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 HOW IT WORKS Sound is Key Points & Musical Intervals Healing Ourselves Case Studies TestimonialsCase
Studies Lower Back PainSubmitted by: Robert Tang, LMT, Certified Acutonics® Practitioner & TeacherRobert Tang, LMT is a licensed muscular therapist specializing in Acutonics®, specific deep muscular therapy and reflexology. He has been in private practice for more than 11 years with emphasize in treating chronic pain, sports and auto injuries, migraine headaches, emotional stress, circulatory problems and structural imbalance. Robert has achieved certification as an Acutonics® instructor from Kairos Institute of Sound Healing. He completed the Massage Therapy Certification Program at the Bancroft School of Massage Therapy and Myofascial Release Certification with Robert King, the director of Chicago School of Massage Therapy. He also received Reflexology Certification at Natural Rehabilitation Center in Taiwan. He was also trained in other modalities such as craniosacral therapy, lymph drainage therapy, neuromuscular therapy, and Reiki. He successfully integrates the Acutonics® System with other hands-on modalities into his clinical work. Narrative History: Mr. R complained of severe muscular pain in his lower back and quads that had been ongoing for three weeks. He was limping and could not straighten his back when walking. He was immobilized two days prior to his visit to my office. He has a history of back pain twice before in 1982 and 1988 due to overuse and sports related injury. In the past he consulted a medical doctor and was diagnosed with L4 and L5 muscular misalignment. He has high stress and sits a great deal in front of the computer at work. He is intolerant of heat and his blood pressure is 140/90. He is in remission with Grave’s Disease and hyperthyroidism, which were active years ago. However, he reports that his throat feels stuck all the time. Mr. R appeared very protective emotionally. Palpation found shoulder and chest muscles constricted. High elevated para-spinal and lumbar-sacral musculature on the entire left side. Further assessment found that Mr. R has very poor posture as work. For the past ten years, as a result of compensating for the position of his computer monitor he has constantly turned his back to the right throughout his workday. Diagnosis: Limping situation, excessive Yang on the back and deficient Yin from the front Hormone imbalance from Grave’s disease High blood pressure Adrenal burn out Liver Qi stagnation Kidney Qi deficiency 2nd and 5th Chakras blocked as a result of thyroid and lower back issues Treatment RationaleTo ground and bridge the physical and psychologicalDU (Governing Vessel): SI 3 (Back Ravine) and UB 62 (Yang Motility) Low Chiron/Low Ohm 2nd Then follow in sequence on the DU: To restore and reconnect the spinal energy Low Chiron/Low Nibiru 2nd To treat the chronic issue on the backJupiter/Saturn 4th To treat left and right imbalance Mars/Venus 5th To strengthen and tonify the backEarth Day/Saturn 5th To nourish the spine and ground with more stability Low Full Moon 6th To open up stagnate Qi from the sacrum up to the thyroid REN (Conception Vessel): LU 7 (Broken Sequence) & KID 6 (Shining Sea) Low New Moon 5th Then in sequence on the REN: To synthesiize the thyroid condition Mercury/Pluto Microtone For auto immuneNeptune/Venus 6th To build blood and balance hormones Mars/Venus 5th To re-pattern the hormone and build Yin on the Ren VesselSun/Low Nibiru 5th To stabilize the hormone and bring it to completionLow Full Moon 6th Treat adrenaline and 2nd chakra REN 4 (Origins Pass) Sun/Low Nibiru 5th, Mars/Venus 5th Treat throat chakra 5th Chakra and Windows to the Sky Points Mercury/Venus 6th Liver Qi stagnation: LIV 14 (Cycle Gate) and LIV 3 (Great Surge) Low Zodiac 3rd Lower back and Kidney deficiency: Tibetan Singing Bowls were used on the middle and lower back and legs UB 10 (Celestial Pillar) and UB 60 (Kunlun Mountain) to open up the spinal energy Neptune/Ohm 5th To release old pattern and treat left and right imbalanceHuato Jiaji and Baliao, Pluto/Mercury Microtone, followed by Mars/Venus 5th On lumbar/sacral areas include Sacral-iliac joint and hips musclesJupiter/Neptune 5th UB 23 (Kidney Shu) and KID 3 (Great Ravine) Sun/Low Nibiru 5th Completed treatment by grounding with Tuning Forks and playing the drum KID 3 (Great Ravine) and KID 1 (Gushing Spring) Low Full Moon 6th Drum over spine and lower back, down to the legs and feet Follow up Treatments: In two additional treatments I followed the same treatment protocol, but added tonification of the Stomach and Spleen channel. ST 36, (Leg Three Li) with Earth Day/Mars 5th SP 6 (Three Yin Intersection) Mars/Venus 5th Results/Conclusion: Mr. R’s lower back pain improved 85% after just one treatment. He was able to walk with his back straight and significantly more mobility in general. He also committed to fixing his ergonomic position at the computer monitor so that he was not continually turning his back to the right. After two additional treatments with the above protocols he was able to walk without pain and his blood pressure went down to 120/80. Treatments have been reduced to once per month as maintenance and he continues to do well. Relationships/Confidence Presented by: Paul Ponton, LAc & Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, Certified Acutonics Practitioners & Teachers. Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, MAc Jude is a Certified Practitioner and Teacher of the Acutonics® Healing System a Doctor of Chiropractic, licensed Acupuncturist, and Certified Chinese Herbalist.She received her DC degree in 1981. She then continued to pursue extensive postgraduate training in Sacro Occipital Technic’, a gentle, energetically based adjustive technique. Jude also trained in Craniosacral Therapy and combines it with SOT as her chiropractic treatment approach. She opened her chiropractic practice in Mukilteo, Washington in 1983. Jude holds chiropractic licenses in Washington, Oregon, California and Arizona. An interest in Oriental philosophy led Jude and her husband, Paul, to study Oriental Medicine at the Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NIAOM) in Seattle, Washington. Jude completed both the acupuncture and Chinese herbal studies programs, passed state and national board exams and she and Paul began practicing acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine in conjunction with her established chiropractic practice. Jude also achieved national certification in Chinese herbal medicine and completed requirements for a Masters degree in Acupuncture from NIAOM. Jude was a clinical faculty instructor at NIAOM from 1989 to 2002. It was there that she met Donna Carey, Ph.D., LAc and Marjorie de Muynck, MA, LMP, the developers of the Acutonics® healing system and became among the first to study with them. Jude and Paul also began to assist Donna and Marjorie as teaching assistants in Acutonics® classes and became certified instructors in 2001. Jude maintained her practice in Mukilteo until moving to Sedona, Arizona in March 2003. She and Paul opened the Whispering Dragon Center for Harmonic and Energetic Medicine as an Acutonics® treatment and teaching facility. Paul Ponton, BA, MAc, LAc Paul is a Certified Practitioner and Teacher of Acutonics® Sound Healing System. He is a licensed and nationally certified acupuncturist, and practices Chinese herbal medicine. Paul earned his bachelor’s degree in education with a major in English and a minor in psychology from Western Washington State College in 1969. During college Paul developed an interest in haiku poetry, which led to a wider interest in Buddhist and Taoist philosophy. He worked in a number of human services positions before this interest in Asian culture and personal experiences with energetic healing culminated in attending Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NIAOM) graduating in 1989, later earning certification in Chinese herbal studies and a Master’s degree in acupuncture from NIAOM. He was a member of the faculty at NIAOM from 1990 to 2002 and is on the faculty of Kairos Institute of Sound Healing. Paul maintained a private practice of acupuncture and herbal medicine starting in 1989 sharing a joint practice with his wife Jude. In 1997, after studying, and being profoundly affected by the power of the Acutonics® system of sound healing, Paul has been incorporating specially calibrated tuning forks, Tibetan bowls, toning, symphonic gongs and other forms of sound healing into his practice. In early 2003 Paul and Jude moved to Sedona, Arizona, opening Whispering Dragon Center for Harmonic and Energetic Medicine to continue practicing Oriental Medicine and to practice and teach the Acutonics® sound healing system. Case Study: Adult ADHD Narrative History: Ms A. a 40 year-old woman presented with chief complaints of stress and ADHD symptoms. The stress started about a year earlier and coincided with caring for her ailing parent, for whom she was primary caregiver, though she said she was the parent’s least favorite offspring. She also had a great deal of family stress with her siblings. She also complains of lack of focus and short attention span. She has frequent body aches, headaches, and dizziness lasting as long as 5 hours at a time and sometimes resulting in nausea and vomiting. All of these symptoms are aggravated by stress and somewhat relieved by meditation. She reports having both hot and cold flashes. Her appetite is low. She tends to eat only one meal each day and then eats some kind of salty junk food. She has acid reflux for which she takes Prilosec and loose stools since the removal of her gallbladder 15 years earlier. She has a dry mouth that she relieves frequently by sucking on ice. She has trouble falling asleep and only sleeps about 4 hours since caring for her parent but reports that she still has a moderate energy level. She has a past history of panic attacks, but none in past 15 years. Menstrual cycles have been irregular for the 4 months prior to treatment when she stopped taking birth control pills because she had started smoking. She has a tendency to PMS 1-2 weeks prior to her period, which includes tension and irritability, water weight gain, breast tenderness and headache. She describes her stress level as being 9 out of 10. She’s frustrated and anxious, but considers herself to be resilient. She has a lot of difficulty relaxing. Pulse ranged from 56–88 BPM. It is slippery and wiry and full on the left side. Tongue was dusky, pink slightly yellow, sticky stippled coat. Diagnosis: Kidney and Spleen deficiency Intergenerational issues and anxiety from dysfunctional family relationships Spirit disturbance manifesting as restlessness, agitation and lack of focus Liver constraint Unrestrained Kundalini rising Treatment/Rationale:Extraordinary Vessel treatment: To address intergenerational issues and family relationships and to ground and calm the spirit and control kundalini Ren LU 7 (Broken Sequence) and KID 6 (Shining Sea) New Moon 5th and Full Moon 6th Chong SP 4 (Grandfather’s Grandson) and P 6 (Inner Gate) New Moon 5th and Earth Day 5th To calm spirit and nervous systemHuato Jiaji points with Ohm Unison Ht 7 (Spirit Gate) Ohm Unison To tonify the spleen and kidneysSt 36 (Leg Three Li ) Earth Day 5th SP 6 (Three Yin Intersection) Earth Day 5th KID 3 (Great Ravine) Full Moon 6th Ren 4 (Origin Pass) Low Full Moon 6th To Disperse Liver StagnationKID 1 (Bubbling Spring) and LIV 3 (Great Surge) Zodiac 3rd To promote groundingKID 1 (Bubbling Spring) Low Ohm ChakrasOhm in chakra field To harmonize and promote healing of subtle energy fieldsTibetan bowls sound bath Gong