Doesn’t Acupuncture Hurt?
Aug 15th, 2006 by Michael Max
Hey, if it is pain you want, we can refer you to some other therapies.
Acupuncture, while it does have sensation, few would call it pain.
My good friend in Taiwan, Jean Paul, an accomplished acupuncturist, has this to say about acupuncture and pain.
Acupuncture hurts less than:
• biting your tongue
• a mosquito bite
• a hypodermic needle injection
• stubbing your toe
• a paper cut
• going through “security” at the airport
• hitting your funny bone
• a cat’s scratch
• being pinched by your little sister
• your average sore throat
• ‘pins and needles’ from your arm falling asleep
• falling down
• getting a parking ticket
• being slapped
• waxing the hair from ANY part of your body (this is anecdotal, as I’ve never had this done. D swears it hurts, though)
• having to listen to advice from your parents
• an eyelash in your eyeball
• a bee sting
Whatever ache, pain, or syndrome that
you hope acupuncture can help with,
acupuncture is a whole less painful than it is!
C’mon, Michael,
Most of those things in your list hurt WAAAAY more than acupuncture. Even when you use the. . . the dreaded. . . oh god I can’t say it. . . the SQUARE needle! There. I said it.
Seriously, poll your patients. Your examples seem over the top compared to the very manageable sensation of the needles.
JR,W
My “point” exactly. Lots of things in life are way wasy more painful than acupuncture. Everyday sorts of things as well. On the scale of “painful” acupuncture ranks pretty darned low.