Acupuncture and Massage

[MomofTwo83]

HAS ANYONE TRIED ACUPUNCTURE OR MASSAGE FOR SOME OF THEIR SYMPTOMS?  MY ANNIVERSARY IS ON THE 14TH AND SINCE MY HUSBAND IS DEPLOYED HE TOLD ME TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR MYSELF.  I'VE BEEN DOING RESEARCH ON ACUPUNCTURE AND MASSAGE FOR PAIN, NEUROLOGICAL ISSUES AND SO ON.  SO I THOUGHT HEY, MAYBE IT WOULD HELP WITH AT LEAST THE SYMPTOMS.

HAS ANYONE ELSE TRIED THESE THINGS?  ANY SUCCESS?

THANKS
VICTORIA

[HoustonDogLove]

I liked acupuncture I think it really helped but I have to pay of an emergency room visit.

[jumpinjiminy]

Without knowing that I was having symptoms, I did do both. I've had varied experiences with the acupuncture. The massage always helps.

The acupuncture made my forearm spasm, but later it felt better. I did that treatment for tennis elbow.

Then recently after this flare up I had it done in the back of my neck, and upon walking out my head was twitching. The doc also gave me an adjustment, so I can't say which treatment brought the twitching out. But it lasted three days and it was something that had cleared up a couple of weeks before I had been treated.

I don't think there was any lasting damage from it, but I'm leery to do it again, both the adjustments and the acupuncture.

All in all, I view acupuncture in a favorable light. It has brought me relief on more than one occasion. It's the same for chiro adjustments. They just aren't for me anymore.

[Lulu54]

HI VICTORIA,

I DO BOTH - I JUST HAD A LENGTHY ACUPUNCTURE TREATMENT LAST FRIDAY AND  I SEE THE MASSAGE THERAPIST THIS COMING WEEK.  

I JUST ARRANGED THE ACUPUNCTURIST TO SPEAK HERE AT WORK IN A FEW WEEKS ON WELLNESS AND HAVE THE BROCHURE ON MY DESK HERE - IT LISTS MANY OF THE FOLLOWING PROBLEMS AS BENEFITING FROM ACUPUNCTURE THAT ARE RECOGNIZED BY THE NIH -

ANXIETY
CHRONIC FATIGUE
DEPRESSION
DIZZINESS
INCONTINENCE
MIGRAINE
PAIN
TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA
UTI'S

I FIND IT VERY, VERY BENEFICIAL AND WISH I COULD GO MORE OFTEN.

DO YOUR RESEARCH AND TALK TO THE PERSON WHO WILL BE DOING EITHER TREATMENT AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH THEM.  TRUST IS A LARGE PART OF THE TREATMENT.

IN EUROPE BOTH OF THESE ARE RECOGNIZED AS IMPORTANT AND SUPPORTED BY THE INSURANCE/GOVERNMENT IN THE PAYMENT FOR SERVICES.  I WISH THAT WERE THE SAME HERE.

YOU'RE LUCKY YOUR HUSBAND UNDERSTANDS THE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.

HUGS, LULU