Ask an educated Chinese (from China, not from Chinatown in Podunk!) as I did ask an economics prof from a university in Beijing, who originally came from rural China, where such practices might be more readily accepted. He dismissed it, end of story.
Yep, and it worked very well. I had a nerve in my elbow that was really bothering me, throbbing a lot. One treatment and no other problems. The person who recommended it to me is a bodybuilder who is always hurting her back and she swears buy it. Also recommended it to my dad who had hip replacement and it helped with a lot of his pain.
Article you may like. Scientists are finding out there is a lot of science behind it.
http://www.wtop.com/109/3268018/Georgetown-researchers-find-science-behind-acupuncture
(of course, the way it works, I can see how there can be a lot of scammers out there just jamming needles wherever giving it a bad name)
Acupuncture works very well on some people for some conditions. Much like any other healing art. Back pain is difficult and often complicated though. It took me 28 years to deal with mine and I can’t point to any one thing of the many things I did for it as the cause of its remission.
I had acunpuncture many times over the years. Often helped, sometimes didn’t, never caused any harm. Can’t say the same about visiting doctors.
if you don’t like needles you can try accupressure.
Dad did it but went to China to have it done, said they only know how to do it. Helped is cancer pains.
But I don’t believe in it but whom am I to say...
Yes, acupuncture is great for back pain! My doctors, Dr. Suh and Dr. Bong did me a world of good in that regard.
I had a tire try acupuncture. It felt deflated afterward.
My step-sister recently had accupuncture and ended up in the emergency room with a partially collapsed lung. If you give it a try, do a LOT of checking up on whoever you plan to go to.
Yes.
No.
After three sessions per week for 4 weeks I tried and bought a Teeter Hang-up inversion table. Got results with it that were better and more lasting. Nothg permanent, but better results and no recurring costs.
I tried it for lower back pain and sciatic problems, helped immensely.
Its been used for thousands of years and can work. The effects can be subtle in some cases. Not something you should let just anyone do as an inexperienced person can cause even more problems.
I think the White Hut should have a resident acupuncturist at a salary of at least $300 thousand.
On a daily basis (that is whenever the phony and his family are in town) he should stick needles into the whole motley crew.
For all the good it did me, someone could have stuck me full of holes...
didn’t help me!
I don’t get the point of acupuncture.
My fiancee has had extreme pain in his hand and back from a climbing accident years ago. No money right now for surgery so he went to the acupuncterist and 5 months later almost no pain. I have to admit it was amazing.
My brother in law has had extreme pain in both legs for a couple of years and has been to a million doctors about it. We talked him into going for acupuncture a couple of mos ago and after 5 sessions he is walking around as good as new.