Acupuncture Works.
The Real Mystery is HOW
Nicholas Cooke Steadman, L.Ac.
I am an acupuncturist and board certified herbalist. For nearly a decade I have practiced traditional Chinese medicine in New York City.
I had a private practice near Central Park in midtown Manhattan for many years, treating some of the most stressed-out people in the world. I also taught classes at the Master of Science program at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine.
It was during this time that I discovered the mechanisms of acupuncture. I patiently collected, and pieced together, research from multiple disciplines from which the synthesis that I now call the "Information Theory of 'Qi'" finally emerged.
I am currently on sabbatical—taking time for my writings, inventions, and other endeavors. I hope to collect my discoveries, and observations, from my years of clinical experience, and obsessive research, into a book about the embodied mind.
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Also, check out an article I wrote on embodied pain for Epoch Times this past Spring:
How Frustration Becomes Body Pain:
by Nicholas C Steadman, L.Ac. April 25, 2014
Different Emotions Create Different Tension Patterns in the Body
"In my experience, treating stressed New Yorkers with acupuncture, the most common areas of pain caused by frustration are in the neck, shoulders, and upper back (“pain in the neck”) and in the hip and lower back (“pain in the butt”). Pain in neck, shoulders, and upper-back can also cause tension headaches (as in “giving me a headache”).
The reason for this is quite simple: These are the areas that get tense when we physically express frustration. If frustration is expressed, or “embodied,” for long enough, these tense muscles develop painful knots, (aka “trigger points”), which often correspond with acupuncture points and can be stubborn and difficult to get rid of."
Big Men, Little Needles:
Acupuncture in the NFL
By Kevin Gray Oct 2011
Many of the NFL’s toughest players are looking to acupuncture to stay strong and healthy. Can it help the rest of us, too?
"...There are also some acupuncturists who act more as therapists than as traditional doctors. This includes New York City acupuncturist Nicholas Steadman, who sees clients for conditions ranging from anxiety and insomnia to allergies, sports injuries, and low immune function. Before he treats patients, though, he insists on knowing their emotional affect and how they feel about themselves, their spouses, their jobs, even their exercise routines. "If you exercise with a feeling of obligation or resentment, it will determine the way you hold your legs and can lead to pain and problems," says Steadman. "Think of your posture when you're angry: hands on hips, elbows out, neck tensed. This is your natural response to frustration and struggle – and you literally carry it in your body that way."
