Randy Martin
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Acupuncture? You've Got to be Kiddin!
ACUPUNCTURE? YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDIN’! I've got this friend who's up for trying anything and everything, so when she told me she was going to an acupuncturist for her PMS; I laughed in her face and said: "Yeah, sure, good luck!" But when she came back a few months later trying to get me to go too, that's when I had to say, "Hey, wait a minute, I'm not letting any maniac stick needles into my body for no good reason." But since I'm the kind of person who's very cautious, I d
June 3, 2011
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The Ripple Effect and How Illness is Interconnected
The Ripple Effect: How Things are Connected in Ways We Don't Usually Realize Today I was working in my garden. While cutting branches on my wisteria, I kept hearing rustling sounds nearby, but when I turned to look, I saw nothing. I went on with my trimming, and continued to hear rustling, but again, upon turning, I saw nothing. I thought maybe my friend was playing a trick on me. This continued for about ten minutes until I was done trimming the wisteria. But towards the e
September 1, 2009
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Holistic Weight Loss
By now you have probably tried many diets. Some have worked and some may not have. The difference with this program is that it is holistic. Holistic in this sense means: body, mind and spirit. Holistic also means that you take the primary responsibility for your weight loss and that we conce ourselves with your overall long-term health and not just in some crash diet fad. The program we work out together will be an individual program you can live with and not just a short-ter
July 20, 2009
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Acupuncture for Childbirth and Labor
Q - I have heard that Acupuncture can be used to induce labor and to reduce the pain of labor, but I'm so afraid of needles, I'm not sure I can handle even more pain from the acupuncture needles -- should I try it? A - To be quite honest, needles give me the creeps too! I don't like them either, and I hate blood tests. But the needles used for acupuncture are so tiny that you can even put one in the hole of a regular needle used for injections or blood tests. They are about
May 21, 2009
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Low Back Pain Treated Successfully
Every week, I have a patient who comes in with excruciating lower back pain. At least one patient per week. They usually come in as a last resort, having found me on their insurance plan website. They have tried many drugs, painkillers and anti-inflammatories, and now their doctor has only one option for them—surgery! They come to me, hoping beyond hope, that acupuncture will in some way perform the miracle that drugs could not. They can hardly lie on the massage table becau
March 28, 2009
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12 Steps and Optimal Health 4 U
THE ROLE OF ADDICTIONS AND TWELVE STEP PROGRAMS IN ACHIEVING OPTIMAL HEALTH By Dr. Randy W. Martin, OMD, PhD, LAc, QME Introductio Twelve Step Programs are extremely effective for many people in helping to control addictive behaviors. But there are four parts to any recovery program. The reaso 12-Step recovery programs work for some people and not for others, is that some people are very strong in one or two of the four areas, but weak in the others. The four components to
July 14, 2008
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