Guest guest Posted August 1, 2005 Report Share Posted August 1, 2005 Hello all About accupuncture...I used to work for a Chiropractor that did accupunture. The results can be dramatic and very healing. The patient that stands out in my mind was a man that had lost his leg in a war but was still having phantom pains, like the leg was still there. He hurt tremendously. He refused to wear his prostetic leg because of the pain. He was depressed and in chronic pain. She did accupuncture on the stump and around the leg area. It was my job to take the needles out that she had put in. I went in to take the needles out and they had absorbed all the way down into his skin. Normally, they only go in a couple of inches, but his leg had slowly asbsorbed almost 5 inches of needle. Pulling them out was the weirdest sensation for me...not to mention him. IT doesn't hurt, just a pulling feeling. After the first three treatments he felt dramatically better. By the third week his wife said he tried on and walked with his prostetic leg for the first time in 6 yrs. Of course, he still had pain, but it was a big difference from when he first came in. This is one of many stories I have. Beware though...at first it can feel like your actually getting worse due to the opening up of the blood flow to certain areas. It works wonders for migraines and sinus type headaches too, from what I saw others experience. FYI. Caitlin Bennie wrote: Lynn, Let us know what you learn, I have always wanted to try acupuncture. Anyone done that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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