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- Acupuncture, what is it really good for? - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2013 from Shiroko SokitchThe other day I was talking to my chiropractor friend about a man he had been treating for low back pain. John, was having surgery on his low back because of a ruptured disc. I asked Dr. DC why he hadn’t referred him for acupuncture. He said he didn’t realize that it would help. He had given ...
Views: 2390(1 vote) - Sleep - by Submitted on May 20, 2013 from Shiroko SokitchHave you spent nights tossing and turning without being able to rest? Some people spend every night that way. I’m amazed at how many people tell me that they sleep only one to four hours a night. Sleep is necessary for a healthy immune system, normal hormonal function, and recovery of your ...
Views: 1231(1 vote) - Healing Shoulder Injuries - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2013 from Shiroko SokitchAnna was enjoying a beautiful day playing golf. She was determined to beat her opponent today. In order to win she had to make a hole in one. She made a big swing and felt a sudden pain in her shoulder. Suddenly she couldn’t move her arm to complete the swing. The pain didn’t last long and she ...
Views: 1228 - Could the flu be good for you? - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2013 from Shiroko SokitchGetting the flu is probably the last thing you want right now. Debilitating headaches, nausea, cough, sore throats and fever can really mess with your life. But what if the flu also served a purpose for improving your health? In this article I am going to pose the question of – “Why would it ...
Views: 1143 - Beware of Poison in Your Supplements - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2013 from Shiroko SokitchI was sitting in my office with a new client who was showing me her bag of supplements. As I dug into her bag, the first supplement I pulled out was a popular brand of multivitamin. Without looking at the label, I already knew what it would say – a list of vitamins, their quality- and various ...
Views: 1460 - 5 Tools For Easing Holiday Stress - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchI don’t know about you, but my family is crazy during the holidays. Their worst attributes seem to find a way to show up. It doesn’t matter that my mom is German and she didn’t even grow up in the states, she seems to develop a weird mood at the onset of Thanksgiving or any other holiday. ...
Views: 1253 - Forgiveness - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchYears ago, Juliette divorced her husband. She felt hurt by the experience and wanted revenge. To make matters worse, during the divorce, he came to her home and took a diamond necklace that was hers. She had a lien put against his car, which she had also paid for. A year after the divorce was ...
Views: 1477(1 vote) - YOUR SUCCESS DEPENDS ON YOUR DIET - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchI was at the Farmers Market with a friend the other day. We were having a great time, laughing, talking, hanging out, when she suddenly began to look as though a cloud had come over her face. She looked like she was angry and sad. I thought she might cry at any moment. I asked her what was wrong ...
Views: 1505 - HEALTHY HAPPY AGING TIPS - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchThe average American is spending 4x more on their health per year than anyone else in the world, and yet almost 1 out of every 2 adults have at least one chronic illness. Seven out of 10 deaths among Americans are from chronic disease. The good news is that most of the leading causes of ...
Views: 1508 - DR. SHIROKO REVEALS MYTHS AND SECRETS ABOUT ANTI-AGING - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2012 from Shiroko Sokitch“The first person to live to be 1,000 years old is certainly alive today …whether they realize it or not, barring accidents and suicide, most people now 40 years or younger can expect to live for centuries.” Aubrey DeGray, Cambridge Geneticist Like death and taxes, getting older is ...
Views: 1861 - Craving Comfort- Handling Addiction - by Submitted on Jun 11, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchHow many times have you decided that you need to stop smoking or eating sugar and find that you can't? It becomes even more difficult to quit once you've decided that you have to. The internal saboteur takes over and tells you that, "just one more won't hurt." One in every twelve adults abuse ...
Views: 2459(1 vote) - SF Giants Use Needles: See why everyone is moving towards integrative medicine... - by Submitted on May 28, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchThe SF Giants aren't the only athletes using Chinese medicine and acupuncture for injuries and chronic pain treatment. Former San Francisco 49ers players, Jerry Rice and Steve Young, received regular acupuncture treatments for sports related injuries. So too has NBA’s star, Shaquille O'Neal. The ...
