Integrative Healing for Concussion, Whiplash and Related Chronic Pain
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Meet Practitioner Ian Gamble, LAc, MAc, MS, MA
Ian integrates various modalities of East Asian acupuncture with instruction in the self-healing Qigong and T’ai Chi Ch’uan.
FireLight Acupuncture specializes in the treatment of concussions, whiplash, and related chronic pain to offer a way to experience real, lasting healing improved function and recovery from these injuries.
Whether you are an athlete in acute stages of recovery from a sports injury, someone recovering from a motor vehicle accident, or if you have health issues that might be associated with a concussion-like or whiplash-like injuries that were recent or from very long ago, Acupuncture (especially from FireLight Acupuncture) can generally be helpful, if not transformative in your healing journey.
Ian’s clinical experience working for four years in outpatient clinics in the Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, as well as almost 20 years of teaching T’aiChi and Qigong full time, is that acupuncture (often combined with meditative movement practices) can be a “game changer” in the progression of healing for someone with concussion or whiplash-like injuries.
Patients are encouraged to participate in their own healing with supportive lifestyle management and through meditative self-healing practices. Healing at FireLight Acupuncture is maximized by integrating with more conventional western medical advice and physical therapy. but it can also provide significant healing long after other therapies have run their courses.
Patients do not need a formal diagnosis of Concussion or Whiplash from a western health professional to benefit from treatment at FireLight.
If you know you have experienced impacts to your head and/or traumatic torques to your neck and your chief concern for treatment is a part of the symptoms listed below, then Ian can most likely provide significant healing and mitigation or resolution of your symptoms.
Concussion & Whiplash symptoms treated include but are not limited to:
• Headaches, head pressure, tingling and other strange post-concussive post-whiplash head/brain symptoms, eye pain and pressure
• Photophobia and Phonophobia: Light and sound sensitivities
• Radiculopathy: Pain radiating into arms and legs from the neck and spine
• Mental fogginess, difficulty concentrating or focusing, limited capacity for screen time
• Tinnitus (ringing in the ears)
• Sleep disruptions and insomnia
• Dizziness, vertigo, and balance problems
• Anxiety and depression
• Exercise limitations
• PTSD
Chronic Post-Concussion and Post-Traumatic Injuries
Concussion- and Whiplash-like symptoms following traumatic injuries can linger for years, Or return years or decades later. These traumatic events include:
• sports injuries,
• bicycle accidents,
• inter-personal violence,
• motor vehicle accidents
• workplace injuries, and
• random, unexpected impacts to the head or neck…
Acupuncture can initiate and accelerate healing of most of these chronic conditions.
Acute Symptoms
If you have experienced a recent concussion or whiplash event, Ian strongly recommends that you consult with your PCP or concussion specialist prior to acupuncture. However, there is no reason to wait to see if symptoms resolve. Acupuncture and other east Asian treatment modalities at FireLight Acupuncture can ease blockages in the flow of blood, lymph and qi to accelerate healing and facilitate return-to-play, return-to-work, return-to-school. Ian anticipates his acupuncture treatment of acute concussion/whiplash symptoms will be integrated with western counsel and therapies for maximum healing.