Acupunture
How some people are overcoming their fear of needles to benefit from acupuncture's healing properties:
" Self-professed needlephobe Debbie Scully says two years ago she never would have believed acupuncture works. Now she is one of the area's biggest advocates.
"I'm terrified of needles," she said recently. "It was a great act of courage for me to even step through that door."
Shooting pain through her legs and back brought her to the offices of Triangle Acupuncture in Chapel Hill several years ago. Although she had seen chiropractors and physicians, no one had been able to give her any relief.
"After four visits I never had that pain again," she said. "Never."
No one knows exactly how acupuncture works in terms of Western medicine. But Kosdan said ancient texts describe acupuncture as a way to manipulate a person's chi -- or electromagnetic life force.
The needles work to remove blockages in the chi system -- which Kosdan likens to an alternative nervous system. A chart of the human body Kosdan keeps in his office shows which parts of the body are interconnected through chi.
In theory, a spot on the wrist could be connected to the digestive system. So the right placement of needles there could clear up an upset stomach or acid reflux.
If this system of chi and interconnectedness sounds a little out there, don't worry. Toby Wedgle, an owner of Triangle Acupuncture Clinic, says you don't need to believe for it to work.
"A lot of people don't have a frame of reference in order to wrap their minds around the concept of chi," she said. "For a Westerner to talk about chi isn't always helpful. If that doesn't work for your mind, we can always talk about it a different way." "
" Self-professed needlephobe Debbie Scully says two years ago she never would have believed acupuncture works. Now she is one of the area's biggest advocates.
"I'm terrified of needles," she said recently. "It was a great act of courage for me to even step through that door."
Shooting pain through her legs and back brought her to the offices of Triangle Acupuncture in Chapel Hill several years ago. Although she had seen chiropractors and physicians, no one had been able to give her any relief.
"After four visits I never had that pain again," she said. "Never."
No one knows exactly how acupuncture works in terms of Western medicine. But Kosdan said ancient texts describe acupuncture as a way to manipulate a person's chi -- or electromagnetic life force.
The needles work to remove blockages in the chi system -- which Kosdan likens to an alternative nervous system. A chart of the human body Kosdan keeps in his office shows which parts of the body are interconnected through chi.
In theory, a spot on the wrist could be connected to the digestive system. So the right placement of needles there could clear up an upset stomach or acid reflux.
If this system of chi and interconnectedness sounds a little out there, don't worry. Toby Wedgle, an owner of Triangle Acupuncture Clinic, says you don't need to believe for it to work.
"A lot of people don't have a frame of reference in order to wrap their minds around the concept of chi," she said. "For a Westerner to talk about chi isn't always helpful. If that doesn't work for your mind, we can always talk about it a different way." "
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