Posts by Andrew Pacholyk

by Andrew Pacholyk MS L.Ac "Pinched nerve" is a general term that is used to describe the compression of individual nerves or groups of nerves. Motor fibers and sensory fibers emerge from the spinal nerves. The motor fibers innervate particular muscles, while sensory fibers innervate particular areas of the skin. A skin area innervated by the sensory fibers of a single nerve root is known as a Dermatome....
2/27/2012 7:45:16 AM
Andrew Pacholyk MS L.Ac Peacefulmind.com As always prevention is the key. Maintaining the condition of our heart is important, no matter if you are working with a healthy heart, or have had a stroke, high blood pressure, congestive heart failure....aromatherapy can help! Here are a few recipes: Heart Care Blend -reduces stress, improves circulation, nervous system and lowers high blood pressure. To...
2/20/2012 6:02:25 AM
by Andrew Pacholyk MS. L:Ac Water has been worshiped, loved and used since time began. Water and it's therapeutic values have been used in all ancient civilizations and bathing was considered an important part for the maintenance of health and prevention of disease. It was also valued for its remedial properties. The ancient Vedic literature in India contains numerous references to the efficacy of...
2/15/2012 6:00:11 AM
by Andrew Pacholyk MS L.Ac Heartbreak is one of the most trying, difficult and hurtful processes we can go through. Heart break is not just an emotional state but can induce real patho-physiologic feelings of pain in the heart. It has been said that the "most sexual organ is the brain and the organ of most intelligence is truly the heart". We often think a lot with our hearts. Heart Chakra Energy When...
2/9/2012 7:17:52 AM
by Andrew Pacholyk MS L.Ac February is Heart Awareness Month. Over the next 30 days we will be discussing the best ways to keep your heart healthy, 'hearty' and strong! The heart provides the power we need to live. Arguably the most important muscle we have. In an average lifetime, the heart beats more than two and a half billion times, without ever pausing to rest. The heart supplies the force to...
2/2/2012 4:24:47 PM
by Andrew Pacholyk MS L.Ac Infused with energy, air, water, fire, earth....the gifts of the earth that have been provided us, are some of the most healing and nurturing powers of all. Stones and crystals have been apart of this earth since its creation and have played an integral part in its connection between the alignment with the pulse of the Earthbeat and the creatures that walk upon it. Crystals...
1/26/2012 5:51:17 AM
by Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac. at Peacefulmind.com The New Year can be a time of new and invigorating power! The holidays are over and most of us are broke, fat and have become lazy over the last month. Between the stress and strain of holiday pressures, parties and procrastinating, we have only enough energy left to get by, exist and run on auto-pilot until the pop of New Years' Eve is over. Well,...
1/5/2012 6:22:47 AM
by Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac Peacefulmind.com The holidays are suppose to be about reflecting and offering love, hope, peace and forgiveness. Our fast paced, needed-it-yesterday world, full of expectations, has become a trigger for anxiousness. We all have fears and worries but when they begin to dominate our life and our behavior, and become the focal point in which everything revolves, that's anxiety....
12/5/2011 6:20:07 AM
by Andrew Pacholyk, MS. L.Ac Peacefulmind.com The fact that there has to be a "day" for this disorder, saddens me, yet it is appropriate for everyone to be more aware and that is why, as a society, we declare a day for many disorders. HIV is a virus. Viruses infect the cells of living organisms and replicate (make new copies of themselves) within those cells. A virus can also damage human cells, which...
12/1/2011 8:14:17 AM
Andrew Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac Peacefulmind.com Fall, like Spring, is a time of extreme change for many living in non- temperate areas. The air becomes drier or in some circumstances wetter and cooler. These and other changes can foster the dreaded cold or flu, which would normally be fought off by your body. Emotional stress tends to be stronger in the Fall as we tend more torward reflection. To assist...
11/17/2011 7:13:23 AM