Which one is bad for the body, acupuncture or massage and bone setting?

In fact, there is no saying that "acupuncture and massage bone setting are inherently bad for the body". Both are formal external treatment methods of traditional Chinese medicine that have been clinically proven for thousands of years. Real injuries are most likely caused by irregular operations, inappropriate symptoms, or failure to avoid contraindications.

Last week, I received a 24-year-old programmer from the outpatient clinic. After working on a project for three days, his neck was so stiff that he couldn't move. He wanted to find a master at the massage shop downstairs in the community to "set his bones" for a cheap price. Can you say this is a bone-setting problem? The master didn't even understand the basic anatomy of the vertebral artery running through the cervical vertebrae. If the force was used incorrectly, something would happen.

There are also many people who say that acupuncture consumes energy and feel that acupuncture is harmful to the body. Two months ago, I met an aunt who was suffering from qi and blood deficiency. She usually couldn't take two steps without breathing. She found someone from a health center to prick her stomach. She injected more than 20 needles at once, and she was pricked every day. After a week of continuous pricking, she couldn't bear the pain. In fact, the operator didn't know syndrome differentiation at all. People with qi and blood deficiency should use light tonic techniques, pricking less often and at intervals, and then use purgative methods to stimulate it.

Of course, this does not mean that these two methods are completely risk-free. After all, they are all invasive or external intervention operations, and they have strict adaptation groups and contraindications. For example, patients with coagulation disorders such as hemophilia are prone to unstoppable bleeding after acupuncture, so they are definitely not suitable for acupuncture. ； For patients with severe osteoporosis, cervical and lumbar tuberculosis, or tumor bone metastasis, rash orthopedic reduction is likely to lead to pathological fractures, which is an absolute contraindication.

Look at the young man with a stiff neck who came here last week. When he came, his neck was so crooked that it looked like a weight was hanging on it. He was so painful that he had to struggle to drink water. I first gave him two injections at the Houxi and stiff neck points, and let him move his neck for two minutes. After the muscles were loosened, I gently tightened the misplaced cervical facet joints, and he dared to turn his neck on the spot. The two methods were used together, and the effect was much better than using one alone. There is no way to say who is more injured.

To put it bluntly, if we really want to talk about "bad health", the blame should never be placed on acupuncture or bone setting itself. What should be judged is whether the person doing it is professional enough, whether they checked your physical condition in advance, and whether they followed the regulations. Instead of worrying about which of the two is harmful to your health, it is better to spend more time and find a licensed practitioner from a regular medical institution, which is safer than anything else.