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Top 10 Ways Acupuncture Can Help Anyone Going Through Cancer Treatment!
Posted by admin at 05:30 | Filed In Acupuncture News, Inspired Wellness Center, News you can Use
As a person, I have been dealing with cancer in my family for as long as I can remember, and as an Acupuncturist I have been working with Cancer patients since I was in Grad school. I’ve seen both sides of the story and I’m here to tell you that although getting the news of Cancer will probably always be one of the worst days you can imagine, your cancer treatment doesn’t have to be as scary as it sounds. Find a good Oncologist (shameless plug for one of the best Oncologists in Denver, Dr. Samir Witta of Mountain Blue Cancer Care Center) and you will find plenty of options if your cancer is treatable. Now bring on an Oncology Specialized Acupuncturist and you have a very well rounded team to get you through your cancer treatments.
Does it seem strange to think of a Medical Doctor and an Acupuncturist working so well together? Well it shouldn’t! Many of the best hospitals in the country offer Acupuncture as part of their treatment program.
Here are 10 things Acupuncture can help anyone going through cancer treatments with:
- · Fatigue
- · Neuropathy
- · Nausea/vomiting
- · Headaches
- · Body-aches
- · Insomnia
- · Surgery Prep/Recovery
- · Blood counts/Immune System
- · Depression
- · Hot flashes
Although that’s the list of things I most commonly see, there is so much more that Acupuncture can help with! The timing, a frequency, can change depending on what works best with your body and your chemo schedule, so be open to playing around with timing of treatments. A good place to start is the day before your Chemo treatment. Although once a week is useful, many of my patients, who have done the very best, have come in twice on the week of chemo and once a week otherwise.
So there you go… while the diagnosis of Cancer will always suck, the treatment doesn’t have to. Things like rest, sleep, good nutrition, laughter and Acupuncture, you are giving your body the tools it needs to take care of itself, while you go thru treatment, and I know that it will return the favor tenfold!
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A great article and definitely on the spot. Cancer patients need support and acupuncture is definitely a great adjunct to help relieve the side affects of chemo.
Great blog post!! I haven’t heard of any specific training for acupuncturists for treating cancer. Do you have any suggestions?
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