pain - Irmgard Acupunctuur

I’d like you to come for treatment six times a week

irmgard background information, client experiences 20 August 202428 August 2024frequency, pain, scar

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This is the first and, to date, the only time in my acupuncture practice that I have ever made such a proposal.

Normally, I treat clients with pain complaints once or twice a week in the beginning. In this way, the treatment can build on the effects of the previous treatment and you will ultimately need fewer treatments.

But this case is exceptional: this young student cut her index finger on a broken glass and the scar fused with the nerve. Although the scar and nerve were separated, two years down the line the nerve pain still shoots from the finger to the shoulder. It’s impossible for her to sleep for more than an hour at a time becauseof the pain. She has difficulty planning activities, because the pain might resurge and then she is unable to do anything.

So, I begin treatment on the healthy finger. The pain immediately subsides for a few hours and then returns. When I treat her again later in the week, the pain has returned in full force. This calls for drastic measures. I tell her that treating her twice a week will not bring any lasting results and that it will be a waste of time and money if I keep having to go back to the starting blocks after each treatment.
When I propose treating her six times a week, she decides to go for it!

So, she comes for treatment six times a week for two weeks, then the following week she comes three times, followed by two treatments the week after that.
The treatment stops and except for a very slight stinging sensation in her index finger, which she can live with, the nerve pain has completely disappeared. She can sleep again and is pain-free for a year.

But after a year, she comes back to the practice because the pain has returned in full force. We immediately start treatments six times a week, but this time the pain does not significantly lessen with each treatment. So, my conclusion is that there must be something that structurally continues to irritate that nerve. I tell her that I think that there might still be glass in that finger.
Her surgeon checks it out and discovers that there are still two pieces of glass in her finger.They are removed and at Christmas I get a card from her saying that she is doing well now.

This anecdote illustrates the importance of a well-coordinated frequency of treatment. It also proves how effective acupuncture is without directly pricking the painful area. And it shows that acupuncture can’t eliminate mechanical blockages.

Therefore both Chinese and western medicine care are essential.

Find health in balance at Irmgard Acupunctuur

You would like to feel better about yourself – more comfortable in your own skin – and are looking for;

more energy
less pain
better sleep and more relaxation
a better hormonal balance
fewer physical complaints
faster healing and recovery after an injury or accident.

You want to feel healthier so that you have more energy in your daily life.

But sometimes it might feel as though your energy is at a low ebb and cannot flow whether they are due to a painful injury, cramp, surgery, or other stressful life events. Then at other times, you might be bursting with energy – so much so that it overflows making it almost impossible to relax. Quite often either one of these scenarios can result in a variety of physical complaints.

By using acupuncture and/or the Epiphora method effectively, I can work with you to get your energy flowing correctly again so that your body regains balance, and you feel that: ‘this is my natural state of being; this is relaxation’. In this way, many health complaints can be significantly reduced or might disappear altogether.

Because we both are aiming for a good and lasting outcome, I would like to work with you to find the root cause of the complaint. In this way I won’t waste treating recurring symptoms. Complaints can, for example, arise from incorrect posture, incorrect nutrition or trauma and this can be addressed during treatment. Or, if you require a more specific , specialised treatment, I can recommend people who I know to be excellent in their field.

If you would like to know what ailments people come to me with, please go to the conditions treated page.

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