So I'm Goin to Accupuncture this Morning...

[NovaScotiaPatsFan]

...and as I'm waitin to sign in these two old women probably in their mid 60s were talking and I overheard it.

Old Woman 1: So, who do you think is gonna win the Super Bowl?

Old Woman 2: Oh I don't care, i'm just happy the Jets lost.

ROFL!!! :singing: :singing: :singing: :singing: :singing: :singing: :singing:

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

funny!

By the way, accupuncture = placebo effect; there was no overall benefit in an analysis of 38 controlled clinical trials:

http://mres.gmu.edu/pmwiki/uploads/Main/Moffet2009.pdf

 

[blackglass3]

funny!

By the way, accupuncture = placebo effect; there was no overall benefit in an analysis of 38 controlled clinical trials:

http://mres.gmu.edu/pmwiki/uploads/Main/Moffet2009.pdf

I don't know how willing I am to believe the report of a Health Insurance Company.

 

[fxkane]

acupuncture works very well for addictions and injuries. for everything else, it takes a lot of experience on part of practitioner and patience on part of patient.

Jets not too popular with over 60s. Arrogance is at best a youthful virtue.

 

[FalconHeavy]

I don't know how willing I am to believe the report of a Health Insurance Company.

there you go. report has so much credibility

 

[Bella*chick]

there you go. report has so much credibility

LOL! Truth!

Acupuncture does work but you can't just go to any old practitioner. Experience and skill is very important.

 

[Palm Beach Pats Fan]

Studies have shown that if I am a doctor and a patient comes to my office, doesn't have a huge wait, I am very friendly and attentive, I smile, I ask lots of questions, I listen well, I am compassionate, confident in appearance, and enthusiastic about prescribing something,

then >70% of my patients will claim high satisfaction and relief from pain, even if the medication I give them is sugar pills.

If you want to feel better, then you think you are indeed getting better, with a little confidence.

I think that a lot of successful acupuncture care-givers have exceptional bedside manner, and thus patients swear by them.

Just my opinion, but one backed by my read of many similar studies of placebo effects in disorders prone to good outcomes in the absence of standard treatment (intermittant pain, depression, anxiety, etc.)

 

[Bella*chick]

Sorry, but most studies will show whatever the funder wants them to show.

 

[nashvillepatsfan]

studies (conducted by me) have shown that i'm smarter than BB........so who wants to believe what a study says now?

 

[Haley]

Great story

ot:
Accupuncture has shown some effectiveness in the treatment of animals as well as humans, showing the placebo implication to be without merit. It may not be the most effective treatment in the world but it is effective for some things.

 

[FalconHeavy]

Totally off topic and personal opinion: Alternative treatment therapies like homeopathy, acupressure/acupuncture, ayurvedic remedies are completely undermined by Big Pharma as it is in no way going to play a role in their profit margin. They have such a strangle hold on what the population can get as a part of healthcare and will do so only if it lines their pockets: For example take a look at the stevia (natural sweetener) episode.

Look at the number of drugs that are recalled every year by these big pharmas

 

[Garbanza]

funny!

By the way, accupuncture = placebo effect; there was no overall benefit in an analysis of 38 controlled clinical trials:

http://mres.gmu.edu/pmwiki/uploads/Main/Moffet2009.pdf

I know a ton of people that have benefited from acupuncture for a variety of maladies. The best approach is the combination of traditional medicine and "alternative" measures. I know two acupuncturists/physicians from China and they kick azz.

 

[Halifax_Pats_Fan]

We love our Patriots up here in Nova Scotia!!