acupuncture

This week in the United States, many of us are tuned into PBS (Public Broadcasting System) for a new documentary series by Ken Burns, titled 'The National Parks: America's Best Idea'.   The National Park Service (NPS) is partially responsible for your reading these words right now, because as a 24 year old I was hired to assist a "seasoned" researcher the NPS had just harvested from the Environmental Protection Agency.  "Wild Bill" Malm had just turned 40 and I was recommended to him because of my previous work with a similar project an  read more »

Again, Charalambos Kesta, Medical Content Producer / Director of the documentary series on chronic pain which hosted the workshop this past weekend, brought together an impressive array of presenters -- integrating medical doctors and adjunct medical providers (such as myself) with a wide array of 'complementary' practitioners.  The website for his project is wwwhead2toe.tv. Some of the providers are allopathic in their training and now are also thinking outside that box.   read more »

Darien Behravan, DO, AQPM, with the Bay Area Pain and Spine Institute was the first speaker at the conference last week and did an excellent job: I thought his information would fall into place better for you after having given the overview by Drs. Teitelbaum and Rand.   read more »

Anyone interested in the subject of chronic pain should be interested in what we were part of this weekend in Berkeley, CA.  A group of professionals and people with chronic pain or family/friends with it, came together in the most inviting, open room of an art studio and shared our experiences and knowledge for 9 hours.   Two things were most striking for me: that people with chronic pain conditions would attend in such substantial numbers and be able to stay for such an event and that many of the presenters and crew had a history of chronic pain and are sincerely passi  read more »