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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-05-21 06:23 pm

[ SECRET POST #3060 ]


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(Anonymous) 2015-05-22 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
"Working" for pain is a tough thing to measure, I believe, because pain by its nature is subjective. If you think you feel better, then it worked. Since the introduction of fake needles into acupuncture studies, there's been pretty good evidence that both real AND fake needles "work." There's also dry needling, which is a less spiritually-based therapy technique that is supposed to release trigger points, helping with some kinds of muscle pain. That's really different than putting a needle in a chi point in your elbow to cure your back pain.

(Anonymous) 2015-05-22 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, when I have serious neck and head pain due to muscle tension, I can take benzodiazepines or I can get dry needled. The efficacy is about the same for me, with a vast reduction in side effects for the dry needling. And that kind of pain is exactly where there are substantiated claims.