How did this come to pass?

In my practice of Japanese acupuncture I am invariably accompanied by a student/assistant during treatment.

There are three good reasons.

1. Most important being that the patient benefits from the students/assistants focus and intention.

2. The student/assistant has a wonderful opportunity to observe an experienced practitioner in action, learn the medicine in a clinical setting and most importantly witness the clinical outcomes.

3. As a senior practitioner it gives me a wonderful opportunity to pass on some of the invaluable clinical experience accumulated over more than 25 years of practice.

Sylvia, my Chilean student/assistant and now practitioner has worked in my clinic a lot over the past 3 years and as a result of a visit to her family in Santiago she found herself in a position to help some victims of the devastating Chilean earthquake earlier this year.

Following is the how, why and when she was able to do so, hope you enjoy!

To start I wish you a warm welcome  from Rainbow Bay on the Gold Coast, Australia.

Sunset and Play at Rainbow Bay, Australia

Sunset, Rainbow Bay, Australia

More Play at Rainbow Bay

I have one ear on the US Masters golf championship that is currently coming to life on my television.

I cannot help but marvel at the incredible skill of these competitors.

Having played a lot of golf in my life I can truly appreciate the incredibly refined skill that these talented athletes have at their disposal.

Skills that are continually honed by much focused practice and competition in elite tournaments of which the US Masters along with the British Open rank supreme.

The mental acumen and emotional balance required to compete successfully at this level must be extraordinary.

In Japanese acupuncture we pride ourselves on continually developing and refining our clinical skills whilst expanding our understanding of the diagnostic protocols that have proven to be clinically effective for over 3000 years.

‘Perhaps practicing refined Japanese acupuncture can be likened to playing professional golf, in that the more focused the practice, the more often the practice, the more specific the treatment, the more relaxed the practitioner and patient, the more likely a successful clinical outcome.’

This is very different to bunging in a needle with gay abandon and little understanding of the incredibly intricate energetic network into which we are plugging, the human being!

Sylvia’s story about her work with victims of the Chilean earthquake is especially uplifting for me and confirms a strongly held belief that teaching can go hand-in-hand with clinical practice not only to the benefit of those present during treatment but as students/assistants create their own practices they have a significant head start in their understanding and application of Japanese Acupuncture to the ultimate benefit of the patients.

Here is Sylvia’s story:

Dear Alan,

It was so good too see you this Tuesday, I love going to Clinic!!

Well as you know I went to Chile this last December, unfortunately or fortunately depending on one’s perspective I had to live the big experience of a huge Earthquake!

The massive amount of energy coming out of the earth moved our lives into introspective questions of what really matters in this life.

3 days after the earthquake, having had huge repercussions (after shocks) every single day, my good friend of Maria Cecilia Huerta and I have the fantastic idea to help people with FREE JAPANESE ACUPUNCTURE!!!

Cecilia found a location down in the Gym area of her building, so we set up one massage table and 3 mattresses on the ground.

Everything was looking great but we were in need of patients.

Thanks to the lovely public relations of my friend Cecilia we treated 15 people a day for 3 days.

The majority of the treatments where to do with sleeping disorders, feeling extremely scared, panic attacks, muscle aches, headaches and stomach disorders.

My colleagues will be happy to learn that I was assisted by my young cousin in much the same manner as we help Alan in Clinic.

Everyone loved their Japanese Acupuncture treatment and to a man, woman and child said they felt so much better.

I used lots of Tonetskyu (rice grain moxa) for people with sleeping disorders and in the majority of cases we did both front and back treatments.

Root treatments changed depending upon the patient’s primary deficiency and related excess/es, lots of Liver def. and excess in the Pericardium and Stomach meridians.

The main thing is that all the people we treated with Japanese Acupuncture loved it!!!

I’m so happy that I could help with my small knowledge and I know that will grow with the years beside Alan in clinic.

Thanks Alan for being the medium as I prayed for your presence to be with me through those days, also big thanks to these beautiful studies from the classics.

My experience in Santiago in February this year proved to me and the recipients that Japanese Acupuncture is not only magic, there is logic behind the medicine and thousands of years of clinic experience to help us became better practitioners.

