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scorpiocandy
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I sprained my ankle pretty badly in march. It improved a little after a month. Then it kind of got stuck in the healing process.
In class we were talking about alternative therapies one day and my student mentioned he's treated a sprained ankle with acupuncture.
I found a clinic called where they spoke English. In my first treatment he checke my entire body for reasons as to why I wasn't healing. He'd quoted a price of 10 000 won on the phone but when I got there he found I'd had a few minor issues that needed looking at. I received three different treatments for the same price.
I went four times and an mostly pain free except days like today when I'm really tired. Then I hurt a bit.
Incidentally, this doctor does something called striking the bones ( I think 골다 in Korean?) and he did this for me once. I'd had a lingering cough from a cold three months prior. Next day my cough disappeared never to return. |
You're aware that it takes about a month for a sprained ankle to heal itself, right?
PS. I got acupuncture about an hour after spraining my ankle and it didn't do jack for the pain or the swelling. |
Yes. I didn't say I expected to be healed after a month. I said it improved a bit and then I didn't notice any further improvement. My pain level was pretty much the same for two months until I went to see the acupuncturist.
No need to try and discount my experience. I went to two hospitals. The first sucked. The second is where I usually go and while I'm more than satisfied with my doctor, this time alternative medicine helped me. |
Not discounting your experience. I'm well aware that placebos work sometimes. |
Pity there's nothing that's going to cure your being an ass, placebo or otherwise. Now I remember why I never come here anymore. |
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12ax7
Joined: 07 Nov 2009
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| Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:34 am Post subject: |
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| scorpiocandy wrote: |
| 12ax7 wrote: |
| scorpiocandy wrote: |
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| scorpiocandy wrote: |
I sprained my ankle pretty badly in march. It improved a little after a month. Then it kind of got stuck in the healing process.
In class we were talking about alternative therapies one day and my student mentioned he's treated a sprained ankle with acupuncture.
I found a clinic called where they spoke English. In my first treatment he checke my entire body for reasons as to why I wasn't healing. He'd quoted a price of 10 000 won on the phone but when I got there he found I'd had a few minor issues that needed looking at. I received three different treatments for the same price.
I went four times and an mostly pain free except days like today when I'm really tired. Then I hurt a bit.
Incidentally, this doctor does something called striking the bones ( I think 골다 in Korean?) and he did this for me once. I'd had a lingering cough from a cold three months prior. Next day my cough disappeared never to return. |
You're aware that it takes about a month for a sprained ankle to heal itself, right?
PS. I got acupuncture about an hour after spraining my ankle and it didn't do jack for the pain or the swelling. |
Yes. I didn't say I expected to be healed after a month. I said it improved a bit and then I didn't notice any further improvement. My pain level was pretty much the same for two months until I went to see the acupuncturist.
No need to try and discount my experience. I went to two hospitals. The first sucked. The second is where I usually go and while I'm more than satisfied with my doctor, this time alternative medicine helped me. |
Not discounting your experience. I'm well aware that placebos work sometimes. |
Pity there's nothing that's going to cure your being an ass, placebo or otherwise. Now I remember why I never come here anymore. |
No need to act like a kid who was told that Santa Claus isn't real. |
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The Cosmic Hum
Joined: 09 May 2003
Location: Sonic Space
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| Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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| 12ax7 wrote: |
| scorpiocandy wrote: |
| 12ax7 wrote: |
| scorpiocandy wrote: |
| 12ax7 wrote: |
| scorpiocandy wrote: |
I sprained my ankle pretty badly in march. It improved a little after a month. Then it kind of got stuck in the healing process.
In class we were talking about alternative therapies one day and my student mentioned he's treated a sprained ankle with acupuncture.
I found a clinic called where they spoke English. In my first treatment he checke my entire body for reasons as to why I wasn't healing. He'd quoted a price of 10 000 won on the phone but when I got there he found I'd had a few minor issues that needed looking at. I received three different treatments for the same price.
I went four times and an mostly pain free except days like today when I'm really tired. Then I hurt a bit.
Incidentally, this doctor does something called striking the bones ( I think 골다 in Korean?) and he did this for me once. I'd had a lingering cough from a cold three months prior. Next day my cough disappeared never to return. |
You're aware that it takes about a month for a sprained ankle to heal itself, right?
PS. I got acupuncture about an hour after spraining my ankle and it didn't do jack for the pain or the swelling. |
Yes. I didn't say I expected to be healed after a month. I said it improved a bit and then I didn't notice any further improvement. My pain level was pretty much the same for two months until I went to see the acupuncturist.
No need to try and discount my experience. I went to two hospitals. The first sucked. The second is where I usually go and while I'm more than satisfied with my doctor, this time alternative medicine helped me. |
Not discounting your experience. I'm well aware that placebos work sometimes. |
Pity there's nothing that's going to cure your being an ass, placebo or otherwise. Now I remember why I never come here anymore. |
No need to act like a kid who was told that Santa Claus isn't real. |
Isn't this a thread asking for personal experiences?
What do you tell someone who really did meet Santa Clause?
Sure...you know it wasn't Santa Clause...but someone in a red suit got caught putting gifts under the tree.
Santa delivered the goods.
The world needs more real world Santa Clauses...yes?
If someone has found an alternative medicine that works for them, why not share that experience?
Perhaps others can benefit from that form of therapy.
Noted - The skeptic is seldom deceived. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| They prescribe you a bunch of hokum, along with some tylenol or ibuprofen. Voila! |
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