Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Dr. Chris Vallee.
Acupuncture Treatment provider for the Team-BC Lions Football Club
June 2004 – Present
Providing Treatments for players with acupuncture, Chinese herbs, acu injections and other treatments.
Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine - Sumas Mtn. Acupuncture and wellness
April 2002 – Present
Acupuncture, Point Injection, Biopuncture, Homeopathics, Sports Acupuncture, Treatment provider for the BC Lions
Expert Committee for Doctor of TCM - Canadain College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
October 2013 – April 2014
Completing standards for the future of Traditional Chinese Medicine in regards to the registration of Doctor of TCM. Creating standard job tasks that are entry level in DrTCM registration. Teamwork with professional colleagues in hopes of advancing TCM in Canada.
President- QATCMA (British Columbia Qualified Acupuncturists and Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Association)
2004 – 2006
President of the QATCMA, Chair the meetings and over see day to day operations for the TCM and Acupuncturists of BC
About Acupuncture and TCM.
Traditional Chinese Medicine is a system of health care whose roots can be traced back thousands of years. The modern day practice of TCM includes Acupuncture, Herbology, Tui Na (Chinese massage) and various forms of therapeutic exercise: Tai Qi, Qi Gong and meditation.
Best known for its treatment of pain through the use of acupuncture, TCM is in fact a complete and comprehensive form of health care. It is used to treat a wide variety of acute and chronic health concerns. In addition, TCM is used to maintain existing good health and to prevent the development of disease conditions.
Of the wide range of treatment modalities in Chinese medicine, North Americans are most familiar with acupuncture. Treatment with Acupuncture is based on the recognition of a system of energetic pathways in the body called meridians. The internal organs contain energy called “qi” (pronounced “chee”) which is the functional energy of all our body processes, be they physical emotional, mental or physical.
By inserting special needles at specific points on the meridians, acupuncture can correct energetic imbalances or blockages, which may be the cause of distress. Chinese herbs have similar, specific therapeutic effects on the meridians and organs, and are usually taken in the form of “teas”, which are brewed from the raw herbs. Used separately or in combinations, the goal of acupuncture and herbology is to address the individual’s condition of all levels, and to restore the person to a state of natural, balanced health.
Acupuncture can treat: aches and pains, arthritis, sciatica, insomnia, digestion problems, allergies, asthma, emotional problems, TMJ, and many other diseases that affect the body.
Conditions that benefit from Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Addictions Allergies Anorexia Arthritis Asthma Bell’s Palsy Bronchitis Colitis Common Cold Constipation Cystitis Depression Diarrhea Emotion Problems Endrometriosis Fibrocystic Disease Gastritis Headaches Herpes Zoster Incontinence Indigestion Insomnia Menstrual Disorders Neck/Shoulder Pain Sciatica Sinus Problems Stress-Related Problems Tendonitis Trigeminal Neuralgia Ulcers
Acu-injections.
Acu-injections are a safe and effective technique used in traditional Chinese Medicine to help reduce both pain and inflammation and to increase the healing time of most injuries. It has been used for many years in both China and Western Europe. In Europe, Doctors have used Homeopathic Medicine and local anaesthetics such as Procaine to naturally treat injuries in the body. In China Doctors have injected Chinese Herbs such as Fu Zi and Dan Shen Dang Gui to help with diseases such as Fibromyalgia and Heart Disease.
These Medicines are injected into muscles or joints by a very fine needle to relieve pain and inflammation. Injections are done at the site of pain, which is also usually the site of trauma to the body so it can produce immediate results and can be done safely for many treatments over a period of time.
This Natural Medicine technique is entirely safe! It is not cortisone or any harmful drug. Acu-injections are for the use of natural medicine with little if any side effects. You may feel a little light-headed after a treatment or need to rest for 15-20 minutes after the treatment so that it can start to work in the body. The results from a short series of treatments can be very long lasting,
even in chronic conditions.
Acu-injections is great for back pain, disc injury, scar tissue, sciatica, neuralgia, shoulder pain, bursitis, tennis elbow, sports injuries, post surgical pain, sinusitis, fibromyalgia, tendonitis, TMJ, and arthritis.
The ingredients that are commonly used are:
Procaine 1-2% – a local anaesthetic, which can last between 30-60 minutes, used to reduce pain and on a cellular level opens up cells to allow other medicines to be absorbed to promote the healing mechanism
Saline electrolyte replenishment
Vitamin B 12used to help promote blood circulation at the site of the injury
Prolotherapy/Bone Pecking.
What conditions are treated with Prolotherapy?
The treatment can be excellent for many different types of musculoskeletal pain, including arthritis, back pain, neck pain, Fibromyalgia, sports injuries, unresolved whiplash injuries, carpal tunnel syndrome, torn tendons, ligaments and cartilage, degenerated or herniated discs, TMJ and sciatica.
What is Prolotherapy?
First, it is important to understand what the word prolotherapy itself means. “Prolo” is short for proliferation, because the treatment causes the proliferation (growth, formation) of new ligament tissue in areas where it has become weak. Ligaments are the structural “rubber bands” that hold bones to bones in joints. Ligaments can become weakened or stretched with injury and may not heal back to their original strength or endurance. Healing from this type of injury is frequently slow and incomplete. This is largely because the blood supply to ligaments is limited. To further complicate this, ligaments also have many nerve ending and
therefore the person will feel pain at the areas where the ligaments are damaged or loose. Tendons are the name given to tissue which connects muscles to bones, and in the same manner tendons also may become injured and cause pain. Prolotherapy uses a variety of solutions, which are injected into the ligament or tendon where it attached to the bone. This causes a localized inflammation in these weak areas which then increases the blood supply and fl ow of nutrients and stimulates the tissue to repair itself.
Ozone Therapy
Ozone therapy is a form of alternative medicine treatment that purports to increase the amount of oxygen in the body through the introduction of ozone. Ozone Therapy is a medical therapy that has been used worldwide for over 50 years with dramatic success and safety. In North America Ozone Therapy has not yet been fully recognized by the medical authorities, however if you review our ever growing list of Ozone Doctors, you will see that it is being adopted more and more by formally 'traditional' medical practitioners. It is clear that Ozone Therapy works, and it is becoming one of the most useful tools in medical clinics across America and around the World.
What does it do? To breifly summarize, ozone accomplishes these very important tasks in your body:
1/ Ozone is AntiAging (some of those AntiAging effects can be attributed to the following list of actions...)
2/ Ozone Increases Oxygenation of your Cells (it has been proven that cancer and disease grow in poorly oxygenated tissues in your body).
3/ Ozone Modulcates your Immune System (for those with a weakened immune system, Ozone will boost the immune system. For those with Auto-Immune Disorders, Ozone will modulate the immune system to help to stop it from attacking healthy human cells.)
4/ Ozone Increases Energy Production in your Cells (your cells need energy to be healthy; low energy levels mean that you and your cells will not be healthy and will age)
5/ Ozone Increases the Activity of your "Anti-Oxidant Enzyme Systems". This means ozone will reduce the oxidation levels of your body.
6/ Ozone Reduces the level of acidity of your body (never mind the Alkaline Water...use Ozone!)
7/ Ozone kills Bacteria, Viruses (and virtually all other disease causing organisms) on contact
I am finding great successs with treating Frozen Shoulders, Herniated Discs, Arthitic Knees and other Muscle Skelatal Problems.