feel better. get better. live better.
Kym Caporale, DACM
Dr. Caporale has over 45 years of training and expertise in helping patients with chronic health conditions. With a deep understanding of Eastern and Western medicine, she has dedicated her career to addressing unique health challenges. She uses an all-natural approach to help patients with chronic lung diseases such as COPD, IPF, and sarcoidosis.
The goal of her treatment is to improve patients shortness of breath, reduce their dependence on oxygen, and help improve their quality of life.*
Dr. Caporale can help you if:
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You have been diagnosed with COPD or another chronic lung disease
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You have been suffering from fatigue, shortness of breath, and cough
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You are using oxygen therapy
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Your breathing is getting progressively worse
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feel better
get better
live better
Meet The Practitioner
Dr. Kym Caporale
Her list of accomplishments and accreditations are impressive, but it’s her passion for integrative medicine that has Dr. Kym Caporale’s acupuncture in St. Petersburg patients raving. Her patient-centered approach incorporates the best of modern and holistic medicines and sets her treatments apart from standard protocols.
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A Florida and National Board Certified Acupuncture Physician, Dr. Caporale holds a doctorate in oriental medicine, and master's degrees in communication disorders, and education. She received her doctorate from Pacific College, San Diego. She has over 40 years of experience in clinical settings and shares her expertise with clients and practitioners internationally. In addition to running her clinical practice and offering acupuncture in Tampa Bay, she provides education to acupuncturists nationwide through her seminars and CEU courses. Dr. Caporale is a trailblazer as she is one of the first and only Acupuncture Point Injection Therapy educators in both Arizona and Montana.
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Experienced in patient care for patients nationwide with advanced diseases, Dr. Caporale believes in a personalized approach to medicine, combining therapies as needed to assist with disease prevention and elimination of stress and pain through immune system enhancement.
Dr. Caporale is a lifelong learner and prides herself on keeping up-to-date with new cutting-edge technology in the world of integrative medicine thus her patients are guaranteed to receive the most comprehensive care possible. Some of her favorite healing technologies that she uses at her practice are Moxibustion, Red-Light Therapy, Terahertz Treatment, Sound and Bio Harmonic treatments, and PEMF Therapy.
Statistical Study of the Herbal Treatment for Chronic Lung Diseases
Research
A statistical study was conducted by a Statistics graduate student from Stanford University to further understand the effectiveness of an herbal product in treating degenerative pulmonary diseases including Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Emphysema, Chronic Bronchitis, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF), and Sarcoidosis.
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Scope of the study: A total of 1,721 patients who used the herbal formula, were studied for their responses to the treatment. The patients were divided into 2 groups.
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Group I included 957 patients who used a 3-day treatment
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Group II included 764 patients who continued the treatment for over 2 weeks​
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All patients were contacted via telephone with 2 random phone calls. All patients not reached in 2 phone calls were excluded from data analysis.
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All patients were surveyed for FEV 1/ FEV6 levels, peak flow, oxygen saturation, symptom improvement, oxygen volume (liter/min), and ease of breathing on a scale of 1 (very difficult) to 10 (easy).
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Results
