From what I have seen (and saying it works or doesn't is a vast oversimplification) it appears that there are some completely un-understood benefits to acupuncture for treating some conditions, however, I haven't seen any real studies that compare it to traditional Western medicine. It seem to be good for chronic pain more than anything else, especially the kinds that the Drs also can't find a specific cause for, at least from a quick glance at these results.
Acupuncture: Effectiveness and Safety
Information about acupuncture, including its safety and effectiveness in treating pain and other conditions.www.nccih.nih.gov
Physical and athletic therapy is based on science. Acupuncture is not..
where did I say anything negative about physiotherapy? I am just dismissing your claim that acupuncture is far superior than traditional medicine.
My quack theory is it just raises pain tolerance with repeated stabbing.
I think this is all well and good until someone is deceived into picking homeopathic, new age or "natural" treatments over proven medical treatments in a life or death situation. I think a meaningful portion of COVID deaths, especially ones that happened after vaccines became available, were due to people (some of them are in this thread) actively, energetically, passionately, and emphatically spreading easily provable misinformation about the disease and the vaccine.LOL, that is not peer reviewed studies but just anecdotal claims.
As of 2021 many thousands of papers had been published on the efficacy of acupuncture for the treatment of various adult health conditions, but there was no robust evidence it was beneficial for anything, other than evidence for shoulder pain and fibromyalgia - and none of the evidence that it would be superior to traditional medicine. For Science-Based Medicine, Steven Novella wrote that the overall pattern of evidence was reminiscent of that for homeopathy, compatible with the hypothesis that most, if not all, benefits were due to the placebo effect, and strongly suggestive that acupuncture had no beneficial therapeutic effects at all.
Of course all acupuncture practicing quacks will tell you how effective it is - yet that is how placebo works! Same like homeopathy - complete quackery with zero effect yet millions of dollars earned from naive people believing in that nonsense.
I abuse the **** out of several chemicals every day.Abusing chemicals obviously isn’t beneficial.
You can also abuse your diet, upsetting hormone balances, beneficial gut bacteria leading to the gateway of illnesses.
Exercise isn’t just important for muscle loss prevention, and functionality.
I would say the best benefit is often overlooked. Your lymphatic (immune) system.
Lymphatic fluid doesn’t circulate on its own.
The lymphatic system DEPENDS on muscle contractions and your heart rate to help the fluid flow to the capillaries and lymph nodes. (These cleanse the impurities out of your system)
When you are born you have anywhere between 400-1,000 lymph nodes with over 1/2 of them located in you abdomen.
The fewest amount of lymph nodes are in the legs. If you’ve had any sort of surgery, they could have even removed some of your lymph nodes.
Since learning this, I’ve incorporated seated leg-press into my routine twice over with variations. (Leg contractions, elevated feet for increased lymphatic fluid return)
Obviously anything involving legs is going to help you feel great. Running, cycling, swimming,