How are y’all doing with your new year’s resolutions? Today marks another (lunar) new year, the year of the snake. As it is an animal that sheds its skin, it signifies a particularly good year for dropping bad habits!
However, you don’t need an excuse to work on your transformation. Any day is a good day to eat nutritious food, connect with a loved one, move your body, floss, think, breathe and sleep well. What would you like more or less of this year? Can I help?
You guys, I hate marketing. Health care marketing tends to be either fear based (consume this or you will die painfully/catch a horrible disease/be ugly and unpopular) or sets unreasonable expectations (consume this and you’ll be full of life, energy, beauty, and general sexiness). I guess that’s mass marketing in general, but there is something about applying it to what I do–making a personal connection and really helping someone–that is very off putting to me. But if I don’t do it, then I don’t get customers, and if I don’t get customers, I have to look for a “real job,” one where my talents will likely be underutilized, and I’m making widgets instead of helping people.
Optimally, people see me on a regular basis, increasing the time between visits as they are getting healthier, until they feel well enough that I don’t expect to see them anymore. Over the years, I have seen a lot of temporary relief. I have seen plenty of people not have significant improvement. Most of those, I take with a large rock of halite, because if someone’s had a condition a long time and sees me sporadically once or twice? I’m not expecting much, in the same way that if a pneumonia patient takes one or two antibiotics a few days apart, that patient is still going to have pneumonia!
I’ve also had some unexpectedly awesome results.
Looking for your Christmas miracle? I’ve facilitated a few. I’m not going to guarantee it, but let’s see what we can do. “I can pick up my baby girl, and it doesn’t hurt.” Merry Christmas, dude who was in daily sciatic pain since January!
Did everyone have a nice Thanksgiving holiday? I had a pleasantly uneventful couple of days. I did catch up with my mother on the phone, and she tells me her blood pressure is getting back to normal. “I’m not doing anything different, but I never was,” she reports. “But I have been sleeping pretty well in the last few weeks. I didn’t sleep well for a long time after that sting.”
Ha! I knew it was related to that episode! Folks, my mom was working in her garden this spring, and for Mother’s Day, she discovered she is violently allergic to yellow jackets. Yeah, happy freaking Mother’s Day, right? Shortly after, her annual physical showed elevated blood pressure. It stayed high for months, despite eating well, exercising daily (which she does anyway), and taking herbs that I sent to her. Much to her pride and relief, her doctor said she didn’t have to take medication just yet.
Mom used to always start phone conversations with, “Are you eating, are you sleeping?” I noticed the lack, but I figured she was starting to trust me to take care of myself. I think there was maybe a bit of denial there, too. “No symptoms, nothing is going on except my systolic is high.”
Insomnia can affect the nervous, metabolic, immune, endocrine, and cardiovascular systems, which cover every process in the body. If you aren’t getting proper sleep, your body is not functioning as it should. How long has it been since you got a good night’s sleep? Let me help! Whether through acupuncture, supplements, and/or better habits, you can stress less and get the rest you need!
In the next couple of weeks, I will be transitioning my practice to work full time for/at Manning Wellness Clinic. While Tyra and I would have loved to make this move more gradually and gracefully, the zoning folks have spoken, and our office space is not viable for our business. I’ll be working on transitioning my web presence, too, so please let me know when you still see references to Bishop.
Working with patients is what I do best, and as any business owner knows, it can become what you do the least! I’m really looking forward to doing more of what I love.
I have incorporated, which gives me some opportunities beyond being a sole practitioner. Pretty much boring bank and tax stuff; for you as a patient, nothing really changes but the name on the letterhead, so let me tell you about the name.
My own ethnicity is Korean, and I learned acupuncture from Chinese style practitioners. I did study the Japanese language in college, though, and I was always delighted by their greeting.
Rather than “How’s it going?” the Japanese say “O genki desu ka?” Are you genki?
