Acupuncture

I'm undergoing acupuncture treatment for my pinched nerve and my anxiety.

I've done one session and it was a very nerve racking experience overall but I feel different for sure. I'm a little more calm and collected, I think after a few sessions it will be more effective than any pill I've taken. My nerve is still pinched however, that may take more time.

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my mom had acupuncture a month ago and enjoys telling me how much better her foot is after the treatment.

I had acupuncture on my ears, like ALL over both my ears, for all sorts. Certain pressure points on the ears are meant to relieve pain/stress etc in the abdominal region. I always thought it bizarre, til I had it done. It definetly works.

i've always thought this was pretty much bullshit -- just above snake oil and homeopathy -- which had been tolerated by the WHO for reasons of cultural sensitivity. but i have a couple on-the-level friends who swear by it, so it's at least effective at inducing placebo.

how expensive is it, and does your insurance cover it? there's just so little evidence that it's effective beyond placebo, and most medical researchers want it to go away.

they make cool trainers

I've thought about getting it because of the clavicle surgery I had a few months ago. I had to wear a sling for a few months and I've got nothing but knots in my upper back/neck area. I'll definitely get a massage, but need to do some research before trying the acupuncture.

  On 5/26/2010 at 5:49 AM, ms-dos said:

i've always thought this was pretty much bullshit -- just above snake oil and homeopathy -- which had been tolerated by the WHO for reasons of cultural sensitivity.

Yeah ditto, I didn't think it had actually had any proven benefits. I'd like to be wrong about that though ....

i had it when i did my lower back in. it worked amazingly well after some rigorous physio and massage. (half hour massage/physio followed by half hour acupuncture)

i found it very relaxing and could feel an intense heat building up like a heat pack had been applied... the concentrated heat remained for about 4 hours after treatment and after dissipating my back felt loads better. i could almost feel my blood concentrating its healing power right where it needed to be.

in my experience acupuncture is brilliant.

  On 5/26/2010 at 12:53 PM, mcbpete said:

  On 5/26/2010 at 5:49 AM, ms-dos said:

i've always thought this was pretty much bullshit -- just above snake oil and homeopathy -- which had been tolerated by the WHO for reasons of cultural sensitivity.

Yeah ditto, I didn't think it had actually had any proven benefits. I'd like to be wrong about that though ....

i think the kind where you stick needles in your anus to cure a sore head etc seem harder to comprehend but our nervous system does root all over the body.

mine was directly concentrated on the painful area and worked.

Do you have sciatica?

nah, ford focus.

  On 5/26/2010 at 12:53 PM, mcbpete said:

  On 5/26/2010 at 5:49 AM, ms-dos said:

i've always thought this was pretty much bullshit -- just above snake oil and homeopathy -- which had been tolerated by the WHO for reasons of cultural sensitivity.

Yeah ditto, I didn't think it had actually had any proven benefits. I'd like to be wrong about that though ....

Not its actually relaxes muscles, helped me anyway. Got it done all up my leg for my ankle injury.

But homeopathy is bullshit.

I'll be going back for more tomorrow

it's certainly not placebo, my dad is as skeptical as they come and she treated his chronic headaches and sleep disorders

so he talked me into going

  On 5/27/2010 at 12:16 AM, Fishtank said:

I'll be going back for more tomorrow

 

it's certainly not placebo, my dad is as skeptical as they come and she treated his chronic headaches and sleep disorders

so he talked me into going

Placebo effect is just as powerful as any man made drug.

Don't stop beeeeeeelieving, ooooh oh ooooOOOoooooh

  On 5/27/2010 at 1:59 AM, chassis said:

Placebo effect is just as powerful as any man made drug.

teach me how to trick myself into feeling the effects i'd get from oxymorphone

  On 5/26/2010 at 1:41 PM, keltoi said:

nah, ford focus.

lol.

This is one of those life changing experiences

I went to get a hair cut the other day and I didn't feel tense going into the store and I was actually able to carry a conversation with the stylist.

I've had 3 sessions and every time I come out more relaxed and pleasant feeling than before and the nerve in my back is acting up less.

I really wish I had heard about this before I started taking all those nasty pills.

  On 5/27/2010 at 1:59 AM, chassis said:

  On 5/27/2010 at 12:16 AM, Fishtank said:

I'll be going back for more tomorrow

 

it's certainly not placebo, my dad is as skeptical as they come and she treated his chronic headaches and sleep disorders

so he talked me into going

 

 

Placebo effect is just as powerful as any man made drug.

 

Don't stop beeeeeeelieving, ooooh oh ooooOOOoooooh

 

If you want quantifiable proof bring in a blood pressure gauge and watch it drop.

the government spreads AIDS this way

  On 5/27/2010 at 2:09 AM, ms-dos said:

  On 5/27/2010 at 1:59 AM, chassis said:

Placebo effect is just as powerful as any man made drug.

 

teach me how to trick myself into feeling the effects i'd get from oxymorphone

or some Lysergic Acid Diethylamide...

hypnotism could maybe do some of this