Karen BIlton

Karen Bitlon, PT LAc founded Lotus Healing Arts in New York City in 1998. Karen is an Australian native but made New York her home for 14 years from 1996 to 2010. Karen has recently returned to Australia, relocating Lotus Healing Arts to Sydney.

Karen received her formative training in healthcare in Australia and continued her ongoing professional education while in the USA. During this time she became an expert in Contemporary Chinese Pulse diagnosis and one of only a handful of teachers certified by Leon Hammer MD, to teach this method. While in the USA Karen also studied with Lonny Jarrett, Jeffrey Yuan and Chinese herbology under Andrew Gamble.

Karen therefore brings an international influence to Lotus Healing Arts. Some of the manual therapy skills she offers, such as craniosacral therapy and muscle energy technique, have their origin in USA and have little presence in Australia.

Also, with the spread of acupuncture from China to the Western world, there were two main routes for the transmission of information, one via Europe and the other via North America. Chinese medicine in Australia has been strongly influenced by the European model. As such some areas of Chinese medicine that are common in the USA are little known in Australia. Accordingly the approach to Oriental medical diagnosis and the incorporation of Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis to the process of evaluation is unique to Lotus Healing Arts.

With this comes a refreshing approach to solving healthcare issues. In terms of acupuncture, Chinese medicine and manual therapy, the exposure to and functioning of Lotus Healing Arts in the international arena brings a new and alternative influence to the treatments offered. In particular during its 12 years of operation in New York City, directing Lotus Healing Arts gained Karen invaluable experience working in the forefront of healthcare in the USA.

Since the beginning of 2007 Karen has been conducting research investigating the reliability of using Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis as a diagnostic tool in Oriental medicine. This research is at the doctoral level, the preliminary results of which will be published in the Australian Journal of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine in 2010.

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