A few months ago, I slipped and fell twice on the morning ice in winter. I thought all I had was 2 sprained feet (still went to work) but now the pain had gotten worst so I resorted to seeing a Chinese doctor who is also an acupuncture expert. The first thing she said to me was I had very poor blood circulation in my feet. No wonder I always had extremely cold feet and could never seem to get them warm so I end up wearing socks to bed as most old houses in NZ do not have central heating.
Not only did she tell tell me that I had poor blood circulation but also my pain in the heel part on the soles of my feet when I put pressure (like walking!) on them is also due to my sciatica which I had for years. I did not even think that my falls were that bad. Anyways, the 2 treatments I had seemed to be working but I still have a lot more to go. All I am hoping for is the pain to disappear in the near future so I can go back to enjoy my walks while doing window shopping!!!
It has been quite a few years since I had acupuncture done and I do believe they work on chronic aches and pains. However, I was a bit surprised that now they have also attached some electric current to stimulate the points and speed up the process. I am not a newcomer to passing electric currents through my body as I had that done for my sciatica years ago.
I cannot wait for the day when I can walk pain free.....
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