11/17/2007 11/19/2007 11/20/2007 11/21/2007 11/25/2007 12/5/2007 12/10/2007 12/24/2007 1/8/2008 1/28/2008 3/27/2008 4/4/2008 4/9/2008 I just received news that another patient receiving infertility treatments at my office is pregnant. Another great day in the life of a licensed acupuncturist! 4/18/2008 4/22/2008 5/12/2008 6/04/2008 6/02/2008 Before I start treating a woman for infertility I always try to mention that 30% of all pregnancies end in miscarriage. This is not a conversation you want to have with someone who is pregnant. I always try to explain that God gives you from age 13 to 50 to have children because some miracles take a little time and it’s a complicated process. It’s never easy when one of my fertility patients has a miscarriage, it’s never easy. 6/25/2008 7/2/2008 7/24/2008 7/29/2008 I’ve seen a few menopause patients this month. Treating menopause with acupuncture is fascinating study. You can read more about how I treat menopause under the conditions treatment section. Because it is hot in Connecticut woman are requesting more frequent treatments for this condition. The weather has been rather damp in Connecticut. Arthritic pains have been the most common complaint this month, hot damp weather. I taught a patient with insomnia how to rub the acupuncture point Peaceful Sleep located on the back of the head. The patient and his wife no longer need to take medication to sleep. This point is most effective for over thinkers. See insomnia under conditions treated. 9/3/2008 9/14/2008 10/3/2008 10/17/2008 November 5, 2008    January 6, 2009 January 20, 2009 January 30, 2009 February 3, 2009        The blue fish are in the Branford River, drop your key boards and get your fishing poll, the bunker are also in the river thick. My wind stroke patient, the person whose treatment I outlined below, recovered completely from his/her illness with acupuncture. However, the months he/she was unable to work combined with hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills; the patient had no choice but to close his/her business, and word on the street is she/he moved out of the United States, another victim of the American healthcare system. Economic thoughts, interest rates, and how politics got the US economy into a mess. One of the Federal Reserve roles is to control inflation. The way the Fed slows inflation is to increase interest rates. Instead the FED has kept interest rates low, to win political points. The old school Federal Reserve used interest rates as a tool for managing economic policy. When the housing market started to over inflate, what did the FED do “lowered interest rates, further increasing home prices”. In February 2000, the real corporate prime rate was 9%, and has declined to 5% by April 30, 2008. The Fed again lowered interest rates, and the financial market’s are now ignoring the Fed’s action, as evident by the increase in mortgage interest rates. The Fed has made it self impotent. Ok, now that I’ve gotten your attention. How do we solve this problem and quickly? A historic election just completed, God bless the United States of America! I would like to extend my heart felt congratulate to both President Elect Barack Obama and Vice President Elect Joe Biden and their respective families.     When it comes to healthcare reform, healthcare providers must participate; I can’t help but think of Abigail Adams who wrote:   What an amazing day. Two of the patients I have been treating for infertile, reported they are pregnant, and one with twins. What an amazing day for these patients and the United States of America. A historic day for everyone! Good karma!   Another of my infertility patient reported being pregnant, acupuncture was the only therapy applied. During 2008 I helped 9 Connecticut families create 10 babies and it is way too complicated a process to explain via a web site. It is however a privilege of a life time to have participated in this process. Life is good! I went ice fishing and ice skating last weekend with my family. Everyone had a blast, who would have thought ice fishing was fun; I think someone actually caught 2 fish. Families set up barbeques on the ice. The kids played hockey and there was so much food! The last time I went ice skating, I was working in New Jersey. It was my last contract job before going back to school to be an acupuncturist; we finished our project so far ahead of schedule we spent a lot of time ice skating and walking during lunch. Give family ice fishing a try sometime!                      