Acupuncture?

[rondog]

Anybody here ever tried acupuncture? Does it work, or is it voodoo BS? Is it expensive? I've had a neurosurgeon suggest it, but that's all the info he had, "try it".

[Great-Kazoo]

Yes it does work. PROVIDING you get past the anti-natural hyperbole folks.. It may give you some aches and cramps afterwards, that's just your pathways releasing them self. 2 - 3 sessions and you'll wonder whay you took this long to do it.

I know a lot of folks who do acupuncture, massage and chiropractic. They all report an improvement of overall health, vs being on pharmaceuticals, living with pain varying from slight to disabling.

[rondog]

Ok, so is it expensive?

[Tim K]

It works for some things for me. It's a miracle for sleep. Didn't do a thing for chronic shoulder pain, though to be fair that shoulder is pretty crunched up.

My girl hits me for $50. It tends to last 3 weeks in my case.

[rbeau30]

What if you hate needles? Does it hurt?

[colorider]

Have had it several times. The latest was for some severe tendinitis in my forearm. Had major pain for a month. Doctors wanted to do cortazone shots. I went to my accupuncture gal and after 1 session I had 75% less pain within 12 hours. . Fully pain free within 4 days. Other areas it has worked well for is wrist, back, and elbow. $25-$50 per visit. Does not hurt at all. It can kind of freak you out when a needle goes into one part of the body yet you feel a sensation in a totally different area. Don't go to anyone who claims they can do it with a laser or some other ooddball light source they claim will work the same. I fell for that scam years ago. Got my money back so it was not a big deal.

[Snowman78]

I have never had it done but I have a fried whose wife is a Acupuncturist (sp?) I did not know how much training they had to do Took her like 4 year after collage she even went to some Asian country to study it.
She said anything that is treated with western medicine can be treated with acupuncture (other than serious trauma). Give it a try!

[rbeau30]

Sensation... like ouch or ooohhh that tickles?

[Wulf202]

its worth a try. did nothing for me though

[BPTactical]

They tried it 6 times on me for my back, even did E Stim in conjunction with it.
Didn't do a thing for me.