So what exactly is in those little needles that I stick into people?  This is actually a really common question patients ask me.  People want to know what can be making them feel so relaxed, or be making their pain go away.
Well there is no medicine, or even herbs in, or on an acupuncture needle.  [...]

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Spring is here and the flowers are going crazy in San Diego.  Unfortunately, so is another fixture of our local canyons and parks, poison oak.  I have been an avid mountain biker for years, and have never allowed poison oak to dissuade me from riding a favorite trail.  Usually, I never pick it up unless [...]

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