Thanks for your time, to hear this story, and I hope that everyone is smiling!!!
Lots of love,

Sylvia

Alan Jansson, Sylvia Flores Larrain and Adam McIntosh

Sylvia’s story is yet another reason why I love what I do with a passion!

All the Best,

Alan

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted more than 40 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at: http://www.worldacupuncture.com

There is no question in my mind that the most vital aspect of effective Traditional Japanese Acupuncture treatment is what we know it has the root treatment, the fundamental driver of successful treatment outcomes.

I recently experienced a classic demonstration of the importance of the correct root treatment when working with one of the elite Australian Rules football players that I regularly treat in my Brisbane clinic.

Roger had injured his ankle and had been undergoing treatment (physiotherapy and Traditional Japanese Acupuncture) for this injury.

The medical hierarchy of the club decided that it was in his best interests to receive a local cortisone injection to reduce some residual inflammation in a troublesome Achilles tendon whilst he was incapacitated with his ankle injury.

After the cortisone injection Roger experienced an extremely restless night’s sleep, night sweats, sore throat and severe malaise the following morning.

Influenced by the current flu conscious environment I erred in my diagnosis, incorrectly concluding that Roger’s fundamental deficiency lay in the Spleen meridian and proceeded to administer a Spleen deficiency root treatment (Pe 7 – Sp3) throughout the following week.

The Spleen meridian plays an important role in boosting the immune system and I was extremely concerned that his internal defense mechanisms were performing at an optimal level.

After three treatments there was precious little improvement in his condition and it became obvious to me that I was barking up the wrong tree.

As a result I put aside all my preconceptions, wiped the slate clean and went through the diagnostic process thoroughly and without prejudice.

In a classic dah moment I realized that I had misdiagnosed his condition and rather than Spleen deficiency the fundamental imbalance lay the Kidney meridian.

In hindsight it was quite obvious that rather than suffering from flu or as we know in Traditional Acupuncture an exogenous pathogenic invasion, he was suffering from cortisone induced kidney deficiency.

One of the unique qualities of the diagnostic paradigms of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture is the ability to logically navigate our way between root treatments when confronted by unsuccessful clinical outcomes.

Roger responded immediately to Kidney root treatment (Lu 5 – Ki7), letting us know at the end of the session that he felt much better already.

Two days later and he reported that all the symptoms had improved out of sight and he was once again full of beans and raring to go.

There was still much work to be done on his injured ankle but he was able to fully embrace all aspects of a non-weight-bearing training regime in an effort to maintain his base fitness levels.

The bottom line is that regardless of my inadequacies as a clinician by using the guidelines provided by Traditional Japanese Acupuncture I was eventually able to achieve a successful clinical outcome for Roger, detect and correct my misdiagnosis,  expand my understanding and clinical expertise.

I am, you might say, wiser for the experience and extremely grateful that I was able to utilize the logical diagnostic protocols of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture to expand my capacity to deliver the goods in clinic.

All the best,
Alan

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at http://www.Worldacupunctureblog.com

For more info, please visit: http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

5th Treatment
Since Will had been responding well to Kidney deficient root treatments I continued in the same vein, tonifying Lu 5 and Ki 10, shunting St 36, Liv 2 and LI 3.
The second phase of treatment I utilized the points Bl14, 17, 18, 20, 23, 40, 58 and scatter needled the upper back neck and shoulders.

6th treatment
It was almost another 2 weeks before Will was able to get back for further treatment.

He reported headaches, particularly at the vertex and behind the eyes, severe pain in the mid to lower back area, waking a lot during the night, increased irritability, poor appetite for the last 2 days, nausea, indigestion, low energy and his medication was causing significant mood swings.

Diagnosis
Liver Yin Deficiency with deficient heat in the Gall Bladder meridian

Treatment

Front points
CV 12, 4, St25, Yintang

Root treatment
Tonify Liv 8, Ki 10 shunt GB34

The 2nd phase of treatment included Bl 14,17,18,20 40, 58
Needle Head Moxa Bl 23, 25

7th Treatment
Will reported that his headache had cleared after the last treatment and although a lot milder was recurring between 11 and 12 at night again located at the vertex and behind the eyes, his back pain had improved, he was still waking through the night but not as much, although still feeling some lower back pain on the right side radiating into the hip he was not feeling the pain radiating to the front of the torso as he had previously, his appetite was good and he had experienced some diarrhea after the last treatment but felt better as a result.

