!@#$% Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 i had my first acupuncture appointment last week it was awesome. haven't felt relaxation like that in ages. anyone else like it? i'll probably be making another appointment soon, apparently it's good to go a lot when you first start to get your bod in tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyViking Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I can't afford it, but luckily the African Americans in my state regularly enjoy stabbing me with sharp objects. Surprisingly it makes me feel really relaxed. Though it might just be all the morphine the EMT's pump into my bloodstream. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 i can't afford it either. i got her to bill my insurance company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILZ FILLZ Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 My mom says it helps with her fucked up rotator cuff It got messed up in a car accident so insurance pays for hers too I would try it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 How much does it cost and why can't rich mods afford it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 it's a couple hundred for the first visit and about a hundred for subsequent visits.. i have other things to spend my money on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Ya, that's a bit steep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christo-f Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I was toying with getting it done here but I do not trust A. that the person doing it has any fucking idea what they are doing to me and B. that the needles haven't already been used on 82 different people with H1N1, SARS and Japanese Encephalitis. The bullshit that gets passed off a medical practice here is just fucking astonishing. For example: 'you should pull your pants up over your belly button otherwise the wind will blow in and make you sick' 'Americans are fat because they drink cold water' 'Eating walnuts will make you smarter because they look like your brain' Just today a mainlander was kicked out of Taiwan because he was selling a cure for everything, including cancer........, through slapping. Read this shit: Taiwan kicks out Chinese writer over slapping cure (AFP) – 11 hours ago TAIPEI — Taiwan's government on Thursday ordered a Chinese writer to leave the island after he claimed that slapping a person's body can cure chronic disease. Xiao Hongci drew criticism when he claimed that his "slapping therapy" had healing powers at a promotion in Taipei earlier this week, slapping a woman's arm red while demonstrating his technique. "It takes seven days and it's 100 percent effective for diabetics. It can cure heart disease and high blood pressure too," Xiao said in footage aired by local television. But his Taiwan tour has been cut short after he has been ordered to leave within seven days as well as paying a fine of Tw$50,000 ($1,600) for claiming healing effects for what is considered a "folk therapy", officials said. "Xiao in on a tourist visa and he is not allowed to practise medicine here," said an immigration official. Xiao has published a book on his "slapping therapy" in Taiwan which has reportedly sold more than half a million copies. Copyright © 2011 AFP. All rights reserved. More » So yeah, little bit skeptical of Asian medicine..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fondles Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I really want to try it. /procrastinate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocodile Tears Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 i went to 4 sessions. about 5 years ago $140, half hour each. i went for insomnia. did not work, feels bad man. 2 people i know did laser acupuncture to quit smoking. worked for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 my acupuncturist is an old friend christo, that REALLY helped. i don't think i would have done it otherwise. i also would NEVER trust a chinese MD or have serious work done by one. but, chinese medicine is at the least, interesting. and american doctors literally cannot diagnose me, so i am giving it a try. she said that it was unlikely i'd get relief from only a few treatments, croc. i am not encouraging you to try it again, i only know that she said that often in acupuncture treatment, the problem gets worse then gets better.. she explained in more depth but that was the gist. i'm also sure that no one thing will work for everyone *just wondering, have you tried learning meditation? i did in my early twenties and after that my insomnia went away forever. i got a professional massage from my man as a gift, i'd never been. it was great, a very reputable spa etc but what that did was NOTHING compared to how i felt after the acupuncture. i haven't been been that relaxed in ages. she claims that i have to go often to start (my insurance co authorized 3 months) and then you go less and less often, so i'll be going again i did have joint pain again since the treatment, but holy shit it was FAR less painful and swollen than it usually is. so far, it seems to be working on something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocodile Tears Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 yeah that kinda pissed me off. my acupuncturist said 10 treatments would "start" see results, after i asked when is this going to start to kick in. 1400+ was kinda steep at the time for no guarantee. i felt like "thats where they get ya" so i stopped. i remember not liking the idea of these needles around my neck ear area too. i do not remember however, if the smokers went more then once. glad to hear you're in less pain then usual. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 'you should pull your pants up over your belly button otherwise the wind will blow in and make you sick' If you need to purge any wind you could try Kerokan/Gua Sha. Avoid using a dirty coin though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool_Hand Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 lol @ chinese ppl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 lol @ u Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 thx croc srsly though, try meditation if insomnia still bothers you. clearing your mind is great for teh snooze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armand hammer Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 post pics of the needles in your butt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 there aren't any needles in my butt. here's some lady instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CancerDancer Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 hipster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 haters wanna hate on the woman in pain, who western doctors could not diagnose and would not help. hahaa :rolleyes: s'ok cancer dancer. it'll be you before too long, as we all get old. and die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LUGR Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 i also would NEVER trust a chinese MD or have serious work done by one. Really?! Some of the best medical care I have ever had has been from Chinese MD's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realism Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 croc if u need to sleep hit me on tht pm i got tht purp homey n ill break u off 4 cheap no homo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ape Shit Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 i've had acupuncture and gua sha done and it helped with my lower back pain and completely erased the upper back pain i had. only costs me $40 a visit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcs Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 5$ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlando Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 painful at all, maybe at first; certain areas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 at the old lab they were learning acupuncture so they could do research on the medicinal properties. this brazlian post-doc who was an expert came to show us how to do it.. on MICE. haha Really?! Some of the best medical care I have ever had has been from Chinese MD's. that's good. i have not had the same experience. my ma was real sick, her chinese doctor was a shitbag. and he knew basically nothing. i also know from my field that it is pretty easy to get a medical degree in china. so, i'd differentiate, it's not that chinese people are bad doctors, it's that people from china who have medical degrees may have just bought one from a guy on a bus stop. 5$ ONLY 5 DOLLARS FOR AN ASIAN SALAD? NO WONDER BITCHES BE IN LINE WAITIN FOR THAT SHIT. b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 xlando, it wasn't painful even a little i felt the needles go in but that's it. i did however, try to scratch the bottom of my foot with my other foot while the needles were in and HOLY SHIT i shouldn't have done that. i just moved my foot back and it went away immediately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayWORD? Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 i broke a bone in my hand about 4 years ago. i believe it was referred to as a "boxers fracture", some metacarpal break in my right hand. im terrified of any type of surgery, so when the doctor suggested a metal pin be implemented, i refused. said fuck it, and let that shit heal on its own. he couldnt guarantee any huge reduction in pain due to the surgery so i decided it wasnt for me. my fuckin hand kills me on a daily basis. its my dominant hand, and when i do normal shit like painting or writing the pain is intense. the doctor warned me that there was a high probability that later on in life id be feeling the effects of arthritis. i dunno what arthritis feels like, but im pretty sure im feelin it only a few years later. im in my twenties, just wondering if any of you have done the acupuncture shit for pain caused by formerly broken bones? im considering it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlando Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 xlando, it wasn't painful even a little i felt the needles go in but that's it. i did however, try to scratch the bottom of my foot with my other foot while the needles were in and HOLY SHIT i shouldn't have done that. i just moved my foot back and it went away immediately ahhh, where they insertin em on you? everywhere? /nh hahaha, bust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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