smudger14086 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 does it work ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 depends what your having it for, I found it worked fantastically for my back pain, but like anything else, it works differently for different people, might be best booking a trial session and seeing how you feel after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudger14086 Posted September 22, 2011 Author Share Posted September 22, 2011 Thanks Susie, Who did you use ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Anecdotally, it definitely does help some people, and you might be one of them. Scientifically, there's no evidence to suggest that it could possibly do anything useful, and perhaps it is nothing more than a placebo effect; but most people don't care whether a treatment really works, or just fools their body into thinking it works. Either way, they feel better. If you have an ongoing problem that other treatments have not solved, it may be worth investing in a session, but the more cynical you are about "unconventional" therapies, the less likely they are to work - since there cannot be a placebo effect if you don't expect one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sasha81 Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 does it work ? Yes I agree with other posts that it depends what you want it for. There is limited good quality evidence http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Acupuncture/Pages/Evidence.aspx see this article which is only the first one I grabbed. However some research has been done into the incredibly beneficial effects placebo which may be delivered by acupuncture. By committing to a process and believing it will work you may well gain some benefit. http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/dec/22/placebo-effect-patients-sham-drug Article on the placebo effect trial, fascinating stuff Good luck with whatever it is you need it for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarryRiley Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Dr. Hibbert: Anything I could give you now would only be a placebo. Panicky Idiot #1: Where can we find these placebos??? Panicky Idiot #2: Maybe there are some in this truck! (Angry mob flips over truck filled with bees. Panicky Idiot #1 shoves one in his mouth.) Panicky Idiot #1: I'm cured! I mean, ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 If Dr. Hibbert had any sense, he'd have prescribed "Diazepam ADT" or something similar. (Footnote: "Diazepam ADT" was something which a doctor I once knew, used to prescribe to various people who needed tranquillizers. ADT stood for "any damn thing" and the chemist used to give them sugar pills.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey Shaw Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Good luck with whatever it is you need it for Pins and needles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobster Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 had it for a trapped nerve in my shoulder , gp said try some cream might fee itself in about 3 months . 2 accupunture sessions cured it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bludragonfly Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 I had it for Migraine many years ago. I used to have migraines every one to two weeks when I was a student nurse. One of the Doctors did acupuncture and persuaded me to let him treat me. He put a needle in each hand on the webbed part between the thumb and finger and one in each foot. He moved them around a bit and left them for a minute or so. I didn't have a migraine for eight weeks. At the time I was under the care of the one of the big London Hospitals specialist clinics so they continued doing the treatments every month or so until I was so much better I was able to be discharged and now (touch wood) only get one now and again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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