Treatment1°- Venus, Saturn 2° - Mars, Jupiter Follow-Up Treatments:After the initial treatment there was significant improvement in her sleep and her feelings of being grounded and peaceful. She was seen weekly over a ten-month period. Subsequent treatments were similar to above. The significant modifications were intermittently: To clear intergenerational patterning KID 9 (Guest House) with Saturn/Pluto; To aid in focus and dealing with transition In the field, added asteroids, Pallas and Vesta To circulate the stagnant qi LIV 3 (Great Surge) and LI 4 (Union Valley)- Ohm/Mercury Results/ Conclusions: The patient’s parent died when patient was about 3 months into treatment. This created a release of some of the stress associated with caring for the parent, but increased stress in relations with her siblings due to her being named executor of the estate. Considering this stress, she felt she remained well grounded. Her dizziness was intermittent during this period depending on stress. She reported that the treatments were very helpful and nourishing to her spirit. Case Study: Relationships/Confidence Presented by: Paul Ponton, LAc & Jude Ponton, DC, LAc, Certified Acutonics Practitioners & Teachers. Narrative History: Mr. C. a 40- year old presented with chief complaint of lack of confidence in relationships and fear issues. He traces this back to childhood to an incident of physical abuse by his father as punishment for fighting with his sister. He describes himself as “passive” since that time. He is fearful of men, many of whom he sees as a physical threat. He says he puts up walls, when a woman seems to be interested in him and gravitates toward women who he feels need to be rescued or are otherwise dependent, but then resents them for their neediness. He feels a lack of confidence to become involved with independent women. He says that many people have told him his hearing is poor, but he thinks he doesn’t always listen well. Emotionally he describes himself as passive, fearful, judgmental, but generally happy/joyful with short periods of “feeling down”. He does daily spiritual practice consisting of meditation, affirmations and Chakra cleansing. He says he feels frequent disharmony in his 3rd Chakra. He also reports that his energy, sexual drive and sleep are all good. He says he is capable of handling a lot of stress. His pulse was wiry and slightly weak in the left kidney position. His tongue was very broad with pale edges and a dusky center. He had distended sublingual veins. Diagnosis: Relationship issues/fear Kidney Zhi imbalance (will power) Inability to break free of parental imprinting Solar plexus Chakra disharmony manifesting as lack of self-confidence Treatment/RationaleExtraordinary Vessel treatment: To assist in opening and harmonizing of chakras and to address intergenerational patterning Ren: LU 7 (Broken Sequence) and KID 6 (Shining Sea) New Moon 5th and Ohm/Chiron Chong: SP 4 (Grandfather’s Grandson) and P 6 (Inner Gate) New Moon 5th and Ohm/Chiron To release intergenerational patterning and support the kidneyKID 9 (Guest House) New Moon 5th and Pluto/New Moon 5th KID 4 (Great Bell) Mars/Jupiter Opening the heart to unconditional love and to heal old woundsP 6 (Inner Gate), Ren 17 (Chest Center) Full Moon 6th and Chiron/Ohm ChakrasAbove individual chakras Ohm 3rd chakra New Moon 5th, Chiron/Ohm 4th chakra New Moon 5th, Chiron/Ohm Tibetan bowls on 3rd and 4th chakras Gong Treatment1º - Mars, Jupiter, Venus 2º - Saturn, Sun, FM Harmonize with female archetypesAstroids-all Follow-Up TreatmentsThere was significant improvement after initial treatment. The patient felt relationships with people had improved. Follow up treatments were similar but added the following: To balance male/female energies P 6 (Inner Gate), SJ 5 (Outer Gate) with Mars/Venus 5th To address deep parental influence issues Alternated KID 9 (Guest House) treatment using Pluto/New Moon 5th and Pluto/ Saturn. For more direct influence on bringing heart issues to fullness and harmonizing heart energy Replaced P 6 (Inner Gate)/Ren 17 (Chest Center) with P 8 (Work Palace)/ Ren 17 (Chest Center) To facilitate harmonizing of chakras and kundalini flowAdded Interstitial Chakra treatment with New Moon 5th (the Interstitial Chakra treatment can be found in the book Acutonics® There’s No Place Like Ohm) Alternated gong treatments using Ohm, New Moon, Uranus, Pluto, Zodiac Earth, Chiron, and Nibiru To strengthen etheric fieldAdded Tibetan Bell and Tingshas in field To address people pleasing behaviorsAdded ST 9 (People’s Welcome) New Moon 5th Later added Full Moon 6th to ST-9 (People’s Welcome). Added KID 23 (Spirit Seal), 24 (Spirit Ruin), 25 (Spirit Storehouse) with Venus/Jupiter Results/Conclusions: After a series of seven treatments the patient reported that he felt confident, able to take on new challenges was less judgmental about relationships. He felt better able to communicate and that his relationships with people in general and women, in particular, had improved. One of our favorite stories recently came from 11 year-old Carly who on a deep intuitive level understands the power of AcutonicsŪ. Carly recently shared this observation with her Mom, Michele and Aunt Kat, who are both Acutonics Practitioners. "Mom I get it about how when you say something bad about someone, even if the person doesn't hear you, they feel it." "What made you get it?" Michele asked, her daughter. " AcutonicsŪ mom, that's what made me get it." Michele replied. "You know it's not about us Carly it's about the world." " Yeah, that's why auntie Kat got into it, and that's why we are into it." 11 Year old Carly is an aspiring AcutonicsŪ practitioner and big animal vet of horses. Back to Top Women in Transition: Menopause and Perimenopause Presented by Donna Carey, MS. L.Ac. Donna Carey is a licensed Acupuncturist, co founder of the Kairos