Accupressure and Accupuncture

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Sukanya Acharya: Does acupressure help in healing after stroke
[4/6, 9:16 PM] Hardeep Sodhi: Lot of work on that. But again, seems to be working for some and not for others. Just like accupuncture….there is a movie 9000 needleson it, if any is so interested…
[4/6, 9:34 PM] S. Sivakumar: Pls read my story at http://www.bheeman.org
[4/6, 9:49 PM] M Laxman: Yes, I tried and personally experienced better results…
[4/6, 9:51 PM] S. Sivakumar: Documentary available on you tube.
[4/6, 10:08 PM] Prashant Khot: Acupuncture did
[4/6, 10:14 PM] Sukanya Acharya: Ok. The needleless version is accupressure? Does that help in anyway
[4/6, 10:15 PM] Sunish Thoniyan Nanu: Is it for spasticity releasing . Is it acupuncture or acupressure
[4/6, 10:16 PM] M Laxman: No no not at all danger, in fact it’s a great traditional healing therapy
[4/6, 10:17 PM] Prashant Khot: I got good response as per elbow and fingers goes
[4/6, 10:18 PM] Sunish Thoniyan Nanu: I have spasticity issue will this help
[4/6, 10:18 PM] Prashant Khot: It will
[4/6, 10:19 PM] Sukanya Acharya: What about accupressure- the needleless version?
[4/6, 10:22 PM] Prashant Khot: Not that effective for spasticity
[4/6, 10:27 PM] Hardeep Sodhi: afaik, accupuncture uses needles, acupressure doesn’t- basic difference.
[4/6, 10:32 PM] Aruna Mattikop: One of the way to practice it without needles, is with use ofseeds
[4/6, 11:26 PM] S. Sivakumar: Acupunture is with needles. Acupressure is mainly massaging at specific nerve points ( sonetimes with certain instruments they have) usually in the hands and legs.
[4/6, 11:38 PM] S. Sivakumar: This is seed therapy again specific seeds placed at specific nerve points. Seeds like brown chana, green moong, methi, white chana, rajma, etc.
[4/6, 11:39 PM] S. Sivakumar: There is magnet therapy too.
[4/7, 6:51 AM] Sukanya Acharya: Very informative discussion on accupressure, do share more such inputs if you know

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Prabhakaran:

On the alternate medicine topic. My therapist have tried accupuncture along with physiotherapy for shoulder and elbow recovery and gained good results.accupuncture has reduced tightness in the fingers. Due to that I am able to produce some movements.unfortunately it doesn’t work for finger extension

 

AKSHAY Patil:

That’s great to hear Prabhakaran

 

Was it scalp acupuncture or acupuncture for hand muscles?

 

Prabhakaran:

Only on hand muscles.even in the first session itself I realised the difference

 

I am not sure

Accupuncture used by only accupuncture doctor will work. Because physiotherapist knows better about muscles. Hence accupuncture by physiotherapist will be a good option.

 

Hardeep Sodhi:

Have you come across any physiotherapist practicing accupuncture ?

 

Prabhakaran:

Weekly once for 3 weeks. Now it has been stopped because of good movements in shoulder and elbow

 

Yes. My therapist undergone certificate course in accupuncture in Bangalore

 

Hardeep Sodhi:

Same PT did accupuncture and physiotherapy ? How do you conclude improvement was due accupuncture and not physiotherapy ?

 

Prabhakaran:

Initially I was not able to move shoulder for excercises. After accupuncture some movements were initiated and we capitalized on them to do excercises.

 

Hardeep Sodhi:

Interesting.. so perhaps acupuncture completed some brain ‘ circuits’ that Physiotherapy was not able to, you think ?

 

Prabhakaran:

Yes

 

Anuradha:

Yes , our physiotherapist is acupuncture specialist .

 

Hardeep Sodhi:

OK so acupuncture helps in some cases and not in others..we have had similar sharings earlier as well. Since there is no research based data, no one knows why it works sometimes and doesn’t others. Which is the problem with most alternative methods. It would also depend upon the practitioner I suppose.

That even mainstream Physiotherapists are practicing acupuncture is interesting – I’d have thought they’d be hesitant to suggest or try non-evidence based practices….

 

Anuradha:

Also it looks scary also that needles been poked into scalp , this is one of the reasons that we stopped .

 

Hardeep Sodhi:

Yes needles in the scalp do make one nervous

 

Positivity and faith is always the means to recovery, which is evident in all the chats we have had with stroke warriors till date. including the great chat we had yesterday with Dave. Even small recoveries lead to positive loops encouraging the affected to make more efforts and so even those should be marked and celebrated. As Brisa says in her “Pinky Moves” method.

 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5713240/

 

This seems like a comprehensive study of present research on acupuncture. Interestingly, it claims that even WHI recommends it as alternative / complementary treatment for stroke. Don’t know if true…

 

Sandip Luharuwalla:

I am on with Accupunter sessions weekly thrice from 6th September till date…. missed 4 sessions till date. Scalp as well as left neck, shoulder, back, hand and leg. I am experiencing positive improvements.

 

Have stopped physio since February 2021. Not experiencing any spasticity, nor taking any allopathy medication though continuing with Ayurvedic and Homeopathy medicine.

 

Accupunter Dr advice treatment for 6 months.

 

Changes I observe?

 

1. Walking, experiencing stability and strength. Recently manage to go for Tiger Reserve Nature Walk with friends both up and down hill all by myself with support of a stick which was useful at limited occasions both up n down hill all myself ?.

2. Started to experience a positive improvement in extension and flex on fingers.

3. Experience overall muscle gain across my body. Impressive was visible gap at shoulder and hand joint got completely filled.

 

My instinct sees a reasonable improvement over next 3 months.

 

Rest is better left on All Mighty for his kind blessings ?

 

I am getting treated at Kolkatta

 

 

 

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Shubh:

Acupressure and acupuncture both are different?

 

Hardeep Sodhi:

One major difference…accupuncture uses needles stuck at various points, including in the scalp, accupressure uses pressure at certain points…similar to Varma therapy I think. We had a session on Varma awhile ago and think Vardhini ji here is an expert in same. Maybe she can also comment in.

 

Vardhini Thirugnanam:

Acupunture and acupressure are similar in principle but different in methodology

 

Varmam is the same of acupressure.we activate similar points with the help of our hand and no needles etc.,in acupuncture the use needles to activate the points

 

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