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Does Acupuncture Hurt or Cause Pain?
October 25, 2005
Filed under: Acupuncture Treatment General — Admin @ 7:55 am
The vast majority of people who try acupuncture treatment will quite honestly say that it is close to being completely free of pain and that acupuncture hurts much less than the pain you may experience when pulling out one of your own hairs. Sensations that are usually experienced with acupuncture treatments vary from no sensations of feelings, to soft tingling, to minor aching or numbness. Acupuncture patients may also experience electrical pulsations in some distant locations from the actual acupuncture insertion points. Each of these experiences/sensations are not very painful and do not hurt much at all plus they all diminish after the acupuncture needles have been taken out. Acupuncture does not hurt mainly, and simply, because the needles used in acupuncture treatment are far smaller than the normal hypodermic needles you may be used to seeing at your local GP or hospital. Acupuncture needles do not cause bleeding and are not hollow; they are solid in their structure.
Brandey Said,
October 29, 2007 @ 4:34 pm
I received a treatment and had a terrible pain, in my left hand region below the pinky. Has anyone suffered with diarrhea as a result of getting acupuncture? I would suffer from this symptom two days following my appt. My pain was not numbing, but like nail to bone, it hurt like hell! My pain did not dissipate once the needle was taken out, it continued for the rest of the day and into the evening-VERY UNCOMFORTABLE!
Samantha Said,
August 9, 2008 @ 10:36 pm
I live in NYC and have been to the best of the best acupuncturists and guess what?….it STILL HURTS!!.. Not every single point, but some on sensitive spots with little fat, like your fingers or toes—OUCH. Sometimes I’ve had a shot of lightning type pain that has made me scream out loud. Trust me–it is not fun. I do believe it works and wouldn’t put myself through it otherwise, but it is NO picnic.