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Is there anything I should check before taking restorative herbal medicine (boyak)?
Yes. The medications you take now, any illnesses you have, and any problems you had with herbal medicine before — you must tell us these three things. Many people think herbal medicine is gentle on the body, so anyone can take it. That's not true. A medicine that works can also be a medicine that doesn't suit you. Because some things affect each other when taken together. In particular
Can restorative herbal medicine (boyak) help when I'm low on energy?
Some people do find it helpful. But there's something to do first — check whether there's another reason you're low on energy. Few complaints have as wide a range of causes as "I'm tired." If you skip that check before getting boyak prepared, time passes while you miss what really needs to be treated. Anemia, thyroid, diabetes, liver and kidney function, and the medications you
How do I get Korean medicine treatment covered by car insurance?
Report the accident to the insurance company and tell us the claim number you receive. Korean medicine care is among the items covered by Korean car insurance. Many people hesitate because they don't know the procedure, so we've laid out just the steps. This isn't about which clinic is better; it's a guide to the procedure. Report the accident → get the claim number → give the claim number to where you'll be treated: those are the three steps.
Are trouble sleeping and anxiety after an accident also aftereffects?
They can be. Lighter sleep and feeling on edge after an accident are not unusual, and they should be looked at alongside physical pain. People readily tell us their neck hurts, but they rarely mention that they can't sleep or that their heart races as soon as they get behind the wheel. That's because they think it's not about the body. When we ask, quite a few people
Do I need treatment even after a minor fender bender?
We won't tell you that you absolutely must get treatment. But it's better to check once whether anything has been left in your body, and decide after that. Many articles answer this question with "if you don't get treated, you'll be in serious trouble." We won't say that. Scaring people into coming in is something we try not to do. The damage to the car and the impact on the body
I felt fine right after the accident, so why did it start hurting a few days later?
If you lost consciousness after the accident, or you have a severe headache or vomiting, weakness in your arms or legs, abdominal pain, or difficulty breathing, go to the emergency room first. Bleeding in the brain or organ damage can show up after some time has passed. If you have signs like these, you need emergency care, not a Korean medicine clinic. What follows applies after that has been checked.
How is manual therapy different from Chuna?
Both are hands-on treatments; what differs is who does it and what other treatments come with it. We can't say one is better than the other. This is one of the questions we're asked most often in the clinic. First, let us be clear about something: we don't have data that compares the two treatments side by side. So what follows describes only the differences, not which is better.
Can dizziness be caused by the neck or jaw?
Dizziness is a symptom with causes that need to be checked urgently. If you have even one of the signs below, go to the emergency room or see a neurologist before coming to us: slurred speech, weakness in an arm or leg on one side, paralysis on one side of the face, double vision, dizziness so severe you can't walk, or a severe headache unlike any you've had before.
How are knock knees different from bow legs?
It's a shape where the knees touch but there's a gap between the ankles. It's the opposite of bow legs, and so is the reason people come in — usually not because of how it looks, but because it hurts. People who come in for bow legs usually say first, "people keep commenting on the shape of my legs." Knock knees are different. Most people come in saying "the inside of my knee hurts" or "I keep spraining my ankle and falling," and the leg shape is found while examining them.
Is a skirt that keeps twisting to one side also a sign from the body?
It can be. If the pelvis is rotated to one side, clothes turn along with it. But that alone doesn't mean treatment is needed. "My skirt always twists to one side," "my bag strap keeps slipping off one shoulder," "my glasses only slide down on one side" — we often hear things like this in the clinic. Clothes and belongings are the first to tell you that your body isn't the same on both sides.
Are rounded shoulders just a shoulder problem?
Looking only at the shoulders often doesn't solve it. That's because the shoulders are often just where misalignment pushed up from below or down from above shows on the outside. Many people think shoulders that curl forward are only a matter of weak shoulder muscles. But in the clinic, we often see shoulders curl forward again a few days after we've opened them up, no matter how much. That's because what made the shoulders that way
Is it true that there's a "golden time" for height?
It's true that the room to grow differs by stage. But saying "it's now or never" is an exaggeration, and using it to rush parents is not right. The phrase "golden time" is often used when talking about growth. Because it's easily used to make parents anxious and rush them, we'll separate what's true from what's exaggerated. When puberty