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Accupuncture

TheCatWoman

I had my first accupuncture session today and it was good, the needles didn't come flying out as they did when I had it before. I'm in less pain than I was before I went in, I did loads of heavy gardening yesterday and all the muscle aches and pains have gone and I feel a bit more awake and less brain foggy, although when he put a needle in my head it really hurt so he took it out and put it in another spot. I think it was because where he put it was on the edge of my crown chakra, we decided not to put one near my third eye chakra in case it went blind lol.

I've got another session next week so I'll see how it goes.

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    The only gadget I've used is a Sea Band, accupressure travel sickness wrist band, they're really good they work with hormonal and medication nausea too.

    I don't like anything that vibrates so I tend to steer clear of gadgets, like massagers TENS machines etc.

  • I'm glad your pain is improved, I've never tried it but anyone I know who does seems to have a positive experience. 

  • in reply to Wordsmith

    I had accupuncture on the NHS and didn't work at all, but they do a different sort of accupuncture to what I had yesterday. Maybe I will have to go once a month or something for a top up, I wouldn't mind that as I'm not going with the expectation of being cured, just being a bit better, more mobile and in less pain.

  • Glad it was a good experience.

    I had acupuncture for insomnia years ago and it may have helped a bit.

    I’ve been using one of those electronic acupressure stimulating devices which helps when I’m anxious. It really works but whether it’s because the correct points are being stimulated or that I turn the device up to maximum which makes it a bit stingy, I don’t know. I’ve had it for over 26 years and it’s still going strong.

    One of my dogs used to go to the vet-physio for acupuncture, laser therapy and hydrotherapy in the one session. Her mobility noticeably improved after each session. She also did physio exercises at home with my assistance.

  • I had acupuncture for carpal tunnel syndrome on the NHS many years ago. It was very effective, but it only gave me temporary relief. In the end I was offered a steroid injection laced with some kind of lubricant, which solved the problem permanently. When I visited Romania in the late 1990s, their health service was experimenting with acupuncture as an alternative to local anaesthetics (mainly, I think, because they couldn't afford to import the relevant drugs -- those were the days when visitors to the country were advised to carry a sterile medical kit in case you needed minor surgery while you were there!).

  • in reply to Kate Kestrel

    The pain started to come back laer in the evening but it was intermittent and not as bad and I had a really good nights sleep, so I'll see how it goes next week

  • I had some acupuncture sessions tears ago for anxiety and it really helped me. Whenever someone asks me about it I always share that my experience was good as I realise many are sceptical about it. It’s wonderful it helped you - hope the rest of the sessions are also of benefit :)