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I agree with Garrett--about training, but not necessarily about wh does it Evan did accupuncture while doing Zhang--and the treatments he got in Zhangs office did more than the ones in between locally at a chiropractor..having said that there IS a chiro in the next town that Ive seen and used for accup. a few yrs ago that was traditionally trained in TCM as well--even continues to go to Asia to add to his knowledge and Id rec. him in a heartbeat I had a lot of improvement for things I cant take meds for--headaches, aches, absorption GI issues etc Recently I needed to resume the accup and couldnt get to the good chiro and he was no longer in my insuran ce anyway and I wasnt going to use the one Evan failed with and as luck had it I found an MD--young guy recently licensed who took the time to go to Calif for a 6 mo fellowship to add accup/TCM to his repetoire, returned to NJ and devotes his practice to family medicine with accup. He helped me a lot--but to be effective you really need 1-2 per week sessions in the beginning and after a few weeks can taper off until occassional sessions keep you balanced. Its not a miracle cure all but for pain and some other sx that tend to be systemic I think its wonderful--very few of the needles sting a bit ( toe tips and a few on hands) and you feel wonderfully relaxed after short story about how well it works: many yrs ago ( almost 15) I was doing my PhD a very stubborn scientifically trained academic and relapsed with Lyme...again and was very ill. My friend recommended accup as she was getting releief from back pains--well I scoffed and said fine Ill go but Im sure it will be a wasste of time well I arrive and the Korean practitioner had recently died and his son, newly licensed, was there. I figured "ok whats to lose" and I purposely didnt give him much info. well, on exam he very accurately told me after doing pulses etc that I had liver issues ( my enzymes WERE elevated due to the meds) and GI issues etc--he pinpointed about4 of the 5 things I didnt say. Then he started to do his stuff and by the 3rd visit I was about 40% improved--and by then I was also very stressed, with exams and 3 kids and planning my older sons Bar Mitzvah etc and I had developed anxiety issues due to the Neuro Lyme too-well he put a few specific pins in and when the session was over my parents looked all over for the tranquilizers they thought I was on!!! it lasted a few days-- that sold me even after the pain lessened!! ( hint ask them to do the spot between the eyebrows--within seconds to minutes a warm calm feeling will wash over you--very nice better than Valium) bottom line--many get a quick cert so it doesnt matter what they were first -chiro's or MDs--its the training--if traditional Asian, and if at least 6-9 mo with clinical interships/supervised "practice" then theyre ok if they went for a quick class or 2, skip them even if theyre good at their usual "job" F |
