Addressing the body in a different way through acupuncture
Although acupuncturists look at the body through an overall perspective, they believe disruptions in energy flow (Bi syndromes) and emotions (organ imbalances) cause pain. There is very little attention paid to the body’s misalignment or to nerve root entrapment. In Western medicine they believe that never entrapments causes pain, but not attention to why nerves become entrapped (gait and hip imbalances), body misalignments, energy flows or emotions of the body. Both approaches are right and they are wrong. We have found that the key in pain management is to combine approaches, and then determine which system, or combination of systems, is correct. In some patients it’s the energetic flow, others its emotions, still others it’s a neurological entrapment.
Lifestyle could have an effect on healing
Lifestyle, ergonomics and bad habits can play a repetitive role in the pain cycle. For instance, highly acidic foods such as soda pop, coffee, or orange juice help create an acidic state in the body, which contributes to muscles tightening up. So eliminating them and consuming foods which are alkaline and drinking lots of water would “theoretically” be better for the body.
Also small things, like a man wearing a wallet in the back pocket, or women wearing tight bras, can significantly contribute to the pain process. We also know limbic system or emotional system also contributes to the chronic pain process by adversely affecting the autonomic nervous system, which controls pain levels.