acupuncture experiences

[OakLeaf]

I had acupuncture maybe five years ago when I bruised a tendon and a nerve in my hand and it was healing really slowly. Along the way he treated me for some inflammation in the forearm and elbow tendinitis secondary to the hand injury... and also some anxiety/depression.

I would say that more than anything, the acupuncture helped get things in my body moving in the right direction so that it could heal itself. What it's supposed to do, I guess. I didn't experience anything miraculous, but the healing process sped up noticeably. I'm trying to remember how long we worked on it - I think it was about six to eight weeks, two treatments a week at first, then once a week. He used several modalities, not just acupuncture - massage, soaks, herbs, mesotherapy. (From what he told me, there are not many states where acupuncture doctors are licensed to do mesotherapy, but Florida is one of them.)

As for the anxiety, you just reminded me of that little point in the upper part of the ear that he taught me about. That really works, I can pinch it myself fairly effectively, but I'd completely forgotten about it.

In general it was relaxing and not painful, but there were some points that were pretty sensitive, mostly in the hands. He knew which ones they'd be and warned me before putting the needles in.