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Is it Really “Alternative Medicine”? (Chinese Medicine Today)
In a recent Two Hearts Wellness blog post I wrote a companion piece to this one. Titled “A Short Dictionary of Terms: The Language of Chinese Medicine,” I shared thoughts on the changing meanings of English-language vocabulary related to Chinese medicine. I’ll link a section of it below, but the full essay considered these…
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Exercise With hEDS? Gentle Movement is The Way
We all know this, but there is a wide range of exercise ability within the hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome community. Some people are able to exercise and participate in various sporting activities. Others, and I would venture that this describes many of us, have a harder time creating and sustaining a movement practice. To this…
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Magnet Therapy for Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Gentle, Effective, and … Amazing
Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos folks are, each and every one, unique. It’s never a surprise to have a patient with HSD/hEDS plus MCAS and/or POTS or other manifestations of dysautonomia. As a practitioner of Chinese medicine who has been treating such patients for over a decade now, I am constantly on the lookout for non-invasive treatments…
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Healed vs. Cured: A Not-So-Simple Life
***** Nothing is ever simple when it comes to complex chronic conditions like hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, especially when the common comorbids–MCAS, and/or POTS–are also muddying the water. From managing your range of symptoms to trying to get a diagnosis (if you want one) to trying to put together a program to manage your condition(s),…
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AI Slop in Chronic Illness Online Spaces: Some Thoughts
AI slop has come for the chronic illness online community. Unsurprisingly, it’s derivative and easy to identify. What is surprising? It truly is stunning how quickly AI has wedged its way into chronic illness online spaces. These online communities to date have been meaningful and valuable. That is all changing, and not for the…
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Acupuncture and Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Some Thoughts)
Have you ever had someone say something obnoxious to you and you, instead of coming back with a clever riposte, just sit there like a turnip? Then, later, all the smart remarks you could have made come to you but it’s too late. The person has moved on with their life and probably doesn’t…
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Holistic Health and hEDS 