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Acupuncture Works Center Introduces Light Therapies

Jan 12, 2025 01:02PM ● By Jerome Bilaos

Looking for a non-invasive modality to improve health and look younger? Acupuncture Works Center is now offering Infrared Crystal Mat therapy and Red Light/Spectral Light Therapy. These are not only used for pain but also for facial rejuvenation, increasing energy and vitality, stimulating hair growth, reducing inflammation and much more.

Shares founder Kristin Dudley, L.Ac and herbalist, “In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), light is thought to move qi and directly enter the channels. There are several studies that have used Red/NIR light on meridian/acupuncture points and shown very exciting and positive results. Light therapy brings blood and qi to that area and has been shown to have similar effects as needling.”

Clinical case studies and references have been published through PUBMED and other health sources that can now provide information on how Red Light/Infrared Therapy can be beneficial. Red and near-infrared light therapy are one of the biggest breakthroughs in health in the last half century, as well as being cost effective.

Location: 84 Park Ave., Ste. G-103C, Flemington. For more information, call 973-979-1652 or email [email protected]. Visit AcupunctureWorksCenter.com. See ad, page 17.

In-Print News Briefs January 2025
Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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