Acupuncture seems to be working

Keesha said:
This is great news Murrmurr. It sounds like you found a good acupuncturist. Your recovery is inspiring. It’s good that you are open to trying alternative therapy.
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The results are amazing. I thought you had to totally believe in it, but I was very skeptical, so apparently it's not about mental attitude or faith.

And hey, I talked to the acupuncturist about my neck. She treated it today and will keep treating it, and she's not going to bill for it! :)
 

Murrmurr said:
The results are amazing. I thought you had to totally believe in it, but I was very skeptical, so apparently it's not about mental attitude or faith.

And hey, I talked to the acupuncturist about my neck. She treated it today and will keep treating it, and she's not going to bill for it! :)
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You got yourself a good acupuncturist.
That’s great service. Do you both wear masks while getting treatment? Does the acupuncturist wear gloves? How long are your treatments?
 
Keesha said:
You got yourself a good acupuncturist.
That’s great service. Do you both wear masks while getting treatment? Does the acupuncturist wear gloves? How long are your treatments?
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I take my mask off during treatment. She's fine with that. She wears hers all the time and puts gloves on while she inserts the needles. Once the needles are all in place, I lay under a heat lamp for 20-30 minutes. We always discuss results before treatment, talk about any changes and whatnot, and after treatment she tells me stuff I need to know about subsequent visits. Like, today she told me I have 4 visits left before Medicare will approve the next 20, but I only have 2 weeks to do the 4 treatments, so for the next 2 weeks I'll go twice a week instead of once.

She is very good. She has 15 years experience doing acupuncture and was a holistic care provider for 8 years before that.
 

Murrmurr said:
I take my mask off during treatment. She's fine with that. She wears hers all the time and puts gloves on while she inserts the needles. Once the needles are all in place, I lay under a heat lamp for 20-30 minutes. We always discuss results before treatment, talk about any changes and whatnot, and after treatment she tells me stuff I need to know about subsequent visits. Like, today she told me I have 4 visits left before Medicare will approve the next 20, but I only have 2 weeks to do the 4 treatments, so for the next 2 weeks I'll go twice a week instead of once.

She is very good. She has 15 years experience doing acupuncture and was a holistic care provider for 8 years before that.
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Thank you for sharing.
That sounds like exceptional service with excellent communication. I’m jealous. Lol
I’d love to find someone like that around here.
You are very fortunate. You have done a very good job of healing your body back to health through a variety of resources. It’s really nice seeing other people get healed successful.
Good stuff.
 
Jules said:
Glad to read more good news from you, Murrmurr. I had it too in combination with physio.

There are acupuncturists who will work on pets too if anyone has an aged animal with joint pain.
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Our Yorkie had acupuncture and it worked very well on her. I’d like to find a holistic veterinarian here.
 
One of the best things about marrying an immigrant from Hong Kong was getting to meet their family acupuncturist! He had just emigrated - did not speak much English yet in 1975 - and was the eighth generation of his family to be acupuncturists. His son, born in the U.S., now practices with him. The son is actually a licensed Western doctor as well as a licensed acupuncturist, so he is the ninth generation!

We were in our 20's when I met him, so only used him sporadically over the next two decades. But in-laws used him regularly after having heart issues with multiple angioplasties. The Western doctors were very impressed how fast FIL would recover from procedures and how few side effects he suffered, LOL. In those days acupuncture was viewed with great suspicion by Western doctors.

After my spouse suffered a stroke at age 50, we immediately got him on weekly visits to the acupuncturist and twice-a-week visits to our acupressurist. He did that for six months and then tapered off gradually. His HMO doctors are very impressed by how well he recovered from what was a major stroke. They can't believe he walks without a cane and speaks clearly/quickly.

Spouse later developed diabetes so was put on Metformin. A side effect is gout - and gout medication has really awful side effects. I suggested we just visit the acupuncturist a few times. Sure enough, one treatment took care of the gout pain although he went twice more, just to be careful.

About five years ago we decided we would both visit the acupuncturist once a month for "tune-ups". Keeping the energies balanced is easier when imbalances are still minor issues - no different than Western medical views, actually.

BTW, acupuncture is especially helpful in recovering from colds or flu, as well.
 
Very interesting read Murrmurr.Glad it is helping you..Please keep us informed.Many thanks.

I started Acupuncture for my lower back pain.The Chinese lady told to try 6 treatments.Would work or not.I had 3 treatments.Then I had a bad fall in the bathroom.Saw my Gp.as I had pain under my right breast , over 9"x 6" bruise on my big bum.
Good that I had the lard there or I would of broken my hips.Dr said bruise will be there for a long time.He said I had bruised ribs..My next appt for acupuncture ,she worked on my bruised ribs & bruise.After 1 week I was back.Pain was gone so was most of my big bruise. Then started on my back again...But then we had a shut down because of covid.

Our numbers are bad here...Will go back in time..first on my back & then I have bone on bone in my knees.Don't want surgery.
 
Murrmurr said:
Thanks, Keesha.
I forgot to mention, Christine asked if I was sleeping better and it wasn't til I got home that I remembered that lately I feel sleepy at around 6 or 7pm. So sleepy that if I sit in the recliner, I doze off for about 2 hours. That's not so good because then I'm wide awake until after 2 or 3am, so I'm gonna talk to her about that. But I am sleeping better at night.

I wasn't 100% sure about acupuncture, maybe even a little skeptical, so I'm kind of surprised at the improvements. I mean, I thought maybe it was partly (if not entirely) mental, you know? Like, if you believe it'll work, it will. I've been proven wrong. For me, it definitely works.
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I've had excellent results from acupuncture for pain and muscle spasms in my back and also, surprisingly to me, for a bout of chronic gastritis a few years ago. My MD had been prescribing stuff for it for a while and it wasn't getting any better and I was facing unpleasant(!) tests to get to the bottom of it. Two acupuncture treatments and it was gone.

I find acupuncture treatment also to be extremely relaxing.
 
Murrmurr said:
The results are amazing. I thought you had to totally believe in it, but I was very skeptical, so apparently it's not about mental attitude or faith.

And hey, I talked to the acupuncturist about my neck. She treated it today and will keep treating it, and she's not going to bill for it! :)
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I always thought acupuncture was a bunch of hooey, and only went the first time for back pain because a co-worker was pestering me to death to try it. I certainly was not a believer going in.
 
Butterfly said:
I've had excellent results from acupuncture for pain and muscle spasms in my back and also, surprisingly to me, for a bout of chronic gastritis a few years ago. My MD had been prescribing stuff for it for a while and it wasn't getting any better and I was facing unpleasant(!) tests to get to the bottom of it. Two acupuncture treatments and it was gone.

I find acupuncture treatment also to be extremely relaxing.
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It is. I meditate while I lie there like an oversized pin cushion. I'm alone in the room under a heat lamp with just the right kind of music at just the right volume, so I fall into a deep state pretty fast.
 

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