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Menopausal Joint Pain

10/2/2017

 
This patient had debilitating pain in multiple joints for three months. After ruling out osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, her rheumatologist referred her to our clinic. After 2 sessions of acupuncture treatment and 2 weeks of Chinese herbal medicine, her debilitating joint pain is completely gone! As a bonus of her treatment, her hot flash is also gone.

This kind of joint pain is often seen among, but not limited to, menopausal women. We have seen some patients also having this kind of joint pain after chemotherapy.
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Dx in Traditional Chinese Medicine: Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency

​Tx: Tonify Liver and Kidney Yin

Low Back Pain Due To Multiple Causes

8/11/2017

 
Approximately 80% of global opioid supply is consumed in the United States, although U.S. has only about 5% of the world's population. As concern about the wide-spread use of opioid pain medications grows, it is important that the many Americans who suffer from back pain know that they have an effective treatment option in acupuncture. In order to help people suffering from pain find long- term relief, acupuncture is one of the medical modalities recommended by the American College of Physicians (ACP) as an alternative to opioid drugs and surgery for back pain.

In the midst of the opioid crisis, Mr. Lane's story may bring hope to the people who are suffering from severe low back pain and narcotic dependence.
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My name is Doug Lane. I have had back issues for most of my life. The last few years have been especially troubling. I was treated for frequent muscle spasms with physical therapy, muscle relaxers, and lidocaine rubs. This numbed the pain but did not treat the cause.

After an especially bad episode of back pain, my general practitioner took X-rays that revealed I had spondylolisthesis. This is where the L5 vertebra slips forward and over the S1 vertebra causing compression and significant pain. I was then referred to an orthopedic specialist. I was treated with steroid injections which covered the pain for 18 months. When the effectiveness of the injections wore off, the pain was greater than before.

I needed an MRI before further steroid injections. The MRI revealed spinal arthritis, spinal stenosis, degenerative disc disease and 3 bulging disc. This was in addition to the spondylolisthesis. I did not respond to further steroid injections. I was devastated and the pain was much worse.

I was then referred to the Specialty Pain Hospital for chronic pain. I was given narcotics (opiates) and naproxen which I took around the clock. These medications came with their own set of negative issues. At this point I took medical leave from work, was depressed, and angry.
Unable to face that life would be this way from now on, my husband looked for alternatives to hopefully relieve my pain. While on-line he discovered Dr. Li Lin of Southern Acupuncture and Herbology.

I was a little skeptical but willing to try anything. The first visit I arrived with a pain level of 5 ½-6. Li Lin explained that the first treatment may not last as long as acupuncture is cumulative. After the first Acupuncture treatment with Li Lin my pain level was 0. And for Three full days!
There after, I have gone for treatments twice a week for a couple of weeks and am now down to only once a week. I did not realize how badly the pain was until it was gone. My pain level has rarely been more than a 2 or 3. I am feeling so much better mentally as well as physically.
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Not only that, my use of narcotics(opiates) and Naproxen has grown less and less to where I no longer take them at all!

Li Lin is a true professional and well educated in her art. I have only great praise for Li Lin. She has definitely improved the lives of myself and my family as well as many others.

Perimenopause

3/4/2017

 
I love Chinese herbal medicine!😄 It helps a lot of women with their perimenopausal and menopausal issues. I often joke with my patients that treating a menopausal woman is to save her whole family. If you have a menopausal wife or menopausal mother, I think you will agree. LOL😂😂😂😂😂
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Mid-back Pain Caused by Hiccups

2/8/2017

 
Can hiccups cause severe pain? The answer is YES. Here’s an example: one day, a patient came in with severe pain in her mid-back. The pain was so sharp that she had been unable to sleep on her bed for a week. She said it also caused shortness of breath. She had not fallen, had not been hit, and nothing was sprained. However she did report that she had had a serious case of hiccups just before the pain started. Apparently, the hiccups caused her diaphragm to spasm, and that injured her mid-back. I treated her mid-back and diaphragm with both acupuncture and cupping. A week later I followed up with her, and she reported that the pain was gone completely after that one treatment.

Abdominal Pain

2/5/2017

 
Recently, a patient who had had pain on the left side of his abdomen for many years came to see me. He reported that the pain worsened when his stomach was empty. Previous to seeing me, he had had an endoscopy, a colonoscopy and other tests. All of his test results were normal.

At his first visit, based on what he had told me, I treated his stomach and large intestine. When he returned for a second visit, he reported that there had been no change in the pain. I palpated his abdomen and found that the exact location of the pain was at his left psoas muscle. Suddenly I realized that it was his psoas, not his digestive system that was the source of his pain. After I treated his left psoas muscle, the pain went away, and he has not had any abdominal pain since.

Because the pain worsened when his stomach was empty, my first thought was that the cause of pain had to be related to the digestive system. However, in this case, it turned out to be the psoas muscle, not the stomach, which caused the abdominal pain. Interesting!🤔

Low Platelet Count

2/1/2017

 
A mother-to-be was told by her ob/gyn that her platelet count was too low, and she was referred to see a hematologist. During the time she was waiting to see the hematologist, she let me treat her with acupuncture and herbs. By the time she finally saw the hematologist, her blood test showed that her platelet counts was already NORMAL. 😄😄😄

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chapel Hill, NC 27516

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    • Li Lin, PhD, LAc
    • Susanna Lea, MS, LAc
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