Oddbean new post about login | logout Have any of y’all tried acupuncture and have experiences they don’t mind sharing? I don’t know enough about it, but am very curious 🤔
It's relaxing to me. Made me fall asleep.
Was that your goal going into it? Or did you go for like a medical thing
I was going for the experience. To see if I like it. Nothing in particular, but someone said afterwards that I needed sleep. True.
So interesting. Did it hurt?
You would think, but no, I am super sensitive to touch I would do it regularly if I could afford life.
Okay that’s good to know. I’m kind of afraid of needles, but desperate
Keep us posted if you try it 💋
We met with my wife's physiatrist the other day. He said that it's worth trying it out. You gotta give it a few sessions. Like a half dozen. And see if it does anything.
Right on! I’m assuming results vary depending on level of expertise and what not. I’m wondering how it works (or if) for physical pain
Yes I love it but only if they leave them in for a long time and let your body do the work.
About how long do you think?
I did. I did it for: Pain relief Persistent sinus infection Honestly I don’t know if it helped or not. It certainly didn’t hurt! So even if for a placebo, I think it was of value. I’m a huge proponent of Chiropractic care and in general, natural solutions. Would I try acupuncture again? Yes! Can I correlate having it a few times to feeling/getting better? Not really. But like I said, I’m certain it did not cause the opposite affect.
That’s what I get a lot. Kind of the “it doesn’t hurt to try” sentiment. I still kind of want to try it
May I ask what it’s for? (Like what problem you trying to solve)? PS no pressure to answer, my response either way was probably going to be “start with chiropractic care then later on Accupunture if you want to try and “boost” the results” But generally my experience has been it’s a small improvement and I’d rather invest that time and money into other areas of my health where I KNOW the result is happening
No worries. It’s back pain from endometriosis 🫂
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Acupuncture only works after doing it for multiple sessions say like 8+ for example. If you want results try "Cupping" this is recommended by the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. You may notice the circles marking from cupping on most athletes at the Olympic games. The classical form of cupping is extremely beneficial as it focuses the blood flow in a different direction to improve circulation to the area you seek to increase recovery. But just to get a taste of cupping you can easily but these suction cups online that come with a pump. You attach the cup and pump and try it out. TLDR Cupping is superior to acupuncture.
it does work. I've used it more than once to fix gone-numb fingers (packing tape gun overuse...) and the surprise was that the needles for that win were place in my shoulder! I've tried the dedicated woowoo-type office and the in-the-strip-mall "community access" booth-n-chairs chains (turned out to be a stealth Pfizer outfit!). I get good results in both settings. Chris Kresser says that the term "meridian" was mistranslated. I don't even have a good guess about what's really going on with the needles and the energy. but I don't need to. for me, it works.
No personal experience, but have had a number of friends swear that it was the only thing that helped with their pains.