Pain Management Expert
Dr. Ilana Newman attended medical school at the University of Arizona, followed by a residency in family medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York and a fellowship in adolescent medicine at Mount Sinai Medical Center, also in New York. While in residency, Dr. Newman became frustrated with the limited treatment options she had for patients with back pain, which led her to complete the acupuncture program for physicians at UCLA. She also completed the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association program’s (NADA) ear acupuncture training at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx. While in New York, Dr. Newman also worked as a medical news reporter on the Oxygen Network and on daily video online medical news reports.
After moving to South Florida, Dr. Newman took the basic and advanced acupuncture courses for physicians at the University of Miami. Several years later, she completed a fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine, also at the University of Miami. Today, she conducts inpatient palliative medicine consultations at the Memorial Hospital System in Broward County and teaches workshops on Korean Hand Therapy for the self-treatment of pain.
March 2024 Cruise Classes:
Take Pain Control into Your Own Hands: Rapid & Dramatic Pain Relief with Korean Hand Therapy Self-Treatment, Part I
This two-part workshop teaches Correspondence Therapy, the most basic form of Korean Hand Therapy, which utilizes the map of the body on the hands. With this easy-to-learn system, needles are not used. Applying pressure to precise points on the hand can reduce pain anywhere in the body. Headaches, as well as back, neck, and joint pain will be reviewed.
In Part I, Dr. Newman will introduce this technique and review some of the research that has been done with Korean Hand Therapy. She will focus on teaching the landmarks of the map of the body on the hands and how to find and stimulate the points.
Vagus Nerve Stimulation – The Back Door to the Brain
Vagus Nerve Stimulation has been approved in Europe for treating complicated cases of epilepsy, depression, and headaches. Much of the efficacy of ear acupuncture may be due to stimulation of the auricular branch of the vagus nerve. Studies on vagus nerve stimulation show potential benefits for mood, sleep, memory, and weight loss. Non-invasive ways to stimulate the vagus nerve will be discussed.
Take Pain Control into Your Own Hands: Rapid & Dramatic Pain Relief with Korean Hand Therapy Self-Treatment, Part II
This two-part workshop teaches Correspondence Therapy, the most basic form of Korean Hand Therapy, which utilizes the map of the body on the hands. With this easy-to-learn system, needles are not used. Applying pressure to precise points on the hand can reduce pain anywhere in the body. Headaches, as well as back, neck, and joint pain will be reviewed.
In Part II, strategies for treating different types of pain will be discussed and participants will draw their own hand maps from Part I. Attendees can volunteer so everyone can practice finding the hand locations before Dr. Newman demonstrates searching for, and stimulating, the treatment points.
Homeopathy For Vegans – Ten Remedies that Everyone Should Know and Use
Homeopathy uses dilutions of natural substances to treat symptoms that those same substances cause at higher doses. Not only are homeopathic remedies safe and inexpensive, they are helpful in managing many symptoms that western medicine doesn’t address well. Published studies have shown homeopathy to be effective for various conditions although the mechanism of action is unclear. Vegan homeopathy products are now widely available.
Individual Consultations and/or Workshops Available:
Private Correspondence Korean Hand Therapy for Pain
Dr. Newman will locate the precise points on your hands to reduce your headache, neck and back pain, or join pain. Once the points are located, you will be able to treat your own pain whenever it recurs in the same places. Prior attendance at Dr. Newman’s workshop is not required.
$100/person, 45 minutes
