Acupuncture effects?!
Question:
Acupuncture effects?
If bruising and pain occur during or after acupuncture is something wrong???
Answers:
My writings come from personal experience: I have been seeing acupuncturists for over 20 years now, visiting about 5-8 different acupuncturists during that time. One thing I did in the early months of treatment (to resolve a long-standing emotional issue), was to tell my body it was safe to allow the directed change in the energy flow.
Sometimes there is such a strong puddle stagnant 'chi' that the point chosen reacts strongly to the needle's nudge to make the energy move. I remember one point actually jumping away from the almost inserted needle. The OMD saw it move away, I felt it move... we laughed.
When there is pain which does not diminish after about 15-30 seconds, please inform your practitioner of the condition before they leave the treatment room. Speak up if they do not ask if all is ok. It is your treatment, and you are the consumer.
If an acupuncturist is trained in China - they are taught that the more painful the point used, the more power the treatment will have. It appears that the Chinese subscribe to the "no pain, no gain" theory. My first acupuncturist walked between this training and more gentle western approaches.
Bruising is uncommon, but can happen. We are all built a little different, and perhaps your body has something carrying blood by a point where others don't. Hopefully, your practitioner notes if a drop of blood appears when s/he takes the needle out, or you are telling them when/if you return.
Like another poster suggests, if the practitioner *always* bruises you, then move on to another person, perhaps one who has been in their 'practice' longer than a few years.
In summary, the pain does *not* indicate something is wrong. But if there is always bruising no matter where the point is, yes, something *is* wrong.