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Miserable Husband Syndrome

Posted on May 14, 2024

Google searches are unlike scientific literature searches. I was searching how many years a divorce can take if a prenup was not set-up.  My google search term was (complete later).  That is when, for the first time I read: “Miserable Husband Syndrome”: One of The Least-Known Causes of Marital Failure. And then I read; What Is […]

Coaching

Posted on April 25, 2024

Performance Enhancement

Preventive Mental Wellbeing to reduce the risks associated with certain professions: legal, medicine, surgery, etc.

Coaching is a separate service from acupuncture.

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Tired of hearing, “You’re Not Alone”

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Are you fed up with corporate wellness calls that offer sympathy instead of solutions? Do you find it frustrating when you’re encouraged to “talk about it” without receiving practical ways to reduce stress and boost productivity, leading to genuine happiness through performance? Individuals deserve solutions that promote both physical and mental well-being. If you don’t […]

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Health Coaching

Posted on February 1, 2024

The Value of a Health Coach On a Collaborative Care Team: Written by Sandra Scheinbaum, Ph.D., IFMCP Why Have a Health Coach?  Coaches bridge the gap between your recommendations and carrying them out. “A coach inspires passion and purpose in others.”Fredrick Hudson, Hudson Institute of Coaching Your Patients’ Personal Cheerleader 7 Ways that a Functional […]

Unexplained Infertility. Report of Findings

Posted on January 31, 2024

Report of Findings: Unexplained Infertility  Written by Shabnam Pourhassani, LAc, QME, DACM, FABORM Citation: Pourhassani, Shabnam, Report of Findings: Unexplained Infertility. July 6, 2021. http://www.acupunctureinsteadofsurgery.com/report-findings-unexplained-infertility/ July 6, 2021 Abstract: Scientific knowledge and diagnostic screenings have limitations.  Unexplained infertility is a diagnosis provided to couples trying to conceive who have been diagnosed with infertility, when current […]

Do Not Use ‘Dry Needling’ after Spine Surgery.

Posted on January 9, 2024

The abstract of a case report below does not indicate if ‘dry needling’ a questionable form of acupuncture, which lead to an infection after spine surgery was provided by a physical therapist with minimal education in the state of TN, or a licensed acupuncturist (Lac) with years of education.  I thank the authors for taking […]

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Patient Testimonials

Posted on November 29, 2023

Thank you to all my wonderful patients the last 15 years for trusting me, sharing your lives, pain, and worries with me. It was such an honor to meet you bedside.  TESTIMONIAL 1: I have the utmost respect for Shabnam’s level of professionalism, compassion for patients & her diligence to be at the cutting edge […]

Stem Cells, Epigenetics & Acupuncture

Posted on August 30, 2023

My Acupuncturist Doesn’t Seem to Age like normal people? It must be their genes.  No, it’s not our genes. It is an alteration in our gene expression (epigenetics), endogenous stem cells, how we (some of us) address any slight attack on our health, and salutogenesis. Acupuncture Releases Stem Cells?   Mobilization of endogenous stem cells is […]