He felt better than he had in many weeks !

Treatment
Since I was away in New Zealand at the time my colleague and locum, Efrat performed the treatment.
Basically the same as 6th treatment with an additional shunting of GB 41 and the application of GB 19,20,21

8th Treatment
Once again this treatment was performed by Efrat.
Will’s back pain had improved; he was less grumpy and had experienced no headaches.
Treatment was basically the same as the 6th and 7th treatments .

9th Treatment
It was 10 weeks before Will was able to attend clinic for his next treatment.
In his own words he was not too bad, suffering some aching in the back region around 3 AM every morning, he had experienced an increase in nocturnal urination, once again needed to sit in a chair to rest and relieve his back pain but he had experienced no headaches whatsoever.

Treatment
At this point I reverted to a Kidney deficiency root treatment.
Tonify Lu 5, Ki 7 and Ki2 (To quell the deficient heat that was affecting the Heart meridian.
2nd phase of treatment included Bl 13, 18, 20, 40, 58 with Needle Head Moxibustion on Bl 23

10th Treatment
2 days later and Will reported that his sleeping had improved and his back pain was much better.
Treatment
Similar to as the 9th treatment considering the positive results from that session .
Tonify Lu5 and Ki 7 shunt St 36 and 2nd phase identical to points used in the 9th treatment.

Summary
Whilst Western medicine has some incredible lifesaving attributes and without doubt saved Will’s life on this occasion it was apparent that the ability of allopathic medication and treatment to resolve many of the symptoms resulting from Will’s condition did have significant limitations.

I make no claim that Japanese Acupuncture is the be all and end all in situations such as this.

I believe that it is essential that patients suffering from Q Fever, Ross River Fever, Bharma Forest Fever, Glandular fever and the like should seek conventional medical treatment as primary care.

However, clinical experience has demonstrated to me and those in my care the extraordinary benefits that can be derived from utilizing Traditional Japanese Acupuncture as an auxiliary treatment regime to assist in the resolution of the insidious and persistent symptoms that can arise as a result of contracting this type of illness.

I hope this case history has been of some assistance to you and that you are able to apply some of my clinical experience in your practice to the ultimate benefit of your patients.

All the best,

Alan

PS.

Some more images from Imabari, Japan follow hope you enjoy viewing as much as I did capturing them.

An Image of Rainbow Bay now residing in Imabari,  Japan

Colors of Imabari Intersection

Matchbox Cars for sale

Two and four Wheels

Maccas for Breakfast….

Early Morning Glow

It’s a long way to the top if you want to rock n roll

But the view is worth the effort

Imabari in Spring

Downtown Imabari and the Inland Sea

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and
practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a
decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda
sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted
in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in
Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to
promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency
of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a
staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his
25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate
teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the
clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at
http://www.Worldacupunctureblog.com

For more info, please visit: http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

Incubation period is usually 2 to 3 weeks. The most common manifestation is flu-like symptoms with abrupt onset of fever, malaise, profuse perspiration, severe headache, myalgia (muscle pain), joint pain, loss of appetite, upper respiratory problems, dry cough, pleuritic pain, chills, confusion and gastro-intestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. The fever lasts approximately 7 to 14 days.
During the course, the disease can progress to an atypical pneumonia, which can result in a life threatening acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), whereby such symptoms usually occur during the first 4 to 5 days of infection.
Less often the Q fever causes (granulomatous) hepatitis which becomes symptomatic with malaise, fever, liver enlargement (hepatomegaly), pain in the right upper quadrant of the abdomen and jaundice (icterus). Retinal vasculitis is a rare manifestation of Q fever.[7]
The chronic form of Q fever is virtually identical to inflammation of the inner lining of the heart (endocarditis),[8] which can occur months or decades following the infection. It is usually deadly if untreated. However, with appropriate treatment the mortality falls to around 10%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_fever

In June last year Will was infected by this rather diabolical organism and his life as a grazier in central Queensland, Australia was directly threatened.

