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Dry needling for trigger finger helps patient avoid surgery

Can dry needling & neurofunctional acupuncture help trigger finger without surgery?  DM is a middle aged gentleman who developed trigger finger in his ring finger. Through the years he developed triggering and catching when he moved his ring finger. He became unable to flex that finger more than about half way and noticed his finger

Dry Needling for Pinky Finger Pain

At my dry needling clinic in Tampa, FL I help patients with finger pain every single day. Here’s a quick video showing what a treatment for pinky finger pain looks like. This patient has had pain in her pinky finger for 1+ year. It hurts in her knuckle when she opens/closes her hand and there

Does Dry Needling work for Plantar Fasciitis?

Does Dry Needling work for Plantar Fasciitis? The short answer, YES! At my Dry Needling Clinic in Tampa, FL I help people recover and prevent plantar fasciitis every single day. The types of patients I see with plantar fasciitis range from the 60+ year olds who wore the wrong shoes and took a walk and

⅔ of disc herniations heal on their own

FYI just because you have a herniated disc doesn’t mean you have to live in pain At my Dry Needling and Acupuncture clinic in Tampa, FL one of the most common problems I help people with is pain from disc herniations. Despite what your regular doctor or orthopedic surgeon tells you, not all back pain

How much can acupuncture help with your pain?

How much can acupuncture help with your pain? If you want the short answer: A LOT. It is absolutely worth your time. Be mindful that acupuncture is not magic and will require a series of treatments to help your body function better and hurt less. So give it time, don’t expect to feel significant changes

Acupuncture for Back Pain

Acupuncture for Back Pain In my clinic in Tampa, FL one of the most common problems I use acupuncture for is low back pain. One of the most common problems I see are Herniated / bulging discs that cause low back pain. Let’s talk about how acupuncture can help this common problem without surgery! The

Top 5 Benefits of Acupuncture

Acupuncture Benefits Acupuncture has been used for literally thousands of years. At my acupuncture clinic in Tampa, FL I use acupuncture everything I’m about to talk about. Everyday I’m amazed at just how powerful acupuncture can be!   Acupuncture can Relieve back pain, neck pain & shoulder painThese are the most common pain problems people are

Acupuncture for knee pain

Acupuncture for knee pain Everyday I hear from patients that they have a torn meniscus or bone on bone knee cartilage or arthritis in their knee and their orthopedic surgeon doctors all tell them the same thing – they are going to need surgery. Well let’s talk about your options because 90% of knee pain

Birth control WILL cause nutrient deficiencies

Long term use of birth control will cause deficiencies in a bunch of different important nutrients. There’s a consequence to everything we take. One of the most common patterns I see is PCOS diagnoses on the rise with young women who have been on birth control for 5-15 years. They don’t show the typical signs of

Lifestyle and Nutritional Strategies to Prevent Corona Virus

Lifestyle and Nutritional Strategies to Prevent Corona Virus So I’m getting a lot of questions from family, friends, patients and the 15k people that follow me on Instagram – “What are you doing for the Corona virus?”.  I want to be clear – in no way am I saying this will prevent or cure the

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