I love noticing patterns in clinic as a sign of what is happening in the larger world.  

Last month I had a trend of patients who wrote on their intake forms things like: “rotating sicknesses”,  “I have gotten sick 3 times in the past 5 weeks”, “feel like I am always sick,” “rest does not help sicknesses,” and “lingering cold”.

If you bring your young child to a pediatric acupuncturist, you will often get homework — some sort of bodywork to do at bedtime. Here are some simple ideas you can try at home…