Abigail Adams   "You cannot be, I know, nor do I wish to see you, an inactive spectator…We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them."                  b) The FED has to start doing it’s job of fighting inflation, raising rates will increase the value of the dollar. Increasing the value of the dollar will lower the cost of goods. c) End the war in Iraq in a responsible manor d) A balanced healthcare system, CHS Life a) Gas prices under $2.00 per gallon would certainly help Why did the FED keep rates so low? Because you are more popular with the public when everyone thinks their house is rising in value? That’s bad long term policy but good short term politics. So housing prices increased too quickly (inflated) requiring banks and mortgage companies to invent new ways for people to get loans or buy homes that are over inflated. Then oil prices increased sharply, inflating the price of all goods and services. What does this FED do to control inflation? The FED lowers interest rates again, in a desperate attempt to save home owners, when in fact they are making the inflation problem worse. The FED’s failure to raise rates causes the value of the dollar to decline, which fuels the flames of inflation further and discourages investment and savings in US banks. It’s not a popular position but I feel it’s time for the Federal Reserves to get back to doing it’s job of managing inflation. The FED needs to start to slowly increase interest rates. The FED is not nor should it be popular.                          Last week was slow, I fixed one woman’s chronic foot pain. She was happy. I started lifting weights in February. I have been sore since February. I am lucky to have a few friends that are Chiropractors. One of my previously reported infertility patients called today to tell me "we are going to have TWINS, we are going to have twins” she said, now that’s a very cool day in my life. Health care that was made possible by CHS Life.      Another patient receiving infertility treatments at my office is pregnant. This is why I went to the best school in the country and this is why you want to go to a licensed acupuncturist. What an unbelievable month, 3 of the 5 woman I am treating for infertility got pregnant. The months not over yet, now that’s a great month in the life. I received news that another patient receiving infertility treatment at my office is pregnant. Four women all on their third and final IVF attempt, decided to add acupuncture for their final round of IVF. Treatment started at my office in March of 2008. By April 22nd 2008, three of the four women reported being pregnant. Day in the "Life". I went to Hartford yesterday, the legislate center of Connecticut, to educate and inform the legislature of importance of protecting the high standards for acupuncture in the state. The acupuncture profession has no title protection in CT, which basically means anyone can call themselves an acupuncturist if they have another medical license. After scheduling your appointment, please print and complete the first visit form found on this web sites home page. Thank you for visiting acupuncture Connecticut (CT). Cont... My wind stroke patient returned to part time work today. He also went back to Yale to thank the nurses who cared for him during his hospitalization. The nurses did not recognize him at first, they never heard him speak before today and when he explained to them who he was the 3 nurses who cared for him all started to cry. They could not believe it! A member of my family broke his leg this weekend. We went to Yale by ambulance. To say we were treated well would be an understatement. The ambulance crew, doctors, nurses, physician assistances, and even the equipment technician made us laugh and conveyed concern under an extremely stressful moment in our life. Our family doctor called us twice to see how we were doing, thank you all so much!     I am enjoying this month. Unfortunately, all healing streaks come to an end. Some months I get into what a friend of mine called a “healing streak.” When almost every patient I treat gets better. This month has been one of those months. For example I had five patients who suffered from sciatica for 3 or more months. Each of these patients had two or more cortisone shots before calling me for an appointment. Four of the five patients with sciatica had complete resolution of there condition in under three visits. The fifty sciatica patient gave up way too soon. I never give up / I never give up! A woman I've been treating for infertility is officially 14 weeks pregnant. Now that's a great day in the life of an acupuncturist. I’ve been reading a book about the Genius of Abraham Lincoln and felt compelled to repeat his words. During his Second Inaugural address, with a Civil war in progress, a war that would claim 600,000 lives, Lincoln said the following: “With malice toward none; with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan—to do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations.” Professional, caring, and extraordinarily competent, that’s how I describe Yale medical. Thank you Yale, The Covello Family People frequently ask me what conditions I treat most frequently. It varies from week to week, most of the time I treat the condition directly and other times I treat the symptoms of the illness. What has changed is my patient’s attitude