So what is genki? Genki is vitality, liveliness, the color in your cheeks, the spring in your step. If you look at the characters, it breaks down to “generating ki.” Ki, or Qi, as I learned it in acupuncture school, is vital energy. Living things have qi. Dead things used to have qi. Inanimate, inorganic things do not have qi.
Literally, asking if you are genki is asking if you are alive. When you feel alive, don’t you feel great? “O genki desu ka?” “Do you feel vital/fantastic/alive/well?” It is kind of a loaded concept, but isn’t it cool?
So that is genki. Neko is cat, and mine happened to be in the room when I was filling out my incorporation papers. My cat is soooo genki. He is pretty much the genkiest thing that ever lived. And I love that ^__^ can either mean a cat face or a smile.
It takes a lot of explanation, and yes, I am licensed to work on people, not pets! So that is my new operating name.
I’ve migrated from a SOPA supporting company, and it’s been a long time since I’ve had to deal with set-up. There are going to be some missing files and broken links for a bit. Excuse our appearance while under construction, on and offline.
Here is an excellent explanation of why SOPA is a bad idea. I’m doing inventory today, but I’ll be taking appointments tomorrow to help you destress from distress!
If you’re wondering how to use the rest of your flex-med account, now’s a great time to try acupuncture! Whether you wonder if you could reduce your medication intake, need some relief, or just want to relax a bit from the end-of-year madness, why not see if I can help? Call for your appointment soon!
In other news, I’m updating for the first time in several months. I remembered my word press password! Unfortunately, I don’t remember my hosting password, so I can’t implement the cool plug-ins just yet. Construction still looks daunting, but the intersections are clear! I think the worst is over on that front; as a matter of fact, I see someone parked on the street in front of my building, and it’s not a backhoe! Yaaay!!!
Yeah, it’s a little wiggy. As of now, it is not immediately apparent, but the lot in back is still accessible. You should be able to skirt around the half-barrier at Madison and Canty to get to our parking lot (from Canty, on the right). There is a back door with steps, and the sidewalk around the building should be traversible by wheelchair.
Do not count on street parking on Bishop for quite a while. Actually, avoid Bishop from Neely and northward for a while if you can. It’s a mess. Updates as I get ‘em. Thanks for your patience!
This post brings up some good points. I’ve used 5 Hour Energy before, and I think for what it is, it’s not a terrible product. However, the commercials drive me nuts.
If you feel tired after lunch every single day, it’s not that you’re lacking the ingredients of a branded product. Maybe you’re lacking sleep, in which case, no wonder you’re tired. If you are getting at least 7 hours of sleep every night, why are you tired? Maybe you have sleep apnea. Maybe you don’t realize your dog is waking you up every 15 minutes. If you feel incredibly drained after you eat, maybe you have metabolic syndrome.
Metabolic syndrome is a condition characterized by disturbed glucose and insulin metabolism, central obesity, and hypertension. Unchecked, it may lead to cognitive decline, heart disease, depression, cancer and diabetes. Tiredness after lunch is a very common symptom of insulin resistance. Other metabolic symptoms include insomnia, moodiness, inability to focus, cravings, body pains, disproportionately large waistline, and difficulty losing weight. How do you get it? Unlucky genes, sedentary lifestyle, and overconsumption of refined carbs. How do you get rid of it? Losing weight is easy to say and hard to do. It does get easier once you get started moving and eating greener and cleaner. If you have metabolic syndrome, the product you should be taking every day isn’t a stimulant, but something to help you moderate your blood sugar. I can help you with this; I’m focused on your health, not just needles.
Every so often, yes, you have a social evening and have to be at work very early the next day. Kids or storms keep you up. You’re trying to work out again. You’re stuck in really boring meetings. Believe me, I understand the need for an occasional pick-me-up! However, if you’re buying them by the case, you may be doing your health a great disservice. This is your body’s “check engine” light. Are you going to get the problem sorted out, or are you going to continue down the highway and really hope you don’t break down?
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