04-15-2012, 11:33 PM
Jonathan, Cook, and Dcan,
It doesn't sound like any of you have actually tried acupuncture. And that's fine because if you aren't comfortable with the procedure, you probably never will. And if you are happy with the treatments you've gotten in the past then you may not feel it necessary to give it a shot. However, I've tried it many times but I realized I wrote only "several" in my previous post. My experiences with acupuncture has always been for an injury or a sprain, never a cold or anything else. What it's done for me is it has always sped up the healing process, not a placebo effect. For example, I'd walk into my acupuncturist's office with an ankle sprain barely able to walk, I leave the office after one treatment walking much better and the swelling has gone down a lot due to a procedure called cupping along with the needles. Now if I had gone to the doctor, he/she would've told me to ice it and rest. That would work too but that would take a much longer recovery.
Ultimately when I finally decided on an orthopedic surgeon to perform arthroscopic surgery on my shoulder, I picked the one who told me that he gets acupuncture treatments done from time to time for certain sorenesses he gets from working out that he's had a hard time relieving with just stretching and pt exercises. It was refreshing to hear from a doctor who didn't feel threatened by acupuncture but just saw it as another treatment that he was not an expert on but knew it worked from past personal experiences. Now is that the only reason I picked him. No. But that along with the fact that he was similar in age to me, graduated from an Ivy undergrad and medical school, and the fact that he could relate to me and vice versa.
Also my cousin is a 3rd generation acupuncturist. He's college educated from the US but has a practice in Asia. I've never gotten treatments from him but my parents visted his dad and mom a few years ago and stayed at their home. During their stay, my dad who is an avid hiker ended up tripping and severely spraining his wrist. My uncle took him back to the house and fixed him up in 3 treatments. My parents love telling that story whenever they get a chance because the wrist pain could've probably made their trip less enjoyable considering how active my dad likes to be.
Cook, since your dad is a chiro I thought I should mention this to you. I know a guy who's a chiro who later ended up getting his acupuncture license to make himself stand out from other chiro's, and from what I've heard this is a new trend since the field is so competitive.
Dcan,
What does martial arts have to do with acupuncture? Sounds like you've been watching to many kung fu movies. Sorry couldn't resist that correlation gave me the chuckles.
It doesn't sound like any of you have actually tried acupuncture. And that's fine because if you aren't comfortable with the procedure, you probably never will. And if you are happy with the treatments you've gotten in the past then you may not feel it necessary to give it a shot. However, I've tried it many times but I realized I wrote only "several" in my previous post. My experiences with acupuncture has always been for an injury or a sprain, never a cold or anything else. What it's done for me is it has always sped up the healing process, not a placebo effect. For example, I'd walk into my acupuncturist's office with an ankle sprain barely able to walk, I leave the office after one treatment walking much better and the swelling has gone down a lot due to a procedure called cupping along with the needles. Now if I had gone to the doctor, he/she would've told me to ice it and rest. That would work too but that would take a much longer recovery.
Ultimately when I finally decided on an orthopedic surgeon to perform arthroscopic surgery on my shoulder, I picked the one who told me that he gets acupuncture treatments done from time to time for certain sorenesses he gets from working out that he's had a hard time relieving with just stretching and pt exercises. It was refreshing to hear from a doctor who didn't feel threatened by acupuncture but just saw it as another treatment that he was not an expert on but knew it worked from past personal experiences. Now is that the only reason I picked him. No. But that along with the fact that he was similar in age to me, graduated from an Ivy undergrad and medical school, and the fact that he could relate to me and vice versa.
Also my cousin is a 3rd generation acupuncturist. He's college educated from the US but has a practice in Asia. I've never gotten treatments from him but my parents visted his dad and mom a few years ago and stayed at their home. During their stay, my dad who is an avid hiker ended up tripping and severely spraining his wrist. My uncle took him back to the house and fixed him up in 3 treatments. My parents love telling that story whenever they get a chance because the wrist pain could've probably made their trip less enjoyable considering how active my dad likes to be.
Cook, since your dad is a chiro I thought I should mention this to you. I know a guy who's a chiro who later ended up getting his acupuncture license to make himself stand out from other chiro's, and from what I've heard this is a new trend since the field is so competitive.
Dcan,
What does martial arts have to do with acupuncture? Sounds like you've been watching to many kung fu movies. Sorry couldn't resist that correlation gave me the chuckles.
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