The Truth About Acupuncture

“The Truth About Acupuncture” is a short video of an exciting news story about how more and more Americans are turning to acupuncture to treat conditions and symptoms which conventional medicine cannot fully address. And even better… modern science is proving that acupuncture works — even if we still do not understand exactly HOW it works! Hey, I don’t understand how electricity works either , but I can turn on the light! :)
Enjoy!

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Lisa Hanfileti, LAc
Licensed Acupuncturist
www.PointsOfOrigin.com

“Going Home” – Take 5 Minutes and Let Your Spirit Sing!

This is a short video of the Libera boys choir singing “Going Home”. If we could hear angels sing, I’m pretty sure this is what they’d sound like.

Healing comes in many forms, shapes, colors and sounds.

We hope this brings you much peace.

Peter Hanfileti, MD & Lisa Hanfileti, LAc
Points of Origin, PLLC

Many Modalities to Choose From

massagethumbThis category or section of this blog will explore the many modalities available in the complementary and alternative medicine fields. These range from acupuncture and Chinese medicine to chiropractic, naturopathic medicine, energy medicine, to western herbology.

We think it is important to be aware of the many diverse subjects and techniques because you never know which one or group of methods will work for you. It there is anything we have learned over the years, it is that all people are different and unique. There is never only one way to do things, and the more you know about yourself and your own preferences, the better you will be able to match the most relevant and acceptable forms of treatment with your current condition, challenge or healthcare goals.

While we are familiar with the modalities we use in our practice on a daily basis, we also want to give you information about other strategies you might be interested in trying or using for your own health and wellbeing. Therefore, we will investigate and report on other techniques as appropriate to give you all the details for your own decision-making for you and your family.

If you have any questions, suggestions, comments or responses to what we post on this blog or the companion website called Alternative Medicine Works, please feel free to fill out our contact form or simply post a comment.

Nutrition for You and Your Family

veggiesthumbNutrition is a vast subject and one which we will devote this entire section or category of blog posts to. We will include everything that we take in for nourishment, including food, water, herbs and supplements.

Of course, there is a whole industry surrounding this one topic and we will do our best to give you the best information as we see it, both from our own clinical perspective as well as based on the information we find and have access to.

We will delve into food choices, even recipes we think are good. Subtopics which we will address here will include the broad category of herbs and supplements and these will be further categorized for your convenience.

Stay tuned for more information from us in this section…

Selfcare Measures for You and Your Family

selfcarethumbWhat does self care mean? From our perspective, self care means anything that you are able to do at home, on your own for the benefit of you and your family’s health. There are numerous ways to self treat and the more you learn, the better prepared and more confident you will be taking care of yourselves.

We often spend a good amount of time in our clinical practice discussing such things as stress management techniques or ways of communicating to help out in your relationships and the like. These are very important topics for you to focus on and develop skills in, as the efficiency or our combined efforts working with you are always enhanced when we are on the same page.

Just a quick note about home care measures. It is common for people to think about products like herbs and supplements when we mention self care measures, but we are also including such things as a positive mental attitude, family support and encouraging relationships, family pets, decreasing or minimizing environmental stressors, etc. We believe it only makes sense to try and diminish stresses, detoxify your body, and provide yourself with top notch food, water, and supplements when necessary.

Using daily efforts at home to enhance the effects of treatments provided to you in our office seems to be the most beneficial win win strategy.

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