acupuncture experiences

[OakLeaf]

According to my acupuncture doctor (a former environmental engineer who went to medical school for his second career, for two years, until he decided he didn't want to be a drug pusher [his words], and dropped out and went to acupuncture college instead) - anyway, according to him, "dry needling" is no different from acupunture, it's just a very small part of the discipline with a different label, that allows MDs to practice the same medicine that TCM practitioners have been doing for 5,000 years, while still expressing disrespect for what they call TCM.

Just as "immunotherapy" for allergies is a fancy MD name for homotoxicology.

[zia]

Hmmm, my "dry needler" is not an MD. She's an RN, and trigger point therapist. Her emphasis is entirely on anatomy and focusing on releasing specific contraction knots in the muscles. It's all very pragmatic.

I've never heard my practitioner mention "chi" or even mention TCM. This page talks at length about what she does. It is similar, but, as her site says, it's all based on Western medicine principles.

(I guess it could be a small part of TCM, but I don't know enough about it to really say!)

[Biciclista]

I have had acupuncture given by a few different practitioners, the last being Ping Wong, a wonderful person who incorporates some massage into what she did to me.
I had a frozen shoulder, a very painful condition. I know that what she did helped me to heal as well as I did, I have full range of motion now. Also, during headache season, my son got married last year. I was pretty stressed out for lots of family reasons, wedding included. I went to see Ping and was able to skate through that wedding like I was on cloud nine. Acupuncture is great. See if you can find someone who has been doing it a long time, I think their confidence helps !

[pfunk12]

I had acupuncture a few years ago for my back issues. I have spondylolysis -a stress fracture of the L5. I decided to try acupuncture since nothing else seemed to help me. Because the needles were put in my back, I had to lie on my stomach. This was the worst position possible for me. Lying on my stomach caused compression of my sciatic nerve so instead of feeling relaxed for 45 minutes and getting benefits from the acupuncture, I was in complete agony. Even though it didn't work for me (because of the unique circumstances), I would still try it again - if I was dealing with a different issue/injury.