{"id":662,"date":"2012-10-23T08:31:53","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T08:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tuinaacupuncture.com\/?page_id=662"},"modified":"2013-05-29T15:23:09","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T15:23:09","slug":"a-tcm-treatment-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tuinaacupuncture.com\/?page_id=662","title":{"rendered":"A TCM Treatment Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Development of a Treatment Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The first visit involves providing\u00a0 us with a fairly detailed medical history for a systems review. <\/strong>This process will allow us to tailor a treatment plan that recognizes not only the current chief complaint but the underlying constitutional pattern also.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The development of a TCM treatment plan involves a constitutional analysis and includes identification of the role of lifestyle issues and of external or environmental influences on current health.<\/strong> <em>For this reason, the more details you can provide about the unique aspects about your life, the better. <\/em>Many complex syndromes, e.g., arthritis, migraines\/headaches, fatigue, anxiety\/depression, have several differential diagnoses and therefore utilize different treatment strategies in TCM.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TCM doctors are really interested in behavioral details.<\/strong> Seemingly trivial issues like the tastes you like or crave\u00a0 (e.g., sweet, sour, salty, fatty foods), eating and sleeping patterns, the primary emotions that make up your daily life, feelings of heat and cold, and sensory disturbances like tinnitus or paresthesias paint a more complete picture of the patients&#8217; constitution.\u00a0 We also want to know about bowel movements and activity patterns, and about discharges from the body like sweat, dribbling of urine or incontinence, and involuntary ejaculation or leucorrhea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Healing and wellness requires the active participation of the patient. <\/strong>A broad range of adjunct therapies are used to facilitate the transition to well being.\u00a0 Patient education and empowerment is a critical component of our services and\u00a0 speeds up healing and recovery.<\/p>\n<p>TCM treatment strategies may focus on balancing yin and yang, removing stagnation and regulating the movement of Qi and Blood and dispersing external pathogenic factors.\u00a0 Supplementing techniques may also be used, as needed, to overcome\u00a0 deficiencies due to trauma, chronic conditions such as overwork, or developmental conditions such as menopause, aging, etc.\u00a0 More information about these matters can be found in the <a title=\"Intro to TCM\" href=\"https:\/\/tuinaacupuncture.com\/introtcm\/\">Intro to TCM<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>A variety of treatment modalities (e.g., acupuncture, cupping, gua sha, herbs, moxibustion, qigong, TuiNa) are used in the clinic.\u00a0\u00a0 For conditions treated, visit the <a title=\"Clic Profile\" href=\"https:\/\/tuinaacupuncture.com\/clinic-profile\/\">Clinic Profile<\/a> page.<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Development of a Treatment Plan<\/p>\n<p>The first visit involves providing us with a fairly detailed medical history for a systems review. 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