Institute of Sound Healing, Llc., and co-creator of the AcutonicsŪ Healing System. She combines her broad knowledge base as healer, educator, poet, theologist, and innovator in treating individuals and communities. To read more about Donna click here. Menopause and perimenopause are one of the most significant and powerful transitions in a women's life. For more than fifteen years I have been working with women experiencing this deep and challenging transition. This time, which is marked by physiological, psychological, spiritual, and astrological shifts, often requires a blending of treatment strategies and paradigms. It is a time when women access a new and often times confusing sense of power. AcutonicsŪ is an invaluable system for dealing with the issues and subtle textures that mainstream medicines and treatment often cannot address. Women in transition will present with a constellation of symptoms that are ignored or labeled as hormonal and /or psychological imbalances. Western medicine and some alternative therapies will deliver multiple diagnoses including Sjoegren's syndrome, hypothymia, non-specific autoimmune disorders, fibromyalgia, depression, hyperthyroidism, and hypothyroidism, chronic fatigue, etc. etc. etc. These diagnoses alone are often not the answer and in many cases they are inaccurate. As healers and clinicians we must also consider that during this time of transition women are being initiated into their power, self-autonomy, and destiny, which can be one of the most profound, life altering, confusing, and shattering experiences in life. Unfortunately many of us live in a world, in cultures, and within family structures that do not support these transitions because they fear the outcome-mainly change. These are often irreversible and unresistable changes that comes when we are given a gift of insight into our life that helps break down generational patterns and to wake up or re-awaken to a new purpose. Women begin to access their divine spark, and often experience a heightened awareness, as they are called to move beyond their existing structure, and to redesign or craft a brand new architecture for their lives. So all these symptoms and syndromes that seem so overwhelming and unbearable are not all that complex, strange, or pathological. Remember that in other cultures this is a very celebrated and sacred time. Our culture minimizes transitions, and disempowers these powerful times, especially the powerful times of women. It is my personal belief that mainstream medicine has almost nothing to offer high functioning women in transition. The power is within us waiting to be ignited, not suppressed by countless hormonal supplements and anti-psychotic drugs for mood swings, anxiety, and insomnia. The answer is insight into the larger picture of your life-your story-and a living out of the exciting, empowering, universe that is not determined by husbands, children, institutions, governments, nor held captive by gender, cultures, and biology. Transitions are about enlarging into our greatest capacities, the apex of our waveform, launching into our highest frequency with renewed energy and wisdom. And the menopausal years are part of this critical transition. Rather than providing many individual case studies to this grand portal I offer some general treatment strategies that have been extremely effective in my clinical practice. Symptoms: Almost always there will be a constellation of patterns and symptoms orbiting around the factor of heat. From an Oriental Medicine perspective the diagnosis is Kidney yin deficiency. Yin is the female aspect, the material base, the nurturing substances and processes. Yang is the masculine principle, the energy, and the action. Yin and yang are complementary forces that exist within our body, within nature, and throughout the universe, that interplay, complement and check one another. When in balance, there is harmony. When yin is deficient, yang will take over and we will see how when the yin (water) is deficient and cannot provide the root, that yang (fire) will exhibit itself with a flare. These include hot flashes, heat rising up in the form of headaches, restlessness, fidgetiness, sleeplessness, and irritability. The heat can give way to dryness, both vaginal and general dryness of mouth, eyes, skin, and a feeling of itchy crawly skin. Joint aches can occur due to the loss of moisture and lubrication as well. There may be feelings of un-grounded-ness and un-rooted-ness due to the fact that energy is constantly rising up. The heat can cause unsettling and feelings of anger, aggression, nervousness, it may also cause either excessive menstrual bleeding (heat will burn collaterals), or incessant spotting (yin source dried up so blood cannot be produced). Emotionally there is a wide gamut from elation with constant activity and restlessness, to depression and very little activity, although insomnia may be present with hypo or hyper emotions. Psychospiritual symptoms may include a blown out low back or sacrum, which is common in transformational crisis-the stability of our old life and ways of thinking and being are challenged. Our creative urge for spritual and soul growth is awakening at the base of the spine and kundalini energy is being stirred up at its core. Other symptoms may include feelings that their world and the people around them are becoming too small and there are often feelings of loss and impending change. The nervous system often times becomes extremely sensitive and fragile, everything becomes a crisis and there can be a loss of control. Things we once took in stride become overwhelming; when you couple this with inability to sleep and surging power we can easily fry our systems circuitry. Treatment Strategy: It's critical to ground, root, and settle the nervous system, which helps to bring the body back into its new rhythms