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Dear Patient, Back in acupuncture school I had a textbook called Acupuncture Case Histories from China, which was a compendium of over a hundred case…
Alexa Bradley Hulsey
Jun 10
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Deadlines
Dear Patient, Deadlines. So often they’re arbitrary and self-imposed, yet we drive ourselves to illness and exhaustion in our quest to meet them. This…
Alexa Bradley Hulsey
Jun 3
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Cultures
Dear Patient, May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the US, and as the month winds to a close I've been thinking about cultural appropriation…
Alexa Bradley Hulsey
May 30
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Health is Not a Moral Virtue
Dear Patient, Health is not a moral virtue. I like to remind people of this, because our society tends to equate health with worth and goodness. People…
Alexa Bradley Hulsey
May 27
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Causes of Disease
Dear Patient, You might have noticed that my usual Wednesday Note didn’t land in your inbox yesterday. I had something mostly ready to go, but I…
Alexa Bradley Hulsey
May 26
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Care Instructions
Dear Patient, One of the perks of my job is getting a close-up view of people’s tattoos. Some are beautiful, some whimsical, and recently I saw one that…
Alexa Bradley Hulsey
May 23
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If Acupuncture Could Talk
Dear Patient, At my clinic, we recently posed this question to the staff for a social media post… If acupuncture could talk, what would it say? My…
Alexa Bradley Hulsey
May 20
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Slow
Dear Patient, Slowness. It’s an under-appreciated quality in a world of hyper-fast internet speeds, productivity hacks, and instant results. Slowness is…
Alexa Bradley Hulsey
May 18
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Alchemy
Dear Patient, Last week I did something I hadn’t done in a long time: I got an acupuncture treatment. I nestled into my chair and told my coworker Ali…
Alexa Bradley Hulsey
May 16
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Discussion thread! Why acupuncture?
Hello readers! Today I’m trying something new…a Friday discussion thread! I’d love to hear from you and encourage more conversations among our c…
Alexa Bradley Hulsey
May 13
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Phantom Needle Pain
Dear Patient, Sometimes when you get acupuncture, you’ll feel a needle-like sensation in a spot where there’s not actually a needle. Similarly, a needle…
Alexa Bradley Hulsey
May 11
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3AM
Dear Patient, Why does it always happen at 3AM? You like awake, exhausted yet fully alert, while every problem, every stressor, every regret of…
Alexa Bradley Hulsey
May 9
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