A little prick goes a long way! (Acupuncture)

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Product:	Acupuncture
Date:	18/09/01 (60 review reads)
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Advantages: May cure your ills, treatment is quick, no side effects

Disadvantages: may not cure your ills

I have to admit that I am not a big fan of going to my doctor when anything is wrong.

Firstly my current doctor is unsympathetic towards anyone who doesn’t have a life threatening disease or affliction and secondly trying to get past the triage nurse is like trying to get past Nazi prison guards, I really should change my doctor!

So, when I was away on holiday in Japan earlier this year I put my back out, I knew my own doctor would be little or no use what so ever and the local doctors could only give me pain killers for the pain. However the pain was pretty bad and the painkillers only blocked out some of that pain for a short time.

My mother in-law suggested I try Acupuncture and being in considerable pain and willing to try anything, I though “Hell! Why not”

First off for those who don’t know what Acupuncture is let me explain. The acupuncturist locates certain pressure points within your body and using fine needles stimulate these points to treat the pain or illness.

Previous to this I have never had anything like this before! I have tried alternative methods before in the form of homeopathic medicine for my hay fever, which worked quite well. However acupuncture is quite different as it’s a physical thing.

I have to admit I was very tense when I first went for acupuncture; this was completely unfounded as the acupuncturist did a very good job at calming me down, then finding the source of my pain.

The procedure of having the needles stuck in my back was quite painless and only a few times did I feel the needles enter my back and this was only as they broke the skin.

After the first session, I thought “Oh! Dear it hurts now worse than it did before” but after a few hours the pain has subsided and the pain I felt was a lot less than before the treatment.

After about 4 sessions the pain had evened out and no matter what I did the pain never g
ot any worse.

I have to say I was pleasantly surprised at how well the treatment works but I was also disappointed that the pain was still there. However the pain was now at a more bareable level than before.

What I did find astonishing was that after the first session, my mother in law informed me that the acupuncturist is completely blind! Amazing..

The pain in my back is still there at the moment, but if it ever gets worse again I know that a few sessions with an acupuncturist is all I need.

I could have an operation to completely cure my back but the procedure could leave me in worse condition than now. So I’ll give that a miss.

Acupuncture does work for some people, others who have had it said it didn’t. I suppose it depends on the nature of the injury and the susceptibility of the person receiving the treatment.

© copyright 2001, Mike Porter.

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