and cycles. The Acutonics system is based on cycles, the best place to begin a treatment is with the fundamental and foundational cycle of Ohm. In the treatment described below I generally repeat each sequence three times. Begin your treatment by having the client listen to the AcutonicsŪ Low Ohm Fork and the basic Ohm Fork together (Ohm Octave), then place the two forks together on the soles of the feet at Gushing Spring (Kid-1). Next use both Ohm Forks together (Ohm Unison), go down the entire spine first along and right next to the spine (the Huatojiaji points) then out from the spine on the first muscle band. This helps to settle the nervous system down and aids the client in integrating the new energies, frequencies and insights that are coming into the body. After going down the spine be sure to work in the sacrum, then use the minor chakras at the back of the knees and end at the bottom of the foot at Kid-1 again. Next I use the Ohm Forks above the body, sweeping energy from the top to the bottom of the body guiding it downwards towards the root. I also use the combination of the Ohm and Full Moon Fork on the inside of the lower leg at a point known as the 3 Leg Yin (Spleen-6). This is a powerful Psychospiritual point and using this combination can water the yin of the body and help harmonize the emotions. Once the client has turned over, root again using the Low Ohm and Ohm together at the point known as Origins Pass (Conception Vessel-4). This point is located approximately a hands length below the navel on the midline and is a great point for rooting the core energy. Continue to balance all the chakras using the Low Ohm and Ohm combination or two Ohms both on and off the body. If you have completed AcutonicsŪ Level I training you should be familiar with the pre-meridian energy channels known as the 8 Extraordinary Vessels. One of the most effective treatments for leveling, grounding, nourishing, and helping realign energies in the physical and subtle energy bodies is using the Ohm and Full Moon (full moon 6th) on the confluent points for the Ren Mai (Lung-7) and YinQiao Mai (Kid-6) contra laterally, and on the confluent points for the Chong Mai (Spleen-4) and Yin Wei Mai (P-6) contra laterally. End your treatment by tracing the figure 8 above the body using the Ohm Forks and then hold these near your clients' ears. Back to Top Depression and Anxiety Presented by Marjorie de Muynck, BS, LMP Marjorie is a licensed body practitioner, co-founder of the Kairos Institute of Sound Healing, Llc., and co-creator of the AcutonicsŪ Healing System. Marjorie has been a bodyworker, educator, musician and composer for more than 20 years. To read more about Marjorie click here. Depression presents itself in many ways and is often the end result of long periods of stress and anxiety. Client descriptions will vary but often include reduced energy; lack of interest in daily activities, giving up, a sense of loss, helplessness or disempowerment. Traumatic events, like the recent terrorist attacks, bombings or threat of biological warfare can result in large groups of people experiencing loss, helplessness, or feelings of disempowerment. In these cases people may ignore the signs of depression thinking that their feelings are not justified because the events that occurred did not directly affect them. Often people will not take their feelings seriously until it becomes debilitating. When we shut down these thoughts of helplessness or loss, depression is likely to be the end result. Sometimes when a traumatic event from a person's past has not been resolved it creates a block in energy that can result in depression. There is also a phenomenon known as SAD or Seasonal Affect Disorder that can occur when people experience prolonged periods without sunlight. This particularly affects people who live in the Northwest. There is also a tendency for secondary symptoms to occur with depression such as soreness in the muscles and skeleton or insomnia. Often times the client finds that they cannot shut off their thinking and therefore they become overwrought with doubts and worry. Western medicine usually treats the depression and/or anxiety with antidepressants. This line of treatment can provide temporary relief but over time it may lose its potency or have debilitating side effects. Antidepressants are merely treating symptoms. In my experience, depression requires the practitioner to help the client get to the root of the depression by empowering them in their healing process. Symptoms and Treatment Strategy: With depression there are generally signs of weakness in both the emotional and physical body. There is deficiency in both Yin and Yang resulting in the whole system being out of balance. The sense of helplessness that occurs requires the practitioner to go to the root of chi or energy in the body. To treat depression with AcutonicsŪ I recommend a building and empowering treatment which often times can shift the client from fear and feeling overwhelmed to a sense of being in balance. Build gradually using the treatment prescribed below. Assess where your client is and how much sound they are able to integrate. If someone is acutely out of balance build them back slowly over several treatments. Start the treatment by having the client listen to the Ohm Forks then apply the forks to the body using this progression: Earth Day 5th, (Ohm and green Earth Fork); Full Moon 6th (Ohm and White Moon Fork) and after several treatments add the Solar 7th (Low Ohm and Sun Fork) to the treatment. Repeat the sequence three times on each point hold for 30 seconds to several minutes depending on the client. Apply the above sequence to the following points in this order: Great Ravine Point (Kidney 3 source point) Gate to the Original Qi point (Ren 4) The Sea of Qi (Ren 6). To balance the entire system use the Ohm Unison (two gold Forks) on the Huato Jiagi points which are between the vertebrae just alongside the spine. Start at the top of the spine just below the neck and continue down through the lower back, including the sacrum. Also use the Ohm Unison (2 gold forks) place one on the center of the palm of the hand and the other on Ren 17, located on the midline of the sternum, to balance, calm and relax the client. If you are familiar with the 8 Extraordinary Channels it is advantageous to treat The Ren Yin Qiao Channel (Lu 7 & Ki 6) and the Yin Wei and Chong Channels (P6 and Sp 4) with the same intervals recommended above, Earth Day 5th, Full Moon 6th, Solar 7th in this sequence. You can also treat the client above the body with Acutonics. If there is fear in the heart and solar plexus chakras you can use the Solar 7th and the Full Moon 6th above these chakras. Make a clock-wise circular motion, with the forks and sweep excess fear down and out the body through the legs. To further calm and relax the client conclude the treatment by having them listen to the Zodiac 3rd, (Ohm and Purple Earth Fork). Back to Top Bell's Palsy Michele Sprauer-Keicher is an Acutonics Practitioner, Bodyworker and Jin Shin Jyutsu practitioner. She has been a licensed Massage Therapist for 13 years and has worked with and studied Jin Shin Jyutsu (J.S.J.) for over twenty years. This Japanese Healing art uses the hands as jumper cables on the body to move and unblock energy. She has completed Reiki level two training, and leads women's retreats. She lives in Sherwood, Oregon. Michele shared this recent experience with us: I just had my most powerful experience to date. I worked on a woman that has Bell's Palsy on the left side of her face. Initially I worked on her Chakras with the AcutonicsŪ Ohm Forks and then I did some free style work on her face with the New Moon and the Ohm Fork (New Moon 5th). After working on her face I moved to her feet to ground the work that I was doing. While working at her feet I noticed her face stopped twitching. My client had told me that her face always twitches. I mentioned to her that her face had stopped twitching. Although my client thought it had stopped, she told me that she didn't want to say anything because she thought she was fooling herself. I confirmed that it had in fact stopped. I also observed her left cheekbone aligning with the right. She described it this way, "the tug of war in my face is gone". After awhile she began to feel the energy flowing through her whole body, her channels opened. A true miracle happened in my treatment space and I received as much as I facilitated. When I did my first follow up treatment with my client, she said after the first treatment she was 90% better for about 3 days, then the stress caught up with her. Although it came back some, she indicated that she was still 45% better. In my second AcutonicsŪ treatment I worked on her inner ankles and she got immediate relief on the left side of her face and she explained it as feeling it really deep inside almost like it is in the bone. Her face straightened out right away and her eye that had been stuck open could move. I thought of the J.S.J. eye flow and worked on the right side opposite of her project side. Almost instantly her eye shape changed and she could shut her eye with ease. In addition, my client's speech has been slurred as a result of the Palsy, but after today's treatment she had no slurred speech. Isn't life grand! Back to Top Intervertebral Disc Herniation Dr. Fred Chard, D.C. submitted the following cases. Fred a practicing chiropractor in Kirkland, WA is a graduate of Western States Chiropractic College in Portland, OR. He practiced in the State of Hawaii for 10 years and attended the Amerasian Institute of Acupuncture in Honolulu. Fred has worked with a variety of needle-less techniques including electricity, magnetics, laser, ultrasound and AcutonicsŪ. He has been engaged in ongoing Acutonics clinical research in his chiropractic practice, and in the veterinary practice of Dr. Michael Lemmon, DVM, of Renton, WA. Dr. Lemmon is the founding president of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association, and is known throughout the Pacific Northwest for his use of Acupuncture, herbalism, and homeopathy in small animal veterinary medicine. The two most amazing cases I have treated with Acutonics are the following disc herniations that resolved without surgery. Mrs. L. was in acute distress and could barely tolerate lying on my treatment table. The only therapy at my disposal was AcutonicsŪ. Mrs. L is a 54-year-old female in acute distress due to a congenital L5 lumbar disc herniation. Also, several of her immediate family members had congenital L5-S1 intervertebral disc herniations. On a pain scale of 1-10 (10 being the absolute pain), Mrs. L. was between 8-9. Due to excruciating pain, it was impossible for me to treat Mrs. L with chiropractic, or any therapy directly applied to her lumbar or sacral spine. The Acutonics treatment for Mrs. L consisted of treating K3 (kidney source point-located behind the ankle bone on the inside of the foot) bilaterally with the vibrating shafts of the Ohm Fork and the Full Moon Fork held about 1/3 inch apart firmly contacting K3. She was treated for approximately 15 to 20 minutes per side every 4 days. After 2 treatments, Mrs. L experienced such a significant reduction in symptoms that her amazed surgeon postponed the surgery. Following, one additional treatment, Mrs. L became asymptomatic. The surgery was called off altogether, and she has been doing well for more than two years. Mrs. L. is currently attending massage therapy school and plans to open an active practice upon graduation. Mrs. W. was in a very severe car accident about 8 years before she came to see me. She had been unconscious as a direct result of the accident and required