Views: 1537 - Why Prozac is One of America's Leading Prescriptions - by Submitted on May 01, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchBinge eating, not eating, heavily sleeping - we do what we can when we are trying to feed challenging emotions. If you are feeling excessive fatigue, hopelessness, or have lost interest or pleasure in your life, you may be experiencing depression. You’re not alone. According to the CDC, 1 in 10 ...
Views: 1171(1 vote) - Why Do 1 in 2 Americans Have Allergies? - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchWhat aren’t we allergic to these days? According to a report by ABC news, people can be allergic to water, cell phones, allergy medications, the heat or the cold, chocolate, exercise (Yes, I did say that. The condition is called exercise-induced anaphylaxis), and the laundry list continues. ...
Views: 1074 - Dealing With Grief - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchMary’s son died in Afghanistan a few years ago. Not much later she developed a painful ovarian cyst. She did not want to have surgery. When she came into my office, she was skeptical about the possibility of her son’s death and her cyst being related. Grief like most painful emotions is one ...
Views: 1962(2 votes) - An Integrative Approach to Diabetes - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchHow would you feel if your doctor told you that you had adult-onset diabetes? What would it mean to you? Jackie said she was numb at first. Mick initially felt sad and angry with himself. He regretted the wake-up calls he’d ignored in the past. He was sure it would change his life for the worse. ...
Views: 1005 - I Don't Have Time to Get Healthy! - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchHave you ever felt like you just don’t have enough time? Do you stress about getting where you need to go in the day and keep feeling like you are never going to get done? It's not uncommon for us to feel that way, especially in these times where things seem to be moving faster and ...
Views: 997 - The Secret to True Love - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchLast year on Valentines Day, I went with three girlfriends to Santa Rosa dressed to the nines. We were headed to a Professional Singles Society event. Within three feet of walking into the Flamingo Resort in Santa Rosa, we saw that there were only ten people there, all over the age of sixty, and ...
Views: 1014(2 votes) - Happy New Year Every Day! - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchCarla woke up on New Years day not feeling like she was going to have a good day. She didn't want to start the new year feeling badly because it might be an omen of things to come. What if we treated every day as a new year? Today is just another day on the calendar. In fact, for much of the ...
Views: 1315 - Weight loss ain’t easy. - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchFor many people approaching middle age, weight gain becomes a very difficult problem. As we get older, it seems to be harder and harder to lose those extra pounds that accumulated last Christmas, and maybe even this Christmas. There are many reasons that this occurs. As hormone levels shift ...
Views: 1399 - Why You Shouldn't Get the Flu Shot - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2012 from Shiroko SokitchWhy You Shouldn’t Get the Flu Shot Jane had the flu for three weeks. She got it after standing in line outside for six hours to get the flu shot. Modern medicine says that environment doesn’t matter; a virus causes the flu. Chinese medicine says that cold weather, wind, and rain enter the ...
Views: 1213 - Stress and How it Affects your Body - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Shiroko SokitchEveryone knows that stress is bad, but does anyone really know what to do about it? We come to accept a certain level of stress in our every day lives because we think its just part of how modern life is meant to be. In a certain way, that's true, there are certain things that we live with now ...
Views: 910 - Memory and Nutrition - by Submitted on Sep 13, 2010 from Shiroko SokitchMemory and Nutrition Have you walked into a room clear that you had a purpose and then suddenly can’t remember why? Did you put that ring down somewhere and can’t find it now? Are you worried that you’re not going to remember your name next week? Not all memory issues mean that you’re ...
Views: 1534(2 votes) - Everyone Has a Body - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2010 from Shiroko SokitchEveryone has a body. Many people are terrified when their body starts to act up. As life has become more complicated in the last one hundred years, we have gotten further and further away from being in touch with our bodies. We have made doctors the high priests of the temples of our bodies ...
Views: 1236(1 vote) - Solving the Sleep Dilemma - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2010 from Shiroko SokitchSolving the Sleep Dilemma Have you spent nights tossing and turning without being able to rest? Some people spend every night that way. I’m amazed at how many people tell me that they sleep only one to four hours a night. When a person doesn’t get enough sleep at night nothing works ...
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