I somehow injured my palm about 2 mths ago and never fully
recovered. I guess that was due to my sports activities.
I did take about 2 weeks break in between to hope that it
would recover, but it did not.
Recently went down to one of the Branches of Ma Kuang TCM to see
a chinese physician about this. The doctors at the clinics
here simply told me that i need to rest it, and didn't even
prescribe me anything.
Anyways, the physician recommended acupuncture proceeded to set
up the needles. From what I hear, acupuncture is not supposed
to be painful, but when the physician inserted the needles, i
nearly jumped and screamed out. So three needles in all,
painful as hell, and she toasted my palm with some kinda heating
lamp.
After consultation, she gave me a whole bunch of koyo, and some
herbal bandage thing to wrap around when i sleep... the bandage was
quite shiok due to the cooling effect. The scary part was
that i was told i need to go back for another round of acupuncture
on the affected area.... I was like O.O mortified....cos it
was such a painful experience.
So I'm left wondering, is acupuncture supposed to be that
painful? Even though the injured muscle might have been inflammed
for quite some time?
Actually usually acupuncture are not usually that painful, that
you jump up.But then it have to depend on the skill of your doctor,
the type of injuries and location of the injuries. If it your palm,
then it may be painful as there is least meat there, lots of
sensitive points. For your case think you did not seek instant
treatment thus the injuries was inflammed, yep that will be
painful.
The question to ask yourself is the affected part feeling a lot
better, usually you can feel the different. If yes good go for
another time, it will do wonder to totally cure your injuries. If
you don't feel better or feel worse - go see another acupuncturist
!!! Usually if the first session is done properly, the 2nd time you
do it will be a lot less painful as the imflamation is gone.