NEWS AND VIEWS

TOOTHPICK THERAPY?

 HOLY COW would you ever think of putting a toothpick into your skin as
a way to relieve PAIN??

I saw this article and just sat there with my mouth open.

NO NEEDLES.. That is GREAT!
"In the simulated acupuncture group, practitioners mimicked needle acupuncture

 by using a toothpick in a needle guide tube — poking at traditional pressure points

without breaking the skin.

Participants received 10 treatments over seven weeks, at the end of which

dysfunction and symptom scores improved equally among the three treatment

arms."But the real surprise was that acupuncture was effective even when

the treatment didn’t break the skin. "It’s not necessary to penetrate

the skin. There’s no advantage to tailoring and no advantage to

using a needle. Why?" Cherkin said. "It throws open the question of how does this work."

There are no answers to that question yet, but some theories persist.

It’s possible that the "superficial" acupuncture still kicks off a cascade

of physiological processes that result in relief, the authors wrote.

Or the benefit may come from "nonspecific effects such as therapist conviction [or]

patient enthusiasm" WHO KNEW you could get relief from pain without

puncturing the skin with a needle. I would try it!

 

I put this here on my space because I myself have used ACCUPRESSURE for

years. I took classes at the local community college in Ca. when I lived

there. The woman sold us a book that went with the classes. She taught us

how to use our fingers, rubber balls, and items like pencil erasers and

such to use for pain relief.  T H E Y   W O R K  !!  As long as you are putting

the correct pressure on the correct pressure point then you will get relief most all

the time. I use a rubber ball a lot. I have two. They have just the right

amount of give to not be painful. I paid 79 cents way back when…

if I lost them I would go out and buy them again if I could find them. They

work wonderfully. I highly recommend using accupressure for just about everything

that gives you pain and discomfort. Easy to do and it works too.. can’t ask for

better than that. NO needle acupuncture well that is something I wouldn’t mind

looking in to. Toothpicks are really cheap and I could learn to do it

myself. It may sound wierd, but I bet it works.

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 (Now back to our regular blog format..)  LOL

Yes indeed the gas station was busy, the store ws busy. the post office

was busy. you would’ve thought there was a run on everything

Tuesday. Some days are just like that I guess. I know a big storm front is coming and

lots of people lay in their staple supplies before one hits. Never hurts to be

ready, I say. Didn’t get much done in the garage yesterday, after mowing

I was too tired to move stuff around. I did manage to trim our quince bush

some. That 8 inches of snow we had fell right into the middle of the tree

or bush and now it is low to the ground and fuller than it was in the winter

time. Limbs were so low I could hardly mow under it. Very unusual. It is nearly

in full bloom . The frost  YES I SAID FROST .. we had for two nights

in a row doesn’t look like it did too much damage to it. The peony bushes, however,

are drooping some. Time will tell if they even bloom this year at all.

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Well nothing much more from here..

 

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