hospitalization. She sustained severe lateral whiplash to her upper spine and neck. For a number of years following the accident, Mrs. W. experienced constant tension adjacent to her right scapula. She consulted with a number of doctors who were unable to give her any explanation of this tension. Finally, a very extensive evaluation with x-ray and MRI diagnostic imaging revealed that she had sustained C7-T1 intervertebral disc herniations on the right side of her spine. I had been treating Mrs. W only with chiropractic on a frequent basis getting good temporary results. Following a chiropractic treatment, she would experience almost complete remission of the tension for up to 3 days at a time. However the same symptoms would keep coming back. Because of the success with Mrs. L, I decided to try the identical treatment with Mrs. W. There were 2 major differences between these 2 cases. Mrs. W. could only come in for treatment weekly, and she received a combination of chiropractic and Acutonics. After 3 treatments there had been no further improvement with Mrs. W's symptoms. I changed my treatment plan and began using 2 Sun Forks, from the AcutonicsŪ Solar 7th Set, instead of using the Ohm and White Full Moon Fork, which had been so successful with Mrs. L. I also started to directly treat the herniations site on the right side of the C7 intervertebral disc, in addition to the K3 points. Because of the more intense vibration produced by the Sun Forks, I reduced the treatment time to only 10 minutes for reach location. After 4 additional treatments with this new protocol, some very favorable results started to appear. Mrs. W was now getting complete symptom relief, first for 5 days at a time, and then for one week at a time. After 3 months of treatment, she became totally symptom free, and has remained so for almost 2 years. Back to Top Musculo Skeletal Conditions: Acutonics is a very useful therapy for tight muscles, something I see every day in my clinical practice. My observation is that a muscle cannot continue to remain tight in the presence of the tuning fork vibration. There are 2 distinct approaches to treating tight muscles with Acutonics. One approach is to directly apply tuning fork vibration onto the belly of the muscle. Direct application is especially useful when the tight muscle can be identified by palpation, and can be separated from the surrounding tissue and adjacent muscles. In this situation, a vibrating AcutonicsŪ Sun Fork can be placed in the center of the tightest area, or a more effective method can be to pinch the tight muscle by sandwiching the shafts of two vibrating Sun Forks. With either method, continue the contact for thirty seconds to five minutes. Push firmly into the muscle tightness but be sensitive to your client's sensitivity to pressure. Another approach is to treat the acupuncture meridian that overlies the tight muscle. Remember that a meridian affects an area up to 1.5 inches to either side of the meridian. For example, I often treat low back muscle tightness utilizing the urinary bladder meridian. The best treatment method is to use the AcutonicsŪ Sun Fork and the AcutonicsŪ Full Moon Fork. These two forks used together create a polarity effect, very similar to positive and negative electrical or magnetic poles. Acupuncturists speak of the favorable treatment value when blood and chi are moved. The combined effect of the Sun and Moon Forks seems to be about ten times or more the amount of blood and chi than does the use of two Sun Forks. Since the urinary bladder meridian flow is from head to feet, place the Sun Fork shaft, headward above the muscle tightness and the Full Moon Fork, footward below the muscle tightness. Hold the contacts from thirty seconds up to five minutes. Back to Top Direct Treatment of Organs: The direct treatment of our physical organs is a therapy that is unique to Acutonics. I began with some experiments in which I compared acupuncture wrist pulses and temperature with the pulsations and temperature in those pulses' associated organs. One of the problems I've noticed relying totally on wrists pulses is the fact that a wrist pulse gives you a summation of how its related organ(s) are functioning, rather than how each individual organ is doing. Also, there is a very small contact area to test, which represents the organ. Thus, the single lung pulse position located in the medial, distal aspect of the right wrist, which you are palpating with the tip of your left index finger, is providing you with information about the left lung organ, and the right lung organ. When you feel the actual left or right lung with the palm of your hand, you then know which specific lung organ is warm, or cool, and you also have the entire surface of your palm to determine that organ's pulsations. This diagnostic procedure also works for singular organs, such as the liver, heart, and urinary bladder, which are divided into two parts by the midline of the body. Thus, when you feel the actual left or right half of the heart with the palm of your hand, you then know which specific portion of the heart is warm, or cool, and the exact pulsations which are occurring on each half or the heart. It occurred to me that I could help a physical organ by treating it directly, rather than treating a point on an acupuncture meridian, which is related to that physical organ. Acutonics was the likely fit for this new therapy because other modalities were unable to safely and effectively stimulate the organ. I discovered that the Acutonics Sun Fork worked the best because its vibrations could penetrate into the organ more deeply than could the vibrations from other tuning forks. Mrs. M is the first client who benefited from this new direct treatment method. She had suffered from food allergies for about 12 years and was seeing both a naturopath and a clinical nutritionist