| A lot of my close personal friends want to know this | | | | a properly cushioned, ergonomic table. |
| but they deem acupuncture as one of those holistic | | | | He started the acupuncture treatment with probing |
| remedies for hippies because their insurance plans | | | | of muscle tissue to ascertain where the muscle |
| don't cover it fully. I understand this concern of theirs | | | | inflammation was, and where the pain was coming |
| and at one point I kind of agreed with the sentiment | | | | from. Sometimes with back pain, where you feel the |
| that If it's not covered it's not a legitimate medical | | | | pain doesn't always mean that's the source of the |
| treatment. | | | | pain, since the pain gets "localized", meaning that the |
| However, there was a time when I was on vacation | | | | source of the pain is deeper within the body, but |
| and nowhere near my hometown doctor and I had | | | | gets made evident via inflammation on places closer |
| some severe back pain. The concierge at the hotel | | | | to the skin layer. |
| we were staying at saw me in pain and | | | | So his probing found out where the pain was coming |
| recommended me to her fiance who was an | | | | from and he started the real acupuncture treatment |
| acupuncturist, and had an office half a mile away. | | | | with these tiny little needles. As he was inserting |
| I called him up right away, and made an appointment | | | | these tiny needles, he had some soft music playing |
| for the next morning at 8:30 in the morning. As I | | | | and I almost fell asleep. That right there should prove |
| walked into his office hunched over with pain, and | | | | to anyone that these needles are going to be felt |
| my son following me with a fistful of toys, we got | | | | when they're inserted and the whole treatment has a |
| down to business. He did some probing of muscle | | | | very relaxing element to it. |
| areas, and frankly, I felt better just by lying down on | | | | |