and openness towards acupuncture. When I first started my practice 6 years ago my patients would tell me “I can’t tell my doctor that I am going for acupuncture.” Three years later patients started to tell me “I told my doctor that I am going for acupuncture because it helps me.” Six years later when I look at my schedule I noticed that many of my patients are nurses, chiropractors, medical doctors, naturopaths, and massage therapists. This week I treated patients with anxiety disorders, prostate issues, MS, back pain, depression, infertility, neck pain, shoulder pain, obesity, bulimia, headaches, common colds, IBS, PMS, Wind Stroke, Hepatitis, Bi-Polar disorder, personality disorder, care gives syndrome, fatigue, and stress related disorders. Cont...I prayed today next to my patient with Wind Stroke. I think I prayed more during the early years I was in practiced. Yet, sometimes I just need a little extra help. I think it would be insane not to pray from time to time, given my job description, sick people call me every day asking for help with conditions their doctors could not resolve. I treat them with nothing more then a box of needles, moxa, alcohol, and cotton balls. My wind stroke patient was able to raise his arm today and make a fist for the first time in 4 months. The patient can speak clearly but has not had improvement in walking. Being an acupuncturist is a humbling experience. Cont...My wind stroke patient returned, his/her speech was clearly improving, I could understand almost all his/her words, speech was slow and required effort but it was clear. The patient was concerned that there was no feeling in his/her hand. I decided to needle the yang jing-well points on the affected arm. The patient did not feel the needles, even when manipulated during the beginning of the treatment. After 20 minutes I manipulated the needles again and the patient felt pain. The ability to feel pain is a good thing for someone previously unable to FEEL ANYTHING in a diseased limb, for the patient this was a good thing and for an acupuncturist giving someone the ability to feel, this is a great day in the life of an acupuncturist. Cont...My wind stroke patient was able to move his/her arm after the treatment was completed today. This was the first time this patient moved the arm in 4 weeks. The traditional diagnosis for this condition is Channel Connection Stroke – Depleted Channels and Connections Allowing Invasion by Wind. -A friend and patient was diagnosed with cancer today. -A chiropractor stopped by my office today, he went out of his way to tell me he was going to take a 200 hour course and start doing acupuncture. Chiropractors and Naturopaths lobbied to have a law passed in CT to allow them to bypass the national requirements for acupuncture. “I guess all I can do is educate my patients about the danger of the so called “medical” acupuncturist. Don't get me wrong I know many great Chiropractors and Naturopaths, providers who I would let treat my son. But this medical acupuncture (legislating competence) is unethical and dangerous.   Please pardon grammar and spelling errors in this section, time is limited, and I have to change the events enough to protect confidentiality.                                          Today a middleman processing company, processing claims for a local insurance company, denied care for a patient whose condition was improving under my care. The patient was able to walk again, but still had groin pain. In less then 10 visits to my office the patient was able to walk and get in the car without assistance. The reason the Insurance company denied care, profits, there written reason, no one can receive more then 4 visits in a month, so this patient will suffer in pain until next month, when I can request more care. One Day in the Life of an Acupuncturist. Today, I was informed by an insurance company representative that regardless of the persons condition or health care needs, no more then 4 visits a month for acupuncture will be authorized. Thank God for CHS Life. I signed up the patient for CHS Life and they got all the treatment they needed. Today, I treated a patient with Wind Stroke over the entire right side of the body. A young person who developed this condition suddenly losing the ability to walk and speak, with the exception of Bell’s palsy this was the most severe case I have treated to date, it was very exciting. The patient was referred to me by his medical doctor. After his treatment the patient was able to speak clearly enough for me to distinguish his words. This is a great day in the life of an acupuncturist.    11/16/2007 I decided to write and share with the world a day in the life of an american acupuncturist.         Day In The Life of an American Acupunturist                                



 







   













       










  























   














   




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