Hospitalized for some time, he was  medicated and received 24/7 emergency care and supervision but became ‘sicker and sicker’ suffering from explosive headaches, severe sweating and a horrendous aching in the bones not to mention overwhelming lethargy, he was told he had the highest levels of Q fever ever recorded in Queensland.

After being discharged but still in ailing health Will was readmitted with severe blood poisoning from an additional micro cocci infection.

He was placed in the care in the special disease unit at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.
As well as coming extremely close to dying from the blood poisoning his Q-fever levels were still very high.

Married with three children Will was unable to carry out many of the essential tasks required to maintain thousands of acres of pastoral land and I don’t know how many head of stock, he struggled to get out of bed!

He would wake up around midnight and 3am with severe cramping pain (not unlike how he imagined inflamed kidney stones would feel) , the pain focus was located in the GB 25 region and radiated all the way around to the pubic symphysis, a phenomena that obviously involved Dai Mai, Girdle Vessel or Belt Meridian as it is variously known.

His medical treatment included a heartbeat echo examination every four months, a nuclear bone scan and medication for the Q-fever (which unfortunately triggered headaches) plus medication to assist his sleeping,

He had 2 fused vertebrae as a result of Schumann’s disease and had suffered from shingles two years ago.

In the last two weeks he had experienced overwhelming, growing fatigue and had begun to doubt his ability to recover.

1st treatment

Diagnosis
Will’s pulse was difficult to read, suffice to say it was very superficial, the liver and gall bladder position on the left wrist being strongest.

Having successfully treated a number patients suffering variously from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Glandular Fever, Ross River Fever and Barmah Forest Fever over the last 15 years, Spleen deficiency root treatments had proven to be by far the most effective.

If the patient was suffering from high fevers and/or swelling I would use the fire points, otherwise I found the Earth points worked very well.

Relying primarily on my experience I diagnosed the patient as suffering from Spleen deficiency Liver excess fever syndrome with excessive heat in the Yang Ming Meridians.

Treatment
The Pericardium and Spleen Meridian’s were tonified using Pe 7 and Sp 3.
The Liver meridian was dispersed using the fire point Liv 2 and Stomach meridian shunted utilizing St 36.
Back Shu points utilized included Bl 14, 18, 20, 23, 40, 58 I also included in this phase of treatment the point Governing Vessel 9 and the1/2 inch points between L5 S1.

2nd treatment
2 days later
Patient Report
The aching was that same, radiating from the spine to the side of the hips and into the inguinal groove, his energy had improved a little but he had to sleep in a chair this morning to ease the pain.

Diagnosis
I was less than happy with the results of treatment, pleased that Will had more energy but concerned that there had been no relief from the pain.

I repeated a full diagnostic examination during which Will mentioned that he used to get a lot of pain in the Lu 5 area, this comment was triggered by palpation of the area.

My initial diagnosis of Spleen deficiency had been swayed by my previous experience, closer examination of the pulse and symtoms assisted me in re-diagnosing Will as suffering from Lung deficiency Liver excess fever syndrome.

Treatment
Conception Vessel 12, 17, 4, St 25, Ki 27 and Yintang were applied during the first phase of treatment followed by a Kidney deficiency root treatment using the water point of the Lung meridian Lu 5 and the metal point of the Kidney meridian Ki 7 and the Liver meridian was dispersed using the fire point Liv 2.
The final phase of treatment included Bl points 13, 18, 20, 23, 40, 58 ( needle head moxibustion on Bl 23).

3rd treatment
3 days later
Patient Report
Felt on top of the world for a few hours, sleeping improved, throbbing pain in the spine not as tight.

Treatment
Same as previous treatment although I decided to subtly change the Root treatment substituting Ki 10 (water point) for Ki 7 (metal point) in an effort to extend the longevity of these very positive results.
Also shunted Li 3 .

