Guest guest Posted November 3, 2003 Report Share Posted November 3, 2003 Hello Yong, He is probably not cheating you, this is a far extreme assumption. He is probably not a very experienced practitioner, that's all. Problems as you describe here are usually an extension of the lower back pain that your father suffers from. These line of problems usually develop after a long period of lower back pain, even without the patieng having acupuncture treatment. In many cases, the lower back pain diminishes and the leg problem starts. Sometimes as numbness and cold, and sometimes as severe pain along the sciatic nerve route. It only shows that the practitioner did not succeed in this treatment. I strongly recommend that you find another practitioner, this time one that has enough clinical experience, who is NOT an M.D. as well, and that you can hear recommendations of his skill. Shmuel Halevi Ph.D http://www.acumedico.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 Back treatment is a pain that doesn't usually go away for good. The best thing is to monitor yourself and limit activity that would aggreavate the problem. I sometimes place stones under my back as I lay down to help massage my back. There are specific areas that are treated in accupuncture and they can be learned for at home treatment. The line on the middleof the back of the lower leg and in the crease of the back of the knee are goodmassage points.The urinary bladder channel has clues to the treatment of back ache. amkopo <amkopo wrote:Hi, Greetings everyone! I am new to the group so please read my post with that in mind. Here's my story: I recently sent my dad to an acupuncturist near Seattle (at the Edmonds Wellness Clinic) to help relieve his lower back pain. The acupuncturist insisted that he needed a minimum of 10 sessions in order to help my dad feel better. Based on references from a friend, we decided to stick with him. After the 3rd session, my dad started to feel numbness and extreme sensitivity to cold in his lower left leg. He stated this to his acupuncturist but he couldn't seem to eliminate this problem. On the plus side, though, his lower back pain had diminished. After the 7th session, the numbness persisted. We were very upset about this by this point. So, we decided not to continue any further. We are now trying to decide whether to continue treatments with a different acupuncturist or to seek an alternative treatment. Can anyone offer any advice? Thank you, Yong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 Thank you for the advice, Shmuel. I agree it was an extreme assumption I made. I will search for a different acupuncturist. This time I will not choose one based solely on the reference of a colleague. Yong acupuncture , " acumedico " <halevis@a...> wrote: > Hello Yong, > He is probably not cheating you, this is a far extreme assumption. > He is probably not a very experienced practitioner, that's all. > Problems as you describe here are usually an extension of the lower > back pain that your father suffers from. These line of problems > usually develop after a long period of lower back pain, even without > the patieng having acupuncture treatment. In many cases, the lower > back pain diminishes and the leg problem starts. Sometimes as > numbness and cold, and sometimes as severe pain along the sciatic > nerve route. It only shows that the practitioner did not succeed in > this treatment. I strongly recommend that you find another > practitioner, this time one that has enough clinical experience, who > is NOT an M.D. as well, and that you can hear recommendations of his > skill. > Shmuel Halevi Ph.D > http://www.acumedico.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 acupuncture , " amkopo " <amkopo> wrote: > Thank you for the advice, Shmuel. > I agree it was an extreme assumption I made. > I will search for a different acupuncturist. This time I will not > choose one based solely on the reference of a colleague. > > Yong > > acupuncture , " acumedico " <halevis@a...> wrote: > > Hello Yong, > > He is probably not cheating you, this is a far extreme assumption. > > He is probably not a very experienced practitioner, that's all. > > Problems as you describe here are usually an extension of the > lower > > back pain that your father suffers from. These line of problems > > usually develop after a long period of lower back pain, even > without > > the patieng having acupuncture treatment. In many cases, the lower > > back pain diminishes and the leg problem starts. Sometimes as > > numbness and cold, and sometimes as severe pain along the sciatic > > nerve route. It only shows that the practitioner did not succeed > in > > this treatment. I strongly recommend that you find another > > practitioner, this time one that has enough clinical experience, > who > > is NOT an M.D. as well, and that you can hear recommendations of > his > > skill. > > Shmuel Halevi Ph.D > > http://www.acumedico.com By the way, there are many good advice (I think so, at least) for treating low back pain and sciatica under my web page. Try this link: http://www.acumedico.com/advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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