Alternative Medicine Works » Family Health http://blog.alternative-medicine-works.com News from the practice of Peter Hanfileti, MD and Lisa Hanfileti, LAc. Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:53:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 East Meets West Oriental Medicine and the Future of Healthcare in America http://blog.alternative-medicine-works.com/east-meets-west-oriental-medicine-and-the-future-of-healthcare-in-america/ http://blog.alternative-medicine-works.com/east-meets-west-oriental-medicine-and-the-future-of-healthcare-in-america/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:39:30 +0000 Peter Hanfileti, MD http://blog.alternative-medicine-works.com/?p=135

“East Meets West: Oriental Medicine and the Future of Healthcare in America” is a documentary film created by Jennifer Buys, a licensed acupuncturist and massage therapist. This is a great way to introduce the concepts of acupuncture and oriental medicine to friends, family and other health care practitioners so they can get a more in depth view of how this powerful approach can impact our lives.

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Enjoy!

Click play twice to open the video in a new window.

Lisa Hanfileti, LAc
Licensed Acupuncturist
www.PointsOfOrigin.com

]]> http://blog.alternative-medicine-works.com/the-truth-about-acupuncture/feed/ 0 Selfcare Measures for You and Your Family http://blog.alternative-medicine-works.com/selfcare-measures-for-you-and-your-family/ http://blog.alternative-medicine-works.com/selfcare-measures-for-you-and-your-family/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:22:30 +0000 Peter Hanfileti, MD http://blog.alternative-medicine-works.com/?p=13 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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