We have impressive results as acupuncture includes many systems, resulting to a general activation of the nervous system.

Treating older patients presents both great challenges and rewards. I have been blessed to have had the opportunity to help a huge number of older patients and find it has taught me a great deal about life and the human condition.

The last years of life can often cause the most positive and fruitful person to suffer maladies and indignities completely out of their control. We, as acupuncture doctors, can’t completely prevent this of course, but we have very useful tools to help those experiencing some of the negative aspects of the final chapters of their lives. Acupuncture stimulates and facilitates the best use of the body’s natural resources, helping the body to better manage a wide range of disorders. Because acupuncture relies on natural, intrinsic resources, it is safer than manmade pharmaceuticals and surgery. This superior safety profile is especially important in the management of geriatric patients as the shock of surgery may be too great and that patient group tends to have a lower tolerance for the side-effects of pharmaceuticals.. While improved nutrition and public health measures has allowed more people to enjoy better health into their later years than had been the case in generations past, we are also seeing a greater number of geriatric patients who survive well into their 80’s, 90’s and beyond in greatly compromised health as mentioned above.

Acupuncture Philosophy approach in Geriatrics It is quite interesting to consider that the oldest and most significant Chinese medical Classic – the so called “Yellow Emperor’s Classic” (YEC) opens with the Yellow Emperor asking his court physician a question related to geriatrics. Read more