Auriculotherapy
Auriculotherapy (ear reflexology) is a therapeutic intervention in which stimulation of the oracle of the external ear is utilized to achieve health conditions in other parts of the body. While originally based upon the ancient Chinese practice of acupuncture, the somatotopic correspondence of specific parts of the body to specific parts of the ear was first developed in modern France by Paul Nogier, MD.
Auriculotherapy does not simply reduce the experience of pain, which is the more immediate effect, but also facilitates the natural healing processes of the body. It is important to treat the deeper, underlying condition, and not just the symptomatic representation of the problem, and Auriculotherapy can affect deeper, physiological changes. Auriculotherapy facilitates the natural, self regulating homeostatic mechanisms of the body by diminishing overactive bodily functions or increasing under active physiological processes.
The ear can be viewed as a computer keyboard terminal having peripheral access to the body’s central microprocessor unit, the brain computer. Losing or damaging the ear would not necessarily be destructive to the brain computer, anymore than losing a keyboard would affect a physical computer. By having this peripheral terminal on the external ear, there is more ready access to the central brain computer than is ordinarily available. Pathological areas of the body transmit information to the brain. The brain computer microprocessor somatotopically monitors the body. Active ear reflex points respond to brain input, acting like a computer monitor to indicate areas of body pathology. The somatotopic ear computer terminal can be electrically stimulated to transmit information to the brain computer directing it to hyper- stimulate healing in the associated pathological area of the body. Pain is relieved in the body by neural output from the brain.
Most people will experience an immediate reduction in pain from Auriculotherapy. Some will experience pain relief three or more hours after treatment. Older patients or patients with long-standing pain problems may not experience a change until the 10th treatment. The pain relief may be temporary at first and only last for hours to a day at most. Several treatments are needed for a permanent long-lasting change. Acute or recent injuries will typically resolve completely in 10 treatments or less. Chronic or long-term injuries may take up to 24 treatments to resolve completely.
The most effective treatment program is three times a week until the pain is completely resolved. Once a patient is asymptomatic for 3 consecutive treatments, the treatment is completed for that condition and the patient is released.
Patients who experience significant relief in a handful of visits but do not complete the entire treatment program may only experience temporary results at best. Ask Lisa about our cost-saving treatment plans.
