorite go-to recipes when I want something easy and super yummy, it’s absolutely awesome when you are just starting to feel a cold coming on.

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Why I Chose To Become An Acupuncturist.
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Why I Chose To Become An Acupuncturist.

I’m often asked what led me to become an acupuncturist. Most of us have come to this beautiful, ancient medicine through some sort of personal ordeal. My story is no different…

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Less Anxiety. More Peace… 3 Easy Tools To Combat Stress.
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Less Anxiety. More Peace… 3 Easy Tools To Combat Stress.

We are all living in a highly charged world that is constantly placing us under stress 24/7. It’s not all your fault. As parents you work all day, then chauffer your kids to their soccer games, dance classes, karate lessons, while rushing to pick up food from the grocery store to get dinner on the table. Oh, and don’t forget that present you need to pick up for the 3rd birthday party this month! The list goes on and on…

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Building the Temple Through Biochemical Nutrition
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Building the Temple Through Biochemical Nutrition

Dr. Wilhelm Schuessler developed Biochemical medicine in Germany back in the early 1800’s. Through his research he found that after the human body was cremated, all that remained were the 12 inorganic mineral salts that compose the human body. Those being: Sodium Chloride, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Sulphate, Calcium Phosphate, Calcium Flouride, Calcium Sulphate, Magnesium Phosphate, Ferrum Phosphate, Potassium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Potassium Sulphate and Silica.

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Your Low Back Pain Might Not Be Coming From Your Spine…
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Your Low Back Pain Might Not Be Coming From Your Spine…

Low back pain is something we see a lot of as acupuncturists, and equally as common is the patients belief that their pain is coming from their spine. Patients may have gotten an X-ray or MRI and the results showed that they have some degeneration of this or that vertebra, or a bulging disc and therefore that is the reason they are in excruciating pain…

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