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Ya-Ling J. Liou, D.C.

Saying “Sorry” (to Your Patients)

I definitely had to learn how to apologize to patients. It did not come naturally. In fact it was discouraged in school.

Sep 16, 2022

Saying “Sorry” (to Your Patients)

Sep 16, 2022

Home Invasion

Your body is your home and when it’s under siege by illness or being overhauled by medical experts it can feel like a home invasion.

Sep 2, 2022

Home Invasion

Sep 2, 2022

Eyes — a Window to Our Soul…and to Our Biological Need for Reassurance?

Today, I bring you a personal interlude. This week I had an opportunity to engage in what I like to refer to as “field research”. When I…

Jul 24, 2022

Eyes — a Window to Our Soul…and to Our Biological Need for Reassurance?

Jul 24, 2022

How Your Pain is Just Like Your Need to Poop

Quite a few years ago when I was teaching at a massage school, I was asked to give a short commencement address during graduation. I…

Jul 15, 2022

How Your Pain is Just Like Your Need to Poop

Jul 15, 2022

Are You Ignoring Your Basic Body Needs?

All signs point to “yes”. Most of us do.

Jul 8, 2022

Are You Ignoring Your Basic Body Needs?

Jul 8, 2022

The Cranky Baby Test — 3 Questions You Should Ask Yourself if You Feel Anxious, Stressed or…

I often tell this story when talking about the connection between our emotions and our biochemistry, so you may have heard it before.

Jun 24, 2022

The Cranky Baby Test — 3 Questions You Should Ask Yourself if You Feel Anxious, Stressed or…

Jun 24, 2022

5 Ways to Walk “Smarter”

Whether you’re dealing with low back pain, hip pain, knee pain, or foot pain — unless it’s a fresh injury, I encourage you to experiment…

Jun 17, 2022

5 Ways to Walk “Smarter”

Jun 17, 2022

5 Mistakes People Make When Walking — Stretching “Wrong” (5 of 5)

If you’re like most of my patients, you don’t stretch before or after your exercise-walks or hikes …and for some reason you feel guilty…

Jun 10, 2022

5 Mistakes People Make When Walking — Stretching “Wrong” (5 of 5)

Jun 10, 2022

5 Mistakes People Make When Walking — Fashion Runway Model (4 of 5)

You wouldn’t be alone if, when you walk, you have in your mind some version of a fashion catwalk. You may not look like a model when…

Jun 3, 2022

Jun 3, 2022

5 Mistakes People Make When Walking — Bones as Meat Hangers (3 of 5)

Do you think of your body as a skeleton with flesh draped on top of it?

May 27, 2022

5 Mistakes People Make When Walking — Bones as Meat Hangers (3 of 5)

May 27, 2022

Ya-Ling J. Liou, D.C.

Ya-Ling J. Liou, D.C.

I write about better pain coping & improving pain care through human connection. Here’s how I can help you: https://linktr.ee/dr.yaling.liou

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