Holistic Health and hEDS
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Tag: tui na and EDS
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“Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Tui Na, and You” Revisited (Some Thoughts on the OG Blog Post)
It seems unbelievable when I look at it, but the first blog post I wrote about tui na and EDS went live in September of 2017. At the time, I was already a certified practitioner. I had started treating patients in a shared office space and was in the process of completing my second
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How Chinese Medicine Treats hEDS (Where to Begin)
Acupuncture and other modalities of Chinese medicine can be an excellent resource for people with complex disorders, EDS and the common comorbidities included. But do you know how to get the most out of your treatment when you’re complicated? What happens when you are experiencing pain AND mast cells flares AND gastroparesis AND insomnia
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Diagnosing EDS? (The Why & How of Complex Conditions)
***** Diagnosis. It should–at least in theory–be useful for treatment planning. Having an identified condition should also mean that the prognosis is reasonably clear, at least in theory. Not so fast. Anyone with EDS or MCAS or POTS (or MALS … or … or…) knows that diagnosis is rarely linear and you
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Medical PTSD and Chronic Illness: Root Causes and Strategies for Survival
Medical PTSD is a form of post-traumatic stress disorder caused by damage experienced within the contextual framework of healthcare. The trauma might encompass any number of events or occurrences. However, my focus in this essay is on the experiences of chronic, complex, and/or rare disease populations. One thing is to have an exceedingly unpleasant one-off
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