Shiroko Sokitch
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Shiroko Sokitch Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Blending Chinese and Western Medicine, creating unique solutions for difficult problems,
- Career Focus
- MD and acupuncture; speaker and wellness coach
I've been practicing Chinese and Western medicine for 25 years. I practiced 10 years of Emergency Medicine in various hospitals in Seattle and Califo ia.
In 1993, I opened Heart to Heart Medical Center in Sonoma County. In October 2009, I opened a new office in Novato. My unique blend of Chinese and western medicine allows me to see you as a whole person. Helping you to find what it takes to heal your body in a balanced way. My 20/30/50 medical approach is about finding balance of all the components of yourself for healing.
For the last 12 years, I've had an alte ative medicine newspaper column in Healdsburg, Windsor, and Sebastopol. I've also co-written a book titled Building A Successful Practice - a how to book on developing a healing business. My book is available on my web page (hthmc.com).
Collaborating with my "Perspectives on Healing" TV show co-host, Sivan Garr, I have created "Stop Revolving, Start Evolving" seminars, which have been immensely successful.
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Solving the Sleep Dilemma
Solving the Sleep Dilemma Have you spent nights tossing and turning without being able to rest? Some people spend every night that way. I’m amazed at how many people tell me that they sleep only one to four hours a night. When a person doesn’t get enough sleep at night nothing works right. Sleep is necessary for a healthy immune system, normal hormonal function and recovery of the body and mind. Lack of sleep is even connected to an inability to lose weight.
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Everyone Has a Body
Everyone has a body. Many people are terrified when their body starts to act up. As life has become more complicated in the last one hundred years, we have gotten further and further away from being in touch with our bodies. We have made doctors the high priests of the temples of our bodies thinking they can help us be in touch with what is going on inside ourselves.r
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Could the flu be good for you?
Getting the flu is probably the last thing you want right now. Debilitating headaches, nausea, cough, sore throats and fever can really mess with your life. But what if the flu also served a purpose for improving your health? In this article I am going to pose the question of – “Why would it ever be good to get sick?” As uncomfortable and annoying as it is to get sick, have you ever experienced being relieved by getting sick? As if you are getting permission to let go? Well guess what, there is a health reason for that.
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Healing Shoulder Injuries
Anna was enjoying a beautiful day playing golf. She was determined to beat her opponent today. In order to win she had to make a hole in one. She made a big swing and felt a sudden pain in her shoulder. Suddenly she couldn’t move her arm to complete the swing. The pain didn’t last long and she was able to start playing again in ten minutes. A week later, she woke up in the morning unable to move her shoulder at all. She went to her orthopedist after a few weeks to find out what was wrong with her arm.
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Sleep
Have you spent nights tossing and turning without being able to rest? Some people spend every night that way. I’m amazed at how many people tell me that they sleep only one to four hours a night. Sleep is necessary for a healthy immune system, normal hormonal function, and recovery of your body and mind. Not sleeping causes your sleep hormones to become imbalanced, and as they get more imbalanced your sleep gets worse. It becomes a vicious cycle. Lack of sleep can lower your serotonin and raise your cortisol levels. It can also contribute to fibromyalgia and other chronic pain problems.r
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Acupuncture, what is it really good for?
The other day I was talking to my chiropractor friend about a man he had been treating for low back pain. John, was having surgery on his low back because of a ruptured disc. I asked Dr. DC why he hadn’t referred him for acupuncture. He said he didn’t realize that it would help. He had give John tens and laser treatments, which he thought would be the same as acupuncture or better.
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5 Tools For Easing Holiday Stress
I don’t know about you, but my family is crazy during the holidays. Their worst attributes seem to find a way to show up. It doesn’t matter that my mom is German and she didn’t even grow up in the states, she seems to develop a weird mood at the onset of Thanksgiving or any other holiday. Suddenly, people who never get along are supposed to behave, dress a certain way, eat with people they’re mad at, and in general be cheerful and content.
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Beware of Poison in Your Supplements
I was sitting in my office with a new client who was showing me her bag of supplements. As I dug into her bag, the first supplement I pulled out was a popular brand of multivitamin. Without looking at the label, I already knew what it would say – a list of vitamins, their quality- and various other poisonous ingredients that most people aren’t informed about. Ingredients like ethylene glycol (anti-freeze), titanium dioxide (a white color dye) carnauba wax (undigestible), red dye number 5 (may be cancer causing), and magnesium stearate (prevents pills from sticking in machine).
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HEALTHY HAPPY AGING TIPS
The average American is spending 4x more on their health per year than anyone else in the world, and yet almost 1 out of every 2 adults have at least one chronic illness. Seven out of 10 deaths among Americans are from chronic disease. The good news is that most of the leading causes of diseases are preventable. According to the CDC(Center for Disease Control), “In addition to being among the most prevalent and costly health conditions, chronic diseases are also among the most preventable of all health problems.”
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YOUR SUCCESS DEPENDS ON YOUR DIET
I was at the Farmers Market with a friend the other day. We were having a great time, laughing, talking, hanging out, when she suddenly began to look as though a cloud had come over her face. She looked like she was angry and sad. I thought she might cry at any moment. I asked her what was wrong and she couldn't tell me. Then I realized that although we'd been there for a while, she hadn't eaten anything yet. I asked her when she last had any food. Her breakfast was plain toast, 4 hours before.
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Forgiveness
Years ago, Juliette divorced her husband. She felt hurt by the experience and wanted revenge. To make matters worse, during the divorce, he came to her home and took a diamond necklace that was hers. She had a lien put against his car, which she had also paid for. A year after the divorce was final, he wanted to sell the car but couldn't because of the lien. He asked her to release it without offering to return the necklace. She felt torn. Should she just let it go, or force him to return the necklace?
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DR. SHIROKO REVEALS MYTHS AND SECRETS ABOUT ANTI-AGING
“The first person to live to be 1,000 years old is certainly alive today …whether they realize it or not, barring accidents and suicide, most people now 40 years or younger can expect to live for centuries.” Aubrey DeGray, Cambridge Geneticist Like death and taxes, getting older is inevitable for those of us who survive our youth.
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