4th treatment
2 days later
Patient Report
No pain at all for over 24 hours, this morning there was minimal pain in the inguinal groove and lower back area.
Right-hand side Lu 5 was tender, he had slept through the night (first time in many months) with an unusual amount of dreaming and had experience no headaches (for the first time in many months)

Treatment
As above with the addition tonification of KI 2 to help control the degree of heat reaching the heart as a result of the Kidney deficiency and subsequent shunting of Pe 4 to ensure that the excessive heat (unusual dreams) was removed from the upper heater/warmer

I will reveal the subsequent 6 treatments right up to last Saturday and what we did when Will presented in clinic some two months after his 4th treatment in very poor shape, once more experiencing terrible sleep and significant pain.

I am so grateful to Masakazu Ikeda sensei for his re assurance 10 years ago that as practitioners we are obliged to make errors throughout our clinical journey.

It is in the recognition and subsequent correction of these errors that many of the cognitive/logical/essential qualities of  Traditional Japanese Acupuncture are revealed,  our skill in translating that understanding into the effective treatment of  our patients is at the very heart of our medicine.

More about Traditional Japanese Acupuncture and our Q Fever patient soon.

In the meantime I trust you have a good time.

Lotsa,

Alan

PS.

Here are some more images of World Acupuncture visiting the clinic  of  Master Acupuncturist, Masakazu Ikeda in Imabari, Shikoku, Japan.

Hope you enjoy

Lunch on most days, delicious fo sho.

A Wall of Books

My Bed

Full Moon, Japanese Style

Full Moon Rising

Still Full, Still Moon

There it is again!

A Language with Character

Working After Hours

Best seat in da house

My seat in clinic when not observing treatment

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at http://www.Worldacupunctureblog.com

For more info, please visit: http://www.Worldacupuncture.com

A very happy patient recently reported that Japanese Acupuncture significantly relieved her severe lower back, hip & neck pain, resolved her diabolical sleep pattern and restored her sense of well-being in only 3 treatments !

Chris first attended Acupuncture clinic on October 11 suffering from chronic severe neck, shoulder and hip pain.

The pain was very severe at night and she hadn’t slept through the night in over six months.

The origin of this discomfort was a severe whiplash injury that she had suffered some 27 years ago.

Chris had tried numerous therapies including chiropractic, massage, physiotherapy, trigger point needling, cortisone injections, and various pain medications, experiencing no lasting relief.

Diagnosis, including questioning, palpation and pulse examination confirmed my suspicions that the underlying pattern of disharmony was Liver Yin deficiency.

Treatment.

October 11th.

I performed a Liver Yin deficiency root treatment and added back – shu and local points as required.

Liv.8-Ki.10 tonified and GB.34 shunted.

Bi-lateral local and back-shu points included; GB 20,21- GV9,10,11- SI.11- Bl.43,18,20,60 with Ondan Moxibustion applied to ( Bl.23,26,plus unilateral points on the left side  ½”  L4-5 and L5-S1,GB29,30.)

October 14th.

Chris felt much better for 24 hours after the previous treatment but was again feeling poorly , her neck locking up after several hours on the phone at work.

She was unable to sleep at all due to the neck and hip pain, however, her left shoulder was much better.

Again I performed a Liver Yin deficiency root treatment.

Liv.8-Ki.10 shunting GB.34 and SI.3

The rest of the treatment remained unchanged apart from the elimination of the L4-5  ½” point.

October 23rd.

Chris experienced significant improvement in her neck, lower back and hip pain.

The sleeping had improved remarkably and she felt a lot more at ease and comfortable with herself.

Treatment remained the same with the addition of Ondan moxibustion  applied to the left side Bl.53, 32 and special point Yaoyi located lateral to Bl.26.

I also performed some dispersive needling on her left shoulder and neck.

November 1st.

Chris was feeling excellent, travelling at 85% comfort level rather than the 40% she was experiencing prior to her acupuncture treatment.

We can hypothesize until the cows come home regarding the reason for her remarkable improvement.

For mine however improvement was a result of using the correct root treatment , connecting what most of the practitioners from our allied modalities had considered to be disjointed symptomology to a core energetic imbalance.

Following video is a 1 minute interview with Chris regarding the clinical outcome of her Japanese acupuncture treatment.

Hope you enjoy,

Lotsa,

Alan

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Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at WorldAcupunctureblog.com

For more info, please visit: WorldAcupuncture.com

Hope all is well in your world.

