"Pins and needles, needles and pins.
A happy man is a man that grins."
-- Ralph Kramden, The Honeymooners
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| Hard boiled egg with pins 1-22-14 |
"There must be something to acupuncture --
you never see any sick porcupines."
-- Bob Goddard
Don't give me that "I don't like needles" crap.
Acupuncture is good for you.
It is my firm, non-professional-personal-experience-based opinion that there's pretty much nothing that acupuncture can't help. I'm not saying it can "fix" everything, but it can definitely make it easier to handle just about anything life throws at you.
I'm not saying acupuncture can make your mother in law go away, but it can ease the migraine and fury she causes you. And a whole bunch of other stuff.
Any "stress," whether it's physical, emotional, psychological, or a combo of all three, is a good target for the acupuncturist's needles. I'm not going to try and list all of acupuncture's amazing benefits here, because you can just Google it and find everything you need to know. For starters, and a list of stuff acupuncture can help treat, click here: stuff acupuncture can help treat. For more information and to find a certified acupuncturist near you, click here: National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
I'm living proof that this shit works.
Suffice it to say, there have been days when I've lurched like Quasimodo into my acupuncturist's treatment room on the brink of physical disaster and emotional collapse, and strolled back out smiling blithely and wondering what the fuck everybody was so stressed about.
Like yesterday. My shoulder muscles were all fucked up because I've been working out too hard. Today, they're as supple as taffy.
And the needles are not scary. They're super, super tiny. Like, hair thin. And if you close your eyes and just listen to the music, you won't even see them. And they don't hurt. They actually feel amazingly good. If there is any pain, it only lasts for a second, and then all that tension and pent up stress and discomfort releases blissfully.
So stop being such a big candy-ass baby. Stop whining about your problems and try it already.
Aaah-cupuncture.
Say "chi."
