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- Microcurrent Strategies: Beyond Injury Healing to Performance Enhancement/span>
- Laura Christensen, MA, MAc, LAc, DiplAc (NCCAOM)
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I’m the reluctant acupuncturist, who finally got into practice 8 years after graduating from the 4th class at the 1st school in the country (NESA) and after earning a different master’s in a field I loved and was quite successful in. Several of my cohorts have become important teachers and influencers in our field and thank goodness because I have benefitted so much from their study and teaching. I’ve been in the trenches for 35 years now, trying things out and seeing what works. Because of who seeks me out, I find myself specializing in pain, injuries, orthopedics, a bit of women’s health, and neurological conditions.
My clinical approach has been shaped both by extensive professional training and by personal experience. In my twenties, I survived a severe motor vehicle accident that resulted in multiple serious injuries and a long recovery process (18 surgeries), including a near-death experience. That experience profoundly changed the way I understand healing and continues to influence the way I practice today.
One of the most important lessons I took from that experience was the understanding that chronic fear and nervous system dysregulation are often major barriers to healing. So, part of my work focuses on helping patients improve ANS balance, and that, as well as seeing people with terrible problems, is some of what brought me to electroacupuncture study.
Vocationally I have also had a focus on neuroscience in my undergrad days and worked as a medical researcher in neuroscience at Harvard and the University of Iowa for a total of 9 years. That has provided me the understanding of neuroanatomy and physiology that is so helpful in applying electroacupuncture in the most beneficial and relatively sophisticated ways.
Over the years, I’ve pursued training in multiple acupuncture systems, including Japanese for 20 years, Korean SAAM, Tung style, German auricular medicine, and electro-acupuncture. The work of Jerry Tennant MD has had huge impact for me and you may hear me reference that. Because of him, my basic model is that we are made of two things: electrons and earth. We are made of earth bits held together and moved around by electrons. That is a perfect background to understand how microcurrent acupuncture is ideal for supporting healing.
I currently practice in Iowa City, Iowa, where continue to test the model and develop my own work.
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