Whilst the video in this post concerns Japanese Acupuncture treatment to assist  Neville’s recovery from adult onset Chickenpox and subsequent Deep Vein Thrombosis, it is with awareness and respect for the strength and power of orthodox medicine and associated pharmaceuticals in relation to the treatment of DVT that this video is presented.

Whilst unaware that Neville was suffering from a life threatening condition and I had little hesitation in referring him to his medical practitioner, especially considering the inexplicable degree of swelling, lack of any physical trauma and his inert response to his initial Japanese Acupuncture treatment.

Thanks to the thoroughness of his medical practitioner and the effective treatment Neville received during his hospitalization, he is well on the road to recovery.

I register no claims that Japanese acupuncture treatment is specifically effective in the treatment of this dangerous condition, however, I do believe that by continuing his acupuncture treatment Neville is giving himself every chance of a full recovery, not only from DVT but from the deleterious after-effects of a severe dose of adult onset chickenpox.

He continues to take the appropriate medication and maintain medical supervision for his condition , in addition through Japanese Acupuncture we have been able to mollify many aggravating symptoms, including unusually strong headaches, restless sleep, lethargy and general mental fogginess.

Here is the Video of the entire treatment.

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I guess the moral of the story is, ’If you don’t know, refer to someone who does!’

or

‘Failure to refer through our ignorance is of no help at all to our patients.’

I am  pleased to report that Neville and his lovely wife, Lori had breakfast with me yesterday on the veranda of the Rainbow Bay Surf Club overlooking the magnificent Gold Coast after which we happily strolled up, over and around Point Danger, across the border, from Queensland into New South Wales.

Rainbow Bay Surf Club

Point Danger to Surfers Paradise

Looking from Queensland into New South Wales

I remain relieved and infinitely grateful that we were able to enjoy the brilliant sunshine and blue skies of an almost perfect spring day.

The outcome could easily have been so very, very different!

Hope you have a good one,

Alan

Alan Jansson is an internationally recognized teacher and practitioner of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture.  For well over a decade, independent of and in conjunction with Masakazu Ikeda sensei and Edward Obaidey, Alan has presented, convened and hosted in the vicinity of 30 Traditional Japanese Acupuncture workshops in Australia, New Zealand and USA. Driven by a strong desire to promote the consumer friendly nature, clinical efficacy and potency of Meridian Based Traditional Japanese Acupuncture, Alan is a staunch advocate of practically based workshops and draws upon his 25 years clinical experience and 14 years post and undergraduate teaching in a concerted effort to lift the bar globally in the clinical application of this most amazing medical art.

Join him in Exploring the Art of Acupuncture in the 21st century at worldacupunctureblog.com

For more info, please visit: worldacupuncture.com

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Ruby is right on to it, assisting me throughout the treatment!

You can also hear what Grandma has to say about all this!

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At last, back online with a brand new address, updated version of wordpress and some very interesting clinical case histories not to mention the launch of the WorldAcupuncture website and the forthcoming Japanese Acupuncture Workshops in Brisbane, Australia on May 17th, New Jersey 21st/22nd June and San Diego 28th/29th June. For more information please go to http://www.worldacupuncture.com/products/item7.cfm

I am pleased to report an outstanding outcome for 18month old Allyshia who had been suffering from Chronic Chest Congestion for at least 6 months and her long suffering Mum’s a victim of diabolical sleep deprivation as a result of her daughters breathing difficulties at night.

This Video was recorded exactly 7 days after her 1st Infant Acupuncture treatment this year .

I hope you enjoy this video and experience a greater awareness of this extraordinary healing art as a result.

Thanks heaps for your patience and understanding as I continue to climb the Virtual Hill that lies between where we are now and where we can go with WorldAcupuncture .

Hope all is well with you and yours,

Alan

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I could see by his reactions that Matt was cognitive about the concept of treating the human organism as an extremely subtle bio-energetic entity.

We discussed many of the ‘energetic’ disorders that we commonly see in elite athletes.

Chronic fatigue, glandular fever, poor sleep, excessive dreams, depression are some of maladies that can silently consume aspiring athletes and bring a sudden or not so sudden end to an elite athletes career.

I related to him the successful clinical outcomes of two past patients, each stars of their own fields, Daniel in world swimming and Alastair in the Australian Rules Football.

