I never realized how crazy I was until I fully began to understand that participating in the Acupuncture Relief Project was more hardcore than I thought. Once I graduated I celebrated the end of my twelve hour days. Nope.

It has been so rewarding to help people and continue working on my skills. We are up at 5 am daily and get back to base camp at around 5 pm then have two hours of class multiple times a week. Hello 14 hour days! I can officially say that I feel brain dead. However, everything we are learning we are able to directly apply to the patients we see the next day. Andrew has been great about being hands on and helping us with deep needling of the multifidus in the spine or trying to locate the QL (quadratus lumborum) on patients with erectors thicker than a textbook. It is a constant struggle to keep your brain focused. What’s the reward? Your patient telling you they feel better.

Studying xrays of disc degeneration in the lumbar spine with Schlabby aka Andrew Schlabach

My favorite….a water buffalo for your viewing pleasure