In this issue you will find:

• Important PCOM Dates
• Acupuncture for Children
• Massage for Pain Relief
• Benefits of Japanese Acupuncture
• Chinese Wisdom: Quote of the Day

Important PCOM Dates

• May 19 (Saturday) - San Diego
  Open House
  
• June 2nd, 3rd (Sat/Sun) – Chicago -
  Japanese Tsubos and Effective Acu-Points
  
• June 9 (Saturday) - Chicago
  Summer Open House
  
• June 16 - 17 (Sat/Sun) – Chicago CEU Event -
  Common Injuries of the Lower Extremity with Matt Callison
  
• June 18 (Monday) - New York
  Open House
  
• June 26 (Tuesday) - San Diego
  Prospective Student Workshop

Acupuncture for Children

Acupuncture is being practiced more and more in the Western world.  Many more Western-medicine practitioners are agreeing that it is a great supplemental therapy for many conditions.  It is a great way of treating pain, and it doesn’t have the side effects that pain medications do, like nausea, drowsiness, addiction, etc.  Acupuncture is even used to treat children.

Parents may be skeptical of taking their children to a place where they’ll be poked with needles.  What child likes needles?  What parents will want to watch their child suffer through that process?  They may remember the last time their child got his or her blood drawn or their child’s last vaccination shot.  Why would they want to sit through that again? 
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Massage for Pain Relief

Each day, more and more Americans are turning to massage therapy to ease pain. Ranging from carpal tunnel syndrome, to chronic arthritis, massage therapy techniques are helping patients of all walks of life get back on their feet again.  Just about every culture has used a form of massage to ease pain.  Although its healing powers were muted by modern medicine, a growing number of people are returning to its age-old healing properties.  The Journal of Rheumatoidology reports that over 70 percent of doctors refer their patients to massage therapy.
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Benefits of Japanese Acupuncture

Like its Chinese counterparts, Japanese acupuncture is praised for its ability to open energy channels within the body, relieve tension and cure other ailments.  In contrast, Japanese acupuncture techniques are often gentler and more subtle than the techniques used in China.

Treatment is restorative and helps maintain overall health.  Acupuncturists produce a stimulus in each technique, focusing on a specific acupuncture point or “active point.”  These points are a living phenomenon with changing natures and locations, so they cannot merely be found by referencing a textbook.  The acupuncturist must have the awareness and palpation ability to detect the “active points.”  Acupuncturists of the Japanese school put a great deal of weight upon finding these precise locations, which explains their ability to produce effective results without using deep needles or strong stimulation.
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Chinese Wisdom: Quote of the Day

“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”

Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects