Topical Pain Relievers – How to Choose

Question: Do you recommend topical pain relievers? How do I choose from so many ointments and patches? Dr. Donna Rasplica, B.C. Reg. Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, loves how traditional herbal medicines and therapies can be matched to the individual. She...

Hormones and Environmental Pollutants

Question: I’ve been considering paying for hormone panels that MSP doesn’t cover but with all the news about hormone disrupting chemicals in the environment would it be more worthwhile to get a toxic pollutants profile? Dr. Donna Rasplica, B.C. Reg. Doctor of...

Osteoporosis

Question: I’ve been told I’m tending toward osteoporosis. What would you recommend? Dr. Donna Rasplica, B.C. Reg. Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, loves how traditional herbal medicines and therapies can be matched to the individual. She specializes in treating...

Hypertension

Question: Are there supplements that can help lower blood pressure? Dr. Donna Rasplica, B.C. Reg. Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, loves how traditional herbal medicines and therapies can be matched to the individual. She specializes in treating pain, chronic...

Vitamin D

Question: There’s a wide range of recommendations for how much vitamin D to take. How do I know for sure that I need to take it and how much? Dr. Donna Rasplica, B.C. Reg. Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, loves how traditional herbal medicines and therapies can...

A Little Known But Pervasive Cause of Obesity

Question: Do you recommend topical pain relievers? How do I choose from so many ointments and patches? Dr. Donna Rasplica, B.C. Reg. Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, loves how traditional herbal medicines and therapies can be matched to the individual. She...

The Use of Ear Acupuncture in Trauma & Disaster

By Donna Rasplica, Dr. TCM Ear acupuncture can be used for anyone involved in a traumatic incident: survivors mental health staff police and emergency personnel This community-style of acupuncture is well suited to conditions faced in a disaster. We can set up almost...

Blues for New Orleans

by Donna Rasplica M.Sc., Dr. TCMHurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast on August 28, 2005, horrifically damaging the area – but that was only the first disaster. The next day in New Orleans the levees were overtopped and then broken by twelve-foot storm...

I. Chronic Pain and Arthritis

CORTISONE IMPROVED WITH LLLT Laser plus cortisone more effective than cortisone by itself Photomed Laser Surg.2010 Oct; 28(5):639-46 FROZEN SHOULDER BENEFITS A significant improvement in laser therapy compared to the control group.  The treatment group experienced...

II. Injury

TENDINITIS AND MYOFASCIAL PAIN BENEFITS Acute tendinitis had the best response Logdberg-Anersson et al, Laser Therapy 1997 (9) pp.79-86 FRACTURES Laser creates an increase in Osteoblasts & Calcium Pinheiro L., Photomed Laser Surg. 2006 Jun;24(2):169-171 LLLT USING...

III. Skin Conditions and Wounds

ULTRASOUND vs. LASER Animal Study; Laser treatment provided a much greater increase in the wound strength than ultrasound. J Rehab Res & Dev, Volume 41 Number 5, September/October 2004 PHOTOTHERAPY IMPROVES HEALING OF CHRONIC VENOUS ULCERS Abstract Objective: We...

IV. Physiological and Cellular Benefits

PHYSIOLOGICAL BENEFITS Increases:  Cell proliferation, cell division, cell maturation, secretion of growth factors, wound healing, collagen production, wound strength, wound closer, fibroblasts, myofibroblasts, chondrocytes, epithelialization, skin circulation, oxygen...