Acupuncture is an ancient practise
for healing the diseases of the body. The Western world is starting
to embrace the philosophy of Acupuncture and is beginning to admit that
this practice may in fact provide lasting results.
Determined to lessen the pain
from injuries I decided that I would give this therapy a try. Never
mind the concept of not liking needles, the thought of wearing needles
through my skin, looking like a porcupine, was hard to accept, but I
did it nonetheless.
Arriving at my appointment the
anxiety level was already beginning to raise, the treatment room, if
you could call it that was not sheltered from outside noise. The Acupuncturist
operated out of a physiotherapy clinic and combined her knowledge of
this ancient art with her physiotherapy practice.
Wanting to explain what was going
to happen, in terms of placing the needles into the skin at specific
pressure points, combined with seeing the acupuncture needles did little
to make me feel more at ease.