Daniel regularly fell ill towards the latter part of swimming meets and Alistair suffered from fully blown Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and as consequence struggled to train or play more than a handful of minutes each game.

With regular treatment the health of both athlete’s health improved markedly.

Both went on to add to their booty, Daniel won a relay gold medal at the 2000 Olympics to go with the bronze and silver medals that he won at Atlanta in ’96 and Alastair added 3 Premierships/National Championships to his CV before retiring.

So it was that insomnia, insidious energetic disorders including depression and their effect on performance both intellectual and athletic, consumed a majority of our conversation.

Matt acknowledged that orthodox medication usually prescribed for these conditions can be effective but often detrimentally affected the athlete’s performance in one way, shape or form.

Matt related extremely well to the analogy that I used to explain the yin/yang symbol.

He instantly recognized the relativity when I explained how the yang energy travels inward at night on a mission to nourish the yin energy and yin by virtue of its nutritive and contractive qualities attracts and plays host to the more dynamic yang energy.

It is it during sleep that this deeper level of nourishment and regeneration takes place.

In the morning as the liver purges stored blood upon activity the yang energy once again moves out, combining with the life giving Qi contained in each breath we take to circulate to the extremities and brain providing the energy for activity.

Insomnia is commonly caused by the body’s inability to host the more dynamic yang energy at the deeper yin levels resulting in an inappropriate amount of yang energy remaining in circulation thus stimulating excessive brain activity, dream disturbed, restless and non regenerative sleep.

I explained that this theory had been in existence for 1,000’s of centuries.

We discovered that both of us were aware of the vital role breathing has in maintaining the balance and harmony required for superior performance in any field.

This mutual awareness provided a golden opportunity to explain the principal of breathing into the ‘Dan Tien‘.

The lower abdomen according to Oriental medicine is the center of our being.

By focusing on taking our breath to this level it is possible to recharge one’s batteries to an astonishing degree.

I pointed out how in between rounds the seconds (assistants) in a boxers corner pull the elastic waistband of their fighters shorts away from the lower abdomen to allow the fighter to take deeper, lower abdominal breaths in between rounds.

The great Muhammad Ali’s trainer, Angelo Dundee always assisted his fighter in this way.

Both Ali and Dundee realized that taking the time and making the effort to focus on lower abdominal breathing was absolutely vital in promoting recovery in between rounds.

Fortunately most of us don’t have to fight for survival as Ali did V Foreman and Frazier but we can certainly enhance our physical and mental performance PLUS increase our ability to relax using this breathing technique.

As practitioners of Traditional Acupuncture it is imperative that we use the art of ‘Dan Tien’ breathing to generate and stabilize our Qi.

By using such practices we can increase the efficacy of our treatments, our longevity as practitioners plus take our practice of Traditional Acupuncture to another level.

Matt was open and flexible enough of mind to be deeply impressed by the tenure, flexibility, subtlety and power of the amazing healing art/science of traditional acupuncture.

I am grateful to have had this conversation just prior to my departure from the party and happy to be present when my physio colleague Chris won the prestigious ‘gnome’ for sartorial elegance, a stunning clinical outfit that included gleaming white leather shoes.

On all previous occaisions the ‘gnome’ had been awarded to the winner of ten pin bowling, lawn bowls, indoor bowls and croquet, (I was in the grand final for that one, taken out by a pilates practicing, female physio, talk about guile, took me weeks to recover!)

It can be a real challenge working in a conservative medical environment dominated by a dozen or so physio-therapists (physical therapists) most of whom practice ‘dry needling’ with giant needles and believe energy is something derived by consuming brightly colored sport’s drinks?

As always the only way to truly represent the dynamics of traditional acupuncture is via treatment.

I invited Matt to test drive Traditional Acupuncture, because in my book, one treatment can be worth a thousand words.

It is one thing to talk the talk, entirely another to walk the talk.

Chinetskyu Moxibustion for Olympian Shoulders

As interest in acupuncture mounts, it our responsibility as professionals to develop our individual abilities to communicate effectively about the unique qualities and clinical efficacy of Traditional Acupuncture to those who want to know.

Hope you hav a gud 1,

Alan