Life coaching: healing power of forgiveness acupuncture: how it works

Acupuncture

how it works

by eddie vernon

The realization that you are in pain occurs through the actions of two distinct nerves sending signals throughout your body: 1) Sensory Pain Nerves (Nociceptors): These send signals up the spine to the brain that allow the brain to sense that there is pain somewhere in the body. 2) Proprioceptive nerve fibers: These send signals to the brain where the pain is by firing at the affected area.

When the brain senses the area where the proprioceptive nerve fibers are firing, it releases endorphins to control the pain until the body can heal itself.

Chronic pain occurs when the proprioceptive neural threshold is low, which means that the signal to the brain is weak at best and thus the brain does not release endorphins. This is occurring in many patients who know they have pain but cannot quite say where it is.

Acupuncture helps because the sensation caused by the needles stimulates the brain to recognize the pain and release endorphins to counter it. This process temporarily re-boots the proprioceptive nerves, but because this weak signal is a condition, the stimulated signal caused by acupuncture weakens after a few hours. This just means that the body needs repeated sessions to train the proprioceptive nerve pathway to send normal signals to the brain. Just like you need to work out more than once to obtain strong muscles, you will need more than once acupuncture treatment to obtain strong nerve signals.

5 WAYS ACUPUNCTURE WORKS: 1.Strengthens Immune System: Acupuncture has been shown to escalate certain hormones, white blood cell counts, and antibody production. Many acupuncturists can tell you that when they perform on patients with HIV, their white blood count and T cell levels increase after every treatment. Making for happier and healthier patients. 2.Stimulates Endorphins: Acupuncture creates both an immediate and a lasting pain relief by stimulating endorphin release with every treatment, and training the body to react that way to pain.

3.Neurotransmitters: Serotonin and Noradrenalin levels, both neurotransmitters, are shown to be affected with proper acupuncture treatments. 4.Circulation: Acupuncture has an effect on the efficiency of the circulatory system, having the ability to constrict or dilate blood vessels. 5.Nerve Gate Control: Acupuncture can close nerve gates by giving the impulses through strategically placed needles, overloading them. This process actually reduces pain transmission.

BALANCE METHOD The purpose of the Balance Method is to restore the body's balance by targeting areas that aren't near the pain. By healing the body as a whole, not simply focusing on the area in pain, we can produce a healing that lasts and that makes you feel great.

This is done by targeting specific acupuncture points which stimulate blood flow, relax and re-train muscles, soothe nerves, and re-energize the body's natural healing system.

This is a fantastic method that we at Acupuncture Fredericksburg use because it stimulates a lasting healing process by: Using acupuncture points away (distant) from the injured or painful area, leaving sensitive places needle free. Using fewer acupuncture points (less than fifteen) to produce more effective results. Producing instantaneous relief. Generating continuous improvement with comprehensive and successive treatments. Requiring fewer treatments to achieve a stable and lasting improvement. Allowing you to remain clothed through the process Being time efficient

Acupuncture Appointments with Eddie Vernon, L.Ac. are available in the office of Total Rehab. 2358 Plank Road, FXBG VA 22401 (540) 847-6985; www.ysuffer.com

Life Coaching

healing power of forgiveness

By Marcia Grimsley

"Forgiveness is giving up all hope for a different past." ~Colin Tippen Ph.D., Radical Forgiveness

Now is the perfect time for making personal changes that can shift us into a healthier lifestyle and a healthier life. We can contribute to the healing of our world as well. The forgiveness process is a force for healing interpersonal relationships and hurtful experiences. In addition we personally benefit, because forgiveness heals us internally and creates less division in our community. I would like to offer you some thoughts on forgiveness, both from my own experiences and from some well-known teachers, writing on this subject. It is my hope that these ideas, shared here, will help you decide to move forward with this important inner work.

Forgiveness is usually two-s sided: forgiving another and forgiving ourselves. Often people try to back themselves into the forgiveness process. Sometimes doing this helps us feel better, because it seems to protect our self esteem. Often we attempt to forgive others, before we first forgive ourselves. This does not usually work very well. Many times it is very difficult to look at feelings of guilt in forgiveness opportunities. These disturbing feelings can be very deep in us. One example of this might be, blaming our child's school or teacher for his or her academic performance, rather than seeing our own contribution to this problem.

Feeling guilty and assuming the victim role is often part of this dynamic. One example of this type of unhealthy thinking may be, "people are always cutting me off on the road or cheating me, when I make a purchase." Neither of these perceptions will contribute to a happy life. They only add to our personal suffering. Forgiveness does not mean that we are condoning any behavior by another person. Also, when we forgive, we are not making a statement that "nothing hurtful or unfair happened to me." This is essential to understand! We do not have to continue to be part of any relationship that is unhealthy or harmful. Forgiveness does not mean that any specific action is necessarily required by us. Forgiveness takes place in our heart and in our mind. Any action we choose to take as a result of the decision to forgive is strictly separate.

Forgiveness can help heal our physical and emotional body. We can ask a hundred people, are we on the right side of a conflict? We can ask a hundred people for forgiveness, when we make a terrible mistake. Neither really matters, because the healing work is an inside job for us individually. We are the one that is feeling upset or attacked. It is up to us to choose our response. If we attack back, we usually feel guilty later, and then have to justify our actions to feel better. This often requires the exhaustive recounting of our hurtful experience. We decide to carry our pain forward, or release it through forgiveness.

Toxic thoughts and feelings attack our bodies and minds. Continuing this attack, on ourselves by carrying our pain forward, can result in stress-related illnesses over time. Let us be responsible for our own thoughts, feelings, health and well-being. Forgive, because it is good for you and good for the world you are a part of!

Marcia Grimsley, BA, MS, is a Professional Life Coach.She offers Personal, Career & Business and Health & Welllbeing Coaching 540-785-4104 orwww.marciaslifecoaching.com