for more than three years. She was taking extensive supplements including glandular extracts. In feeling her organs, I noticed her spleen was very cold, and lacked any pulsation at all. Surprisingly her stomach (the internal-external related organ to the spleen) was warm and had good pulsations. I treated the skin overlaying Mrs. M's spleen with the vibrating shaft of a single Sun Fork for about three minutes, contacting as many places as I could. I noticed that there was no detectable change to her spleen. I then added a second Sun Fork, and held each contact place for almost three minutes each. Within 24 hours, Mrs. M was able to eat foods she couldn't have touched for the previous twelve years. She only needed this one treatment and I am happy to report that two years post treatment, the correction is still holding. Back to Top Veterinary Treatments: The use of AcutonicsŪ to treat animals commenced with my ongoing small animal research practice with Dr. Michael Lemmon, DVM. Today Acutonics treatment for small animals is becoming very popular with alternative veterinarians. Many small animals are very sensitive to insertion needle techniques, and will squirm around, bite or shriek when needles are used. By contrast, every animal I have treated with tuning forks enjoys the experience, and many times they are so relaxed that they will fall asleep. Most of my experience has been with dogs and cats, but I've also used Acutonics on several larger animals and have clearly demonstrated that AcutonicsŪ works for all kinds of critters. Knuckling Under: Bandit is a 12-year-old male whippet who was having problems with both front limbs. He couldn't stand for long periods of time, and his toes were starting to knuckle under at times while walking. (Bandit's symptoms were very similar to a general veterinary condition called Wobblers.) I tried chiropractic twice with no obvious improvement. Then, I noticed that Bandit's 3-heater meridian was pulse-less and very cool to the touch on both sides. Using the related organ/meridian relationship between the gallbladder and the 3 heater meridians, I treated the fundus of the gall bladder organ with the vibrating shaft of one Sun Fork to benefit the 3 Heater meridians. I held the contact on the fundus for about 4 minutes each time I treated the dog. After the third session, the owner was happy to report that Bandit has substantially stronger front legs, and that his toes weren't knuckling under any more. I continued with Acutonics every two weeks for a few more sessions, until the 3 heater meridians had normal warmth and pulsation. It's now one year since treatment stopped and Bandit is still doing great. General Weakness: Tofu a 12-year-old female cat suffered from generalized weakness. Her owner was particularly concerned because the cat had lost 10 lbs in the last year and was eating poorly. I treated the animal with a combination of Acutonics and chiropractics every two weeks for about three months. Initially, she presented with a dark, sticky tongue coating mainly in the spleen and stomach regions, and her spleen and stomach organs had very weak pulses and were quite cool to the touch. The Acutonics treatment consisted of treating the spleen organ with the vibrating shaft of the Sun Fork for about five minutes. I contacted all the skin that overlies the spleen. During the first few session, the sticky tongue coating changed from dark and sticky to light and moist. Eventually, the tongue coating appeared normal. Over the three month period, Tofu's spleen and stomach organs had stronger pulsation and increased warmth. The cat was also more energetic. Llama Birth Trauma:
I made two pasture calls to treat a female baby llama with Acutonics.
Normally mother llamas will roll on the ground to facilitate the
birth of their offspring. In this case, the baby was stuck in the
birth canal, half in and half out of the mother. The little llama's
front legs had emerged while the mother continued to roll. The owners
had to hold the mother and pull the baby out in order to complete
the birth process. When I saw the baby at 8 days old, its front
limbs were abnormally splayed out for a llama of this age. The owners
were concerned because in addition to the splaying, the baby would
start to fall when making right turns. AcutonicsŪ and Horses Sara
Light-Waller, MA, is an AcutonicsŪ Practitioner, a Licensed Massage
Practitioner, and a certified Equine Sports Massage Therapist. Her
work in the healing arts began 18 years ago when she first studied
TTOUCH and learned how touch could vastly improve the lives of both
people and animals. Since then, she has studied Swedish Massage,
Sports Massage, Deep Tissue and Treatment Massage, Myofascial Release,
Shiatsu Acutonics, Acupressure, Equine Motion Analysis, and the
roles of sound, tone & harmonics, herbs, flower essences and homeopathics
in the healing process. She treats both people and animals in her
Seattle, WA practice. Sara also teaches massage and other healing
modalities in and around the Seattle area. Case Study: Swollen Joints and Minor Arthritis Pain
JD is a 15-year-old Thoroughbred gelding, 17 hands. He has had a
long career, first as a racehorse, then as a dressage and show horse.
In cold, damp weather he tends to show some minor stiffness in his
low back, hips, and leg joints. He is very sensitive to sound therapy
and has been treated successfully for acute and chronic conditions
for the past year. Recently JD was put back into work after a moderate
lay-off. After several days of hard work he began showing some joint
pain in his knees, ankles, hips, and sacrum. These joints had a
low, but noticeable level of inflammation. Case
Report: Emotional - Tasha, The Cat Who Insisted on Sound Therapy.
